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Pulitzer Prize - First Amendment
Manuscripts
Approx. 10 items - letter, 9/19/1940, from Willis Booth of New York to Harry Chandler, with attached NY Times editorial of same day endorsing Wendell Willkie for president, which Booth refers to as "a masterpiece" ; letter to HC from his Editor L.D. Hotchkiss, discussing outlook for Republican candidates for president in 1940 - Hotchkiss refers to "the great majority" of voters as "unthinking... rabble" ; article copies, 1938 & 1940, on the "contempt case."
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United States and California Supreme Court Documents
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8 items: various brief legal documents in the case of "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (most items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 57-pp. "Brief for Respondent in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari," October Term, 1939. 7 items: various brief legal documents in "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (most items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 65+ pp. "Supplemental brief on behalf of Respondent," October Term, 1940. 29-pp. (on 15 sheets) copy of legal document, "In the Supreme Court of the State of California - The Times-Mirror Company... and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California, in and for the County of Los Angeles," (L.A. No. 16928), "... Harry Chandler and L.D. Hotchkiss (L.A. No. 16929), "Brief for American Newspaper Publishers Association as Amicus Curiae," n.d. - ca. 1939. 4 items: various brief legal documents in "The Times-Mirror Company and L.D. Hotchkiss vs. The Superior Court of the State of California..." (items are staple-bound documents under 50-pp.) ; 21-pp. staple-bound, "Nos. 1, 3.--October Term, 1941," also names "Harry Bridges, Petitioner."
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"Contempt" Case
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Approx. 20 items - wire service printouts on cases, letters, news clips and other material related to LAT contempt case. Includes: 16-pp. transcript from Supreme Court of U.S., "Times-Mirror Co. vs. Superior Court (CA) ; several pieces of correspondence involving L.D. Hotchkiss, Times Editor ; includes a letter, n.d., from L.A. Mayor Fletcher Bowron to Judge Clarence Kincaid on Bowron's efforts, as he puts it, to "stamp out bribery and corruption" and to attack underworld. Note: it is not clear what connection, if any, this letter has to the LAT contempt action and defense.
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Douglas Aircraft
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Correspondence from Harry Chandler regarding Douglas Aircraft. File of L.D. Hotchkiss and William Holden.
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Los Angeles Times Employees
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Correspondence and memoranda regarding employees of the Los Angeles Times. Correspondents and subjects include L.D. Hotchkiss; R.W. Trueblood; F.N. Martin; editorial staff; Western Air Express wreck; Charles Sloan; employee training program; Alma Whitaker; Bill Henry; Fred Hogue; J.N. Levy; Kyle Palmer; and Harry Chandler. File of L.D. Hotchkiss and R.W. Trueblood.
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Biographical information
Manuscripts
Approx. 8 items: bio sheets, original and dupe of 3-pp. letter from L.D. Hotchkiss to Mr. [?] Chandler (1938).
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