Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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. 25 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: no subscription to National Journal; letter to William Loeb, Pres. of Manchester Union Leader; memos on Bill Henry's column and LAT career in general; response to Altadena reader who felt "somebody got to" LAT regarding the Angela Davis case, and who apparently approved of VP Spiro Agnew's attitude toward the press"; response [as always] to charge that LAT has a liberal-bias ; congratulatory note to "Shav" Glick on his 15th anniversary with the paper; 2-pp. letter to Howard Palfrey Jones of the Christian Science Monitor on LAT's current situation and "the future of newspapers"; 3-pp. memo to Otis C. regarding "Times School Papers; etc.
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Approx. 85 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: new type faces; letter to Ambassador. Walter Annenberg (12/30/1970); LAT not a Republican or a Democratic newspaper; 2-pp. letter to Robert Krueger of Planning Research Corp. on Conrad's cartoons, William Buckley's column, and the fact that comic strips not chosen at LAT on the grounds of political philosophy (12/30); answer to irate reader denying that LAT "slant(s) news along Pro-Arab lines"; answer to a Berkeley woman who took exception to LAT's Women of the Year selections, especially Goldie Hawn (12/30); obsolescence of comic strips; 1970 Editorial Awards; letter to Ben Bradlee (Washington Post) on costs of "IHT" (International Herald Tribune?) ; letter (12/21) to Constantin von Dziembowski, German Consul General in L.A.; on new architectural critic, John Pastier; reply to claim by singer Bobby Darin (12/18) that LAT was anti-Semitic; reply to reader, James B. Gordon (12/11) believed LAT was biased against the Nixon Administration; letter to Andrew Franklin, British Consul-Gen. in L.A. (12/10); letter to Patrick Monaghan, law prof. at U. of Idaho, on confidentiality of sources; list of new editorial employees (10/30/1970 ?); 2-pp. letter to Robert Elegant, LAT correspondent in W. Germany (11/23/1970 ?); etc.
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Approx. 95 items. Subjects include: further responses to "liberal columnists" charge by readers; partial editorial guest list for dinner in honor of Otis C.'s Tenth Anniversary as Publisher, including Jack Smith, Bill Thomas, Tony Day, NBW and others; invitation to Gen. William Peers to lunch with LAT Editorial Board for "off-the-record" talk; response to alarm of fans of "Li'l Abner" comic strip after cancellation--ditto "Dick Tracy", including reader who believed LAT was canceling certain comics because of conservative viewpoints ; the My Lai incident (Vietnam War); 3-pp. on "interpretive reporting" (3/20/1970); letter to John Chafee, Sec. of Navy; assuring readers that LAT included a spectrum of political thought; letter to George Mair of KNX on unpaid ads; letter (3/19/1970) to Chester Gould, cartoonist of "Dick Tracy"; the "Paul Conrad serves a useful purpose" (form) letter to Col. C.W. Hoffman of Santa Barbara who had canceled LAT subscription; "dope traffic" in USA and So. Cal. (3/10/1970); 3-pp. response on LAT-Morrie Ryskind-Black Panthers issue; letter (3/5/1970) to Richard Baker of Columbia Journalism Review, challenging elements of a CJR article on the Tate Case (Manson murders) and My Lai (Vietnam) mentioning LAT; letter to cartoonist Al Capp explaining that LAT "had no ulterior reasons...for dropping 'Lil Abner' beyond (improving readership)"; letter (3/2/1970) to Dorothy Bowen, Public Relations, Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, on info for Calendar listings; etc.
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Approx. 110 items. Letters & memos, one sheet of "Craig St. Clair" notepaper with subject notes. Subjects and correspondents include: NBW cannot detect a left or right "lean" in the political comment of the comic strip "Berry's World"; thoughts on ballerinas Markova and Danilova; letter to ex-Governor Edmond G. Brown explaining why a speech he gave was severely condensed in LAT reportage (another letter to Brown on different topic, (1/21/1970); friendly note to Elmer Dills (of L.A. Herald-Examiner); response to Charles Ege (Porterville, CA) thanking him for highly complimentary letter to LAT--"we get a few letters like yours, but...the greatest majority of them tell us we're a bunch of bums..."; response to Superior Court Judge John Cole; (form) letters in defense of LAT's UN reporter Louis Fleming who, NBW writes, "does not express personal opinions in the Israeli-Arab conflict"; letters to J. Edward Murray of Arizona Republic; letter to Robert Barton (1/12/1970) of U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara, Mexico; should LAT sponsor a "juried art show"?; incident involving LAPD officer and a shotgun (1/9/1970); attitude of Spiro Agnew (U.S. V. Pres.) toward LAT (1/9/1970); Oscar Acosta wishes to write a column for LAT as "spokesman for the Chicano" and NBW wishes to read examples (1/9/1970); letter to Police Chief Edward Davis (1/6/1970) on LAT coverage of police work in L.A.; (1/29/1970) minimum space requirements; letter (1/27/1970) to Herbert Klein, White House (Nixon) Communications Director assuring him that LAT reporter Jack Foisie did not "make critical comments casually"; further responses to readers critical of coverage of Agnew's Southeast Asia trip of 1970; Ralph Story's t-v program on Los Angeles; letter to Saul David (1/22/1970) expressing the view that, had JFK's assassin been a member of a left or right-wing organization instead of Oswald ("a nut") "hell would have broken loose"; problems with Metro coverage (1/22/1970); as always, complaints about cartoonists Conrad and Interlandi; as always, opinions pro and con about LAT comics pages; on form letter to be sent to "teachers praising Student Outlook," an LAT publication. (1/21/1970); etc.
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Approx. 90 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: conditional praise for William Buckley, Jr.; arrangements to interview, hire and move Anthony Day from Washington, DC; more responses to Conrad complaints; editorial budget for 1970 (9/17/1969); the price of gasoline; to U.S. Circuit Judge Irving Hoffman; too MANY ads in West magazine? ; readership; Editorial expansion (9/3/1969); response to Edward Taylor, Florida Citrus Commission, upset because an LAT article (humorously) referred to frozen orange juice as "fake orange juice"; adding reader interest to front page of Metro; the "astonishing commercial success (of) Sunday Calendar"; etc.
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Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. Response to Sam Chandler (4/21/1970) on working to eradicate prejudices; Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick; (4/15/1970) 2-pp. letter to reader Wallace Williams on the meaning of "freedom of the press"; "thank you" note to Gen. William Peers of the Pentagon after he joined the LAT Editorial Board for "off-the-record" talks; letter to Walter Annenberg, Ambassador to Great Britain; (4/9/1970) 4-pp. letter to columnist Morrie Ryskind on Police Chief Ed Davis--LAT--Ryskind incident; letter to Bishop Gerald Kennedy, United Methodist Church -- L.A. Area; response (4/8/1970) to M.D. Shelstad, who canceled subscription. and accused LAT of trying to "bust our President"; more explanation of reason LAT canceled "Li'l Abner"; more qualified defense of editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad; etc.
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