Manuscripts

Johnson, Lyndon B

Description: 4 items. Two exchanges of letters between LBJ and Williams. The first deals with an editorial LAT ran on narcotics traffic, the second requests that Williams send copies of stories, editorials and cartoons relating to LBJ's VP candidacy in 1960. Also, letters from LBJ. LBJ letters dated 1961 removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1960 - 1961
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Goldwater, Barry

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Approx. 12 items from Senator Goldwater to Nick Williams. Subjects include editorials in the Los Angeles Times and congressional hearings. Correspondence removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.

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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - Williams, Nick B

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Approx. 20 items. "Letters to the editor" from a wide array of sources, but mostly from angry readers or the mentally unbalanced. Attached to most of them are comments by Nick Williams and/or Bassett. Also included are some clippings from the editorial pages of LAT. William Durant letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.

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Johnson, Lyndon B

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Three items of correspondence regarding Lyndon B. Johnson. Items include a letter to Otis Chandler, an invitation, and a RSVP card.

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Johnson, Lyndon B

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2 items: a 1964 invitation for Mr. & Mrs. Norman Chandler to attend a White House dinner "on the occasion of the visit of His Excellency The President of the Philippines" (Diosdado Macapagal).

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Johnson, Lyndon B. and "Lady Bird"

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Originals and copies of line cuts, drawings, and sketches of Lyndon B. and Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, President and First Lady of the United States. Includes drawings by Milt Morris, James Francavilla, Peter Bentovoja, Peter Linnartz, Tom Paprooki, John Carlton, Russ Arasmith, and others. Also, etched and cut metal plate of Lyndon B. Johnson.

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Hoover, Herbert

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7 items: a stapled packet of four letters between Norman Chandler and ex-president Herbert Hoover from 1945 when Hoover wrote at least two editorials for Los Angeles Times which ran with no indication they were by Hoover. The packet has a cover letter from 1988 written by Herb Strentz of Drake University, who claims Hoover praised his own actions and criticized Franklin Roosevelt in an unsigned editorial. There are also two letters to Norman Chandler from Hoover from the 1959 - 1960 period. Original Hoover letters removed from Autograph File and returned to Norman Chandler collection.

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