Manuscripts

Consumer Price Index

Description: 4 items: letter, 6/19/1973, John S. Donofrio (Assistant Archivist, Bank of America), who provided a photocopy of old correspondence involving Harry Chandler ; letter, 10/2/1974, to Bassett from Paul Steiger with attached 4-pp. of consumer price index material ; letter, 10/21/1974, to Steiger from Bassett, thanking him for info he sent.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1973 - 1974
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Drake, Waldo

Manuscripts

2 items: 14-pp. transcript of taped interview, Bassett with Waldo Drake, 4/26/1973 - Drake started with LAT in 1922, and started on the "waterfront beat," in later years was a foreign correspondent ; letter, 5/3/1973, Drake to Bassett, thanking Bassett for a transcript of the interview that was sent to him, Drake.

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McGroarty, John Steven

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: photocopy, "Holiday greetings -- 1910, from Gen. Harrison Gray Otis...to his friend John S. McGroarty" ; 14-pp. handwritten manuscript for his LAT Sunday Magazine column of 9/8/1935 ; copy of McGroarty's biographical info compiled from Who's Who in America, Congressional Record, etc. ; LAT obit copy, 8/7/1944, "Death takes McGroarty, poet laureate" ; article copy, Among Ourselves, 2/1948, "Men who made The Times - John Steven McGroarty" ; 2-pp. letter copy, to Otis Chandler from Viola Carlson, President, Friends of McGroarty Cultural Arts Center, 4/19/1974.

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Cook, Don

Manuscripts

4 items: 23-pp. transcript of "Taping with Don Cook," 1/14/1975. Subjects include: Cook's wide-ranging duties as Paris correspondent and European "diplomatic beat" writer (pp. 1 - 2) ; the Common Market (pp. 6) ; French news outlets making use of Los Angeles Times-Wash. Post News Service (pp. 9) ; Cook's memories and experiences in general on covering France and Europe for a decade (pp. 10+) ; letter, 4/4/1975, to Jim Bassett from Don Cook, remarking on the interview transcript and also on Bassett's book, Commander Prince, USN ; cover letter, 4/10/1975, to Cook from Bob Gottlieb asking questions in prep for writing his book on Los Angeles Times,and 3-pp. report, n.d., from Cook to Gottlieb, answering the questions ; letter, 4/16/1975, to Jim Bassett from Don Cook to accompany info about the Gottlieb Q&A correspondence (Cook writes that Gottlieb "seems...to be a bit naive to be writing a book about journalism."

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Mirror-News

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items - letters and memos. Notable names and items include: letter, 12/2/1958, to Bassett from J.J. Mullen, Asst. Man. Editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, asking advice "to strengthen the internal organization of our city room" ; letter, 12/4/1958, in answer to previous letter - Bassett gives info on how Mirror-News handles certain situations ; correspondence with J. Edward Murray ; letter, 12/8/1949, to Bassett from Edmund G. Brown (San Francisco District Attorney) ; correspondence with Virgil Pinkley ; letter, 8/1/1951, in which U.S. Navy Captain E.J. Drew invites Bassett to a three day orientation program to include a one day trip aboard a carrier ; more.

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Capra, Frank

Manuscripts

4 items: letter, 4/13/1960, Capra to Norman Chandler, giving "heartiest congratulations and best wishes" to both Otis and Norman Chandler on the occasion of Norman's naming of Otis to be publisher ; letter, 8/13/1973, from Bassett to Capra telling him of the history project and asking about the possibility of interviewing Capra ; 3-pp. letter, 8/28/1973, in which Capra colorfully describes his early (age 7) career as a newspaper delivery boy ; letter, 9/18/1973, Bassett to Capra, thanking him for his letter of reminiscences and tentatively planning a lunch with him.

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Hanson, Chester

Manuscripts

3 items: 3-pp. letter, written from Sacramento, 4/21/1947, from "Chick" Hanson to Kyle (Palmer), on legal and political maneuvering in Sacramento ; packet of transcripts,. 25-pp., 1/3/1973, Bassett interviewing "Chester G. Hanson, retired senior legislative correspondent of The Times..." (Hanson with LAT 1923 - 1956) ; single sheet letter, 3/10/1975, from Hanson to "Jim" Bassett, with more LAT history material.

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