Manuscripts

Chandler, Harrison

Description: Two pieces of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Harrison Chandler. Items include a response letter from Otis Chandler to Harrison Chandler's note. Harrison Chandler's note had five photocopies of Sam Yorty articles from other newspapers and Sam Yorty's calling card attached.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1970
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Yorty, Sam

Manuscripts

Eight items of correspondence in this folder. Two letters of correspondence between William F. Thomas [Bill Thomas] and Sam Yorty. A blind copy was sent to Otis Chandler. Yorty complains about not getting coverage on his television show and the fact that Otis Chandler stated that he missed him when Chandler saw him at a dinner. A letter, with an attachment, to Otis Chandler from Sam Yorty. A telegram to Otis Chandler from Sam Yorty. A press release two page press release from Sam Yorty's office with an attachment of his editorial cartoon about Chandler. A transcript of a commentary by Bill Bonds on KABC-TV. A transcript of the program Eleventh Hour News on KNBC-TV. A memo from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler regarding a letter Yorty sent to Norman Chandler. The letter is attached along with a a two page photocopy of an article.

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Chandler, Norman

Manuscripts

Three items. Three memos from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler and a memo from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler, Mrs. Norman Chandler [Dorothy Chandler], Philip Chandler, L.D. Hotchkiss, Omar F. Johnson, Hugh A. Lewis, R. F. Mark, Edward J. Reap, Marvin Reimer, Fred Selzer, and Nick Williams. One of the memos has to do with Sam Yorty and includes a copy of a letter that Yorty sent to Norman Chandler.

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Yorty, Sam - 1968

Manuscripts

Approx. 75 items. Transcripts of press conferences and other public gatherings, news summaries from Yorty's office, news clippings, letters. Subjects include: Yorty refers to Otis Chandler and L.A.'s District Attorney as "practically in a conspiracy to get (me)" - Radio-TV Reports, 10/15/1968; Yorty's forays into international affairs; Yorty says he may sue LAT over an editorial cartoon; much more of the same in the Yorty-LAT face off; several letters from Yorty to LAT foreign correspondent William Tuohy; Yorty files a $2 million libel suit against LAT (12/1968); copy of the libel suit Yorty filed with County Superior Court; Yorty accuses LAT of protecting "friends" and "harpooning" their "enemies"; Yorty sponsors creation of his own editorial cartoons criticizing Otis Chandler & LAT; etc.

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Quinn, Joseph M

Manuscripts

5 items: article copy, Newsweek, 2/12/1968, "Yortytoons," makes reference to poor relations between Otis Chandler / Los Angeles Times and politician Sam Yorty (beginning in 1961 when Los Angeles Times supported Yorty's mayoral opponent) ; 2-pp. bio for Joseph Martin Quinn, ca. 1975 ; two copies of "Taping with Joseph M. Quinn," 3/11/1975 ; letter, 3/25/1975, to Quinn from Bassett accompanying copies of the transcript.

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Yorty, Sam - 1969

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items. Letters, booklet, "The Yorty Years," a highly favorable view of his mayorship, transcripts of media reports on Yorty, sections from L.A. Free Press and Herald-Examiner, etc. Specific subjects include: LAT hesitates to endorse Tom Bradley in mayoral race of 1969, instead endorsing Alfonzo Bell as the most likely to unseat Yorty; Yorty's office newsletter (3/13/1969) reports on Yorty's speech to the Westwood Young Republicans; Yorty newsletter predicting mass police resignations should Bradley win election; George Putnam newscast highly critical of Otis Chandler and LAT; much more material relating to Yorty-LAT feud; etc.

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Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations Annual Meeting

Manuscripts

Two variations of a speech given by Otis Chandler at the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations on Wednesday, June 8, 1966. Attached to one of the speeches is a fact sheet on the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations. Also included in this folder is a note from "SPC" to Freddie Miller regarding request for copies of the speech; ten letters written to Otis Chandler commenting on his speech, two are negative, two offer suggestion on how he can address the problems he stated in his speech and six are letters of praise, attached to one of the praise letters is a copy of a response letter from Otis Chandler; a program from the meeting; a copy of "News & Views on Human Relations" the Commission on Human Relations of Los Angles County newsletter; a one page fact sheet on the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations; newspaper clippings regarding Mayor Sam Yorty's loss in the elections and his attack on the Los Angeles Times and Otis Chandler regarding Chandler's speech; two pieces of correspondence between Mrs. Meyer Price Stern, Chairman of the Commission on Human Relations, and Otis Chandler, in which Stern thanks Chandler for attending and Chandler thanks Stern for being invited; four letters of correspondence between Rabbi Alfred Wolf and Otis Chandler regarding inviting Chandler to be the guest speaker, accepting the invitation to be guest speaker, and congratulations on winning the Pulitzer; attached to these last letters is a letter from John A. Buggs, Executive Director of Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, expressing his delight in Chandler accepting the invitation to be guest speaker and he also relays information about the actual event.

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