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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Two copies of the introduction given by Otis Chandler for President-Elect Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan on December 1, 1980.
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3 items: two copies of 22-pp. transcript of interview of Ronald Reagan by Bassett, 8/23/1977, both have editing markups ; mailing envelope, stamped "First Class" and mailed 10/31/1977, with Ronald Reagan's return address on Wilshire Blvd. on a label ; attached business card of "Helene Von Damm, Assistant to Governor Reagan," with a brief handwritten note.
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Three items comprising three pages pertaining to Ronald Reagan, containing memos.
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Approx. 40 items: ; LAT editorial copy, "California - Man vs. Image," a strongly stated plea to Californians to "understand where reality ends and fantasy begins," asking them to reject the smooth, photogenic Reagan, and to re-elect Edmund Brown as governor, who had, LAT stated, governed the state "honestly, intelligently and compassionately" ; complete original issue, The Nation, 6/22/1974, focus = "The Reagan Years" ; LAT tear sheet, 12/3/1980, "700 attend the Reagan's social appearance in L.A." ; more.
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Seven pieces of correspondence regarding editorial comments. Correspondents include Governor Ronald Reagan, Mayor Tom Bradley, Harrison Chandler, George Gutekunst, The Honorable Richard Helms, and Victor M. Carter.
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1 item: 33-pp. transcript of interview with Otis Chandler by Marshall Berges, 12/17/1980. Subjects include: describing "phone calls from the breakfast table" of Governor Reagan or Nancy Reagan when they were unhappy about a Conrad cartoon (both Reagans disliked Conrad's work) or an editorial ; description of Dorothy B. Chandler upsetting Ronald Reagan at a private dinner party by "lecturing him" about his behavior toward the University of California Board of Regents (of which Dorothy Buffum Chandler was a member) ; other interesting anecdotes about Dorothy Buffum Chandler, in her senior years, offering her thoughts in the wrong setting or at too great a length ; description of Otis' visit to Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch in Texas, days before John F. Kennedy assassination - a wild hunting trip with Lyndon B. Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson's thoughts about John and Robert Kennedy and how he, Lyndon B. Johnson, deserved better than the Vice Presidency ; more on friendship between Otis and Robert Kennedy (including rafting trip on Colorado River in the Grand Canyon) ; more.
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