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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
Eighteen pieces of correspondence from disappointed readers regarding the discontinuation of West Magazine. A couple of the letters have responses from Otis Chandler attached to them.
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Approx. 55 items: letters (typed and handwritten) and post cards from readers disappointed by the discontinuance of the Perspective news feature in LAT. Many of the letters were from children and, judging from the handwriting many of these were as young as 10 or 11 years old. Typically the letters from young readers said that Perspective had helped them in their school work for history or current events.
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Approx.85 items. Dozens of examples of letters to LAT regretting the demise of West, along with the boilerplate reply (the letters to LAT ranged from polite disapproval to crass gutter imagery; etc.
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Approx. 60 items: a collection of letters and handwritten notes protesting the discontinuance of "Bible thought for the Day," which had run in LAT for many years. Also included are examples of the reply letters sent by LAT.
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Approx. 75 items: reader letters and post cards to LAT, most (if not all) critical of the cancellation of Morrie Ryskind's column. Also included are examples of the standard response letter sent, in this time frame, by George Straszer, Assistant to the Editor.
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Approx. 12 items: examples of a series of ads for West -- emphasizing the buying power of LAT readers as a group.
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