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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
Approx. 100 items. Business and personal correspondence related to Bassett's novel, "Harm's Way." Correspondents include: Times-Mirror Syndicate, Rex Barley (literary agent), Macmillan Co.(A.L. Hart, Jr.), New American Library, McGraw-Hill Book Co., World Publishing (William Targ), Prentice-Hall Inc., Library Journal, Aerojet-General (George Pelletier, Pub. Rel.), Sen. Barry Goldwater, Chuck Bailey (Look magazine), Caspar Weinberger, etc. Copies of legal and financial documents related to the novel, many congratulatory notes from newspaper people nationwide, newspaper clippings (ads & commentary), and other ephemera.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 100 items. Business and personal correspondence related to Bassett's novel, "Harm's Way." Correspondents include: Times-Mirror Syndicate, Rex Barley (literary agent), Macmillan Co.(A.L. Hart, Jr.), New American Library, McGraw-Hill Book Co., World Publishing (William Targ), Prentice-Hall Inc., Library Journal, Aerojet-General (George Pelletier, Pub. Rel.), Sen. Barry Goldwater, Chuck Bailey (Look magazine), Caspar Weinberger, etc. Copies of legal and financial documents related to the novel, many congratulatory notes from newspaper people nationwide, newspaper clippings (ads & commentary), and other ephemera.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 100 items. Business and personal correspondence related to Bassett's novel, "Harm's Way." Correspondents include: Times-Mirror Syndicate, Rex Barley (literary agent), Macmillan Co.(A.L. Hart, Jr.), New American Library, McGraw-Hill Book Co., World Publishing (William Targ), Prentice-Hall Inc., Library Journal, Aerojet-General (George Pelletier, Pub. Rel.), Sen. Barry Goldwater, Chuck Bailey (Look magazine), Caspar Weinberger, etc. Also a table-top ad poster for the novel, copies of legal and financial documents related to the novel, many congratulatory notes from newspaper people nationwide, newspaper clippings (ads & commentary), and other ephemera
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Approx. 80 items. Correspondence related to the novel, "Harm's Way." - letters, notes, royalty statements. The correspondence includes both personal and business communication from: New American Library, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Kiwanis International (John McGehee), G.P. Putnam's Sons (William Targ), Chicago Sun-Times (Harry Homewood), Mrs. Evelle Younger, Doubleday & Company (Timothy Seldes, World Publishing Co., American University (Nancy Breen), Harper & Row (M.S. Wyeth), etc. Also clippings from 1/13/'64 Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
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454-pp. manuscript (pp. 420 - 874, Part II titled "Two Stars), early draft of Harm's Way, by James Bassett, ca. 1961. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 125 items. Individuals and organizations corresponding with B. include Paramount International Films, Pearl Harbor Survivors Assn., G.P. Putnam's Sons (Wm. Targ), New American Library, World Publishing, Simon & Schuster, etc. Also clips about the book/film, clips from film industry publications, newspapers (including in U.K.), royalty statements, correspondence about re-issue of the novel, etc.
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