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. 75 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: letter to Herbert Brucker, Stanford Prof. Journalism Fellowships; bad reactions to Feiffer cartoons; to Robert Work, Publisher, L.A. Daily Journal; deal for new Barry Goldwater column; more "range of (editorial) opinion" responses to reader complaints; to Edward Chase (VP, New American Library); number of editorial employees takes a leap (up) and Williams is concerned (4/7/1969); 2-pp. letter (4/7/1969) to Celia Zager, Exec. Dir. Fair Housing Council of the SFV; letter (4/7/1969) responding to criticisms of LAT by Hyman Haves, Exec. Dir. Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.; more defense of LAT coverage of Nixon administration and Gov. Reagan; Williams assures yet another reader that LAT "firmly believes in our democratic institutions" but that "the way to preserve them is to perfect them" (4/14/1967); Advertising Department and West magazine; etc.
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Approx. 85 items. Letters and memos (increasingly friendly, informal letters are seen, sharing news of NBW Boxer and Afghan dogs, along with those related to consulting for Otis Chandler) Subjects and correspondents include: (9/18) memo to Otis Chandler giving W.'s opinion that "a well-done, well-written history of The Times, not just an 'approved' version, but (truthful), would be worth while for The Times and probably as a publishing venture"; letter to Victor White giving insights into NBWs' political attitudes and those of newspaper people in general; (8/29) 5-pp. report to Otis Chandler on Newsday, Dallas T-H and The Pilot; (8/9) response to a request by Pres. Robert Atwell of Pitzer College to become a member of its Committee for Goals; (7/26) letter to David Laventhol of Newsday praising that paper's Sports section; (7/6/) 3-pp. letter to Felix McKnight of DallasT-H on that paper's 1973 budget and continuing "remodel" of that paper; etc.
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Approx. 125 items. Letters, memos, one longer report, a note sheet on "Craig St. Clair" paper listing some topics. Subjects include: letter to Saul David of Saul David Productions; NBW mailed material on the Angela Davis court case to William F. Buckley, Jr., at The National Review; damage control (10/16/1969) after an Al Capp cartoon ran with "insulting and sacrilegious" elements in it; 3-pp. letter to Jack Nightscales of The Vancouver Sun on "the major challenge (to newspapers) for he 1970s"; letter (10/14/1969) to Press and Information liaison of the Israeli Embassy in DC; letter (10/13/1969) to Anatoly Dobrynin, Ambassador from the Soviet Union; world population control; response to subscriber in Palos Verdes who is canceling--he apparently felt LAT was too liberal and "soft on crime"; 4-pp. letter to Bruckner of LAT Chicago bureau on a "Nixon-Madison Ave.-Vietnam column (10/7/1969); letter to John Anson Ford on El Pueblo State Historical Monument; more defense of Paul Conrad; NBW reminds a staffer that the Peter Principle (of Dr. Lawrence Peter) "first appeared in West magazine"; memo on the expense account of Anthony Day(10/8/1969); memo on "gifts to editorial staffers"; (10/29/1969) status of LAT Editorial; LAT design (10/30/1969); 11-pp. "memo" to Otis Chandler primarily on Editorial Space, Design of The Times and Editorial mid-level execs not included in the Executive Incentive Plan; "Page One, Column One" articles; letter to U.S. Sen. John Sparkman; (8/12/1969) 3-pp. memo to Otis C. on Minimum Space Requirements; etc.
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100 + items. Letters and memo. LAT opposition to Yorty's reelection in 1969 was a major issue that year, including many threatened cancellations (see below). Subjects and well-known correspondents include:LAT orders 10 articles by James Simon Kunen (author of The Strawberry Statement) from Sterling Lord Agency; Williams' answer to Mrs. Madigan, (6/3/1969) who had criticized LAT coverage of Mayor Yorty, is typical of many such letters--"When Sam Yorty was first elected...executives of The Times...informed him we would support him when we believed he was right and oppose him when we believed he was wrong," and W. also stated that this is the obligation of a newspaper; letter to J. Edward Murray of The Arizona Republic; letter to Edmund Dooley, Editor at San Francisco Chronicle;letter to Reuters (6/4/1969) praising their coverage but trying to get them to lower their price for LAT; letter of 6/6/1969 to a Mr. James mentioning various LAT endorsements over recent years and going into some detail on support for Barry Goldwater, Sr., in 1964 Pres. race; Rudy Vallee is once again offering to write a regular column for LAT; letter to Edward Kuhn, Jr., Exec. VP and Publisher, The World Publishing Co.; letter explaining LAT coverage of Israeli-Arab rift; letter to James F. Chambers, Jr. Publisher, Dallas Times Herald; letters to U. S. Senator George Murphy; editorial expansion (and costs); letter to Herbert Bruckner, Stanford Professional Journalism Fellowships; a 2-pp. memo to Dick Robinson on "the coffee situation in editorial"; etc.
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Approx. 75 items. Letters and memos. Subjects and correspondents included: (7/28/1970) letter to William Buckley, Jr. on his speech at Riverside (CA) and issues related to printing it in LAT; letter to John Volpe, Sec. of Transportation; letter to W. Averell Harriman on the issue of LAT's defense of H. when VP Agnew publicly criticised him (7/27/1970); letter to Emmett Dedmon, VP & Editorial Director, Chicago Sun Times; letter to Armand Hammer, Chairman of Occidental Petroleum; letter (7/17/1970) to Clifford Schlegel on LAT effort to find a conservative-leaning cartoonist to "counterbalance" the views of Conrad; again, as always, the "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; etc.
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Approx. 60 items. Letters and memos. Subjects and correspondents include: (7/30) 2-pp. reply to reader who disliked an Oliphant cartoon, describing the people depicted as "hideous characters"; (7/29) witty reply in praise of columnist Jack Smith; (7/28) reply to Charles T. Munger on "unfounded myths"; (7/28) West mag. minimum number of pages and advertising issues; 3-pp. letter to Sen. Sam Ervin (no date--has light blue paper clip); (7/21) reply to reader (Mr. Unger) who considered the comic strip "Doonesbury" an insult, with NBW thoughts on the "vitality" of that strip; NBW provides a thumbnail bio of himself and advice for students of communications / journalism (to Dr. Edwin Haroldsen of BYU); (7/16/) 3-pp. reply to Ed Dooley, Editor, S.F. Examiner, who had requested stats on "minorities" employed at LAT; (7/15) reply to Dr. Frederick Stare, nutritionist, who received criticism for his Spec. Section in LAT on health foods; memo to Dick Smith on dealing with subscription cancellation letters; (7/2) letter to Mr. Cox about LAT coverage of massage parlors; etc.
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