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. 60 items: letters from readers opposing LAT's position on the 1969 L.A. Mayoral race (i.e. - LAT endorsed Tom Bradley over Sam Yorty) and either protesting the position or, in some cases, canceling their Times subscription. Attached to most of these letters is one of two standard LAT responses, one for those merely protesting the LAT position and another for those canceling their subscription.
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Approx. 25 items. Letters, press clippings, Yorty newsletters, etc. Subjects include: discussion of a new charter for L.A.; 1970 "Yorty for Governor" press release; issues related to Indochina war; LAT gives very strong editorial endorsement to Tom Bradley for mayor, stating that Yorty's 8-yr. record as mayor was one of "bickering and weak leadership, racial divisiveness and clowning absenteeism on world-wide junkets" and more; etc.
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Approx. 20 items. Subjects include: correspondence with (Eliot) Janeway Publishing & Research Corp.; LAT endorsement of Barry Goldwater in 1964; Tom Bradley's political career; unfunny comics; United Jewish Welfare Fund; angry letter from George Jessel; etc.
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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.
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3 items: 2-pp. letter from L.A. Mayor Sam Yorty to Ed Ainsworth at LAT ; 5-pp. report, described as "the timetable of major phone calls to and from (Police Chief Parker's) office" related to riot response ; news clipping, Santa Barbara News-Press, 9/8/1965, "L.A. riots backlash seen as issue in governor race" ; news clipping, LAT, 11/10/1965, "Brown offers to help L.A. in crime battle."
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Approx. 30 items. Subjects include: Otis Chandler publicly remarking that Yorty had failed to show leadership in race relations, after which Yorty challenged C. to a debate on who was doing the most to improve race relations in L.A.; Yorty, LAT and Vietnam issues; repeated allegations by Yorty of LAT "distortions"; complete transcript of Yorty press conference of 6/9/1966; text of Yorty speech to AP Managing Editors Assn., 11/18/1966; etc.
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