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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 150 items. Folder includes letters from Bassett to many persons who contributed information or aided him in locating information related to the writing of his book on the history of the Times. Among his correspondents: Bill Stout, Rep. Alphonzo Bell, Nick Williams, Justice Earl Warren (ret.), (Sen.) William Knowland, Frank Capra, John Goldman, Leonard Wibberly, Otis Chandler, Tom Snyder (KNBC), Jonathan Kirsch, Edmund G. Brown, Warren Christopher, Richard Nixon, Herb Klein, etc. Split into two folders.
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8 items: letter, 2/6/1973, to Bassett from Lawrence Clark Powell (at Univ. of Arizona at that time) with tips on how to research the book ; letter, 3/10/1977, to Bassett from Stan (Gordon) with research tips for the book ; assorted typed notes (yellow paper) for the "Prologue...," "Land" and "LA - pre-1880s (last item 12-pp.) ; covering memo and 13-pp. of notes from "Bill" Murphy to Bassett, subject "Times History book" given.
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4 items: letter, 4/13/1960, Capra to Norman Chandler, giving "heartiest congratulations and best wishes" to both Otis and Norman Chandler on the occasion of Norman's naming of Otis to be publisher ; letter, 8/13/1973, from Bassett to Capra telling him of the history project and asking about the possibility of interviewing Capra ; 3-pp. letter, 8/28/1973, in which Capra colorfully describes his early (age 7) career as a newspaper delivery boy ; letter, 9/18/1973, Bassett to Capra, thanking him for his letter of reminiscences and tentatively planning a lunch with him.
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4 items: 18-pp. transcript of interview of "Bill" Bradshaw by Jim Bassett, titled "...Taping with William Bradshaw, ret., who had been administrative assistant to Harry Chandler before World War II," taped on 7/5/1973 ; letter, 9/25/1973, to James Bassett from "Bill" Bradshaw, on aspects of the book project research ; undated sheet, signed "Bill Bradshaw," with additional information related his memories of working for Harry Chandler ; envelope for the 1973 letter, addressed to Bassett containing Bradshaw's return address.
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Correspondence between James Bassett and Otis Chandler. One of the items of correspondence is a thank you card in response to Bassett's sympathy after Norman Chandler died. Also included are letters sent to Mrs. Bassett, after her husband's death and letters regarding James Bassett and the planning for Los Angeles Times centennial and a possible book on the subject.
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Approx. 15 items: variety of tear sheets & clips of LAT articles by and about Bassett; brief from The Eight Ball, 9/1958, on Bassett's vacation, scorpion bites and state of health; from 1978, LAT obit on Bassett, Among Ourselves obit on Bassett, Jim Bishop obit / tribute column on Bassett
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