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. 90 items. Letters, memos. Subjects and correspondents include: reply to reader who accused NBW and columnists he disliked of being "owned by the Chandlers"; letter to Charles Bennett, Editor of The Oklahoman, informing him that NBW and James Bassett would be resigning from their posts with ASNE as of Spring 1971, and suggesting the names of Robert Donovan and Anthony Day as replacements (3/30/1971; a letter in which NBW admits that he is "the man who fiddles with the comic page," because "an editor must have something to do to pass the time"; (3/29) letter on LAT editorial on SST (Super sonic transport); plans for meeting between "key members of the editorial staff" and "not more than five members of the trial lawyers association" (3/30/'71); letter to David Laventhol (Newsday) - "I hope it's no secret that I am an admirer of Newsday"; (3/23) 3-pp.letter to Otis Chandler on several topics, incl. a plan to specify "senior editors" to be "super-reporters of subjects"; letter to Ashraf Ghorbal, Minister Plenipotentiary, United Arab Republic Interests Section, NYC; 2-pp. letter to Kathleen Carr on NBW' college education and his interest in archeology; (3/22/'71) letter to Janet Foulkes on the virtues (or not) of several comic strips; several letters to Robert Chandler, Editor/Publisher., The Bulletin (Bend, OR); (3/11/'71) 3-pp. reply to Dan Jamison, CMC student, on his criticisms of LAT coverage of the Manson trial and the Nixon administration); (3/9) letter to J. Edward Murray, Arizona Republic, explaining some of the changes among top LAT staffers; the John Anson Ford memoirs.
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Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. Subjects and correspondents in file include: memo on visit by Ed Patton, Pres. of Alyseska Pipe Line Co., on "plans to build the oil pipe line from the North Slope of Alaska to...Valdez" (1/29/71); letter to Jesse Robinson, Co-chair of Greater Los Angeles Urban Coalition, in response to his concerns about lack of coverage of his organization's meetings; memos about staffers having large amounts of vacation time accrued; additional costs for Southeast Section; memo to Vance Stickell on use of LAT quotes in advertising (1/28/71); discussion and financial numbers on the Publishers-Hall Syndicate contract; (1/28/71) letter to Ben Bradlee (Wash. Post) on the Bureau of National Affairs; (1/28/71) 2-pp. memo to Otis Chandler on lawsuit brought by Chicago Tribune ; "killing" columns by liberal or conservative columnists; (1/25/71) coverage of San Dimas area, extreme eastern L.A. County and western San Bernardino County; 1/25/71) 2-pp. response to Henry Lippitt, a reader who believed LAT to be "anti-business"; (1/25/71) letter to Charles T. Munger; letter to Tony Slaughter of Fort Worth Star-Telegram with LAT ratings for entries in the Texas Gridiron Club Contest (journalism); letter stating that LAT intends to "take a good hard look at John Gardner's Common Cause for an upcoming issue"; (1/19/71) what sound like a facetious letter to an Irene Bende on "why we don't put Jack Smith's picture into his column"; (1/19/71) to Willard Galbraith, "we do not reflexively publish just any (Conrad) cartoon...(or) Ryskind column...some we turn down"; (1/11/71-to Mr. Nuhn) "Pomona...a clinical case in race relations"; the requisite number of letters about the comics page; several letters on "Dark Shadows" comic strip; (1/8/71) memo announcing 9th Annual Editorial Awards at Biltmore; letter to John Anson Ford, speaks of a late mutual friend of both men, Rube Burough; brief letter to Sen. Hugh Scott, Minority Leader, Washington, DC; etc.
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Approx. 35 items. Letters, memos. Subjects and correspondents include: (4/29/'71) letter to W. Robert Walton of Universal Press Syndicate indicating that if "the price is right," NBW will order the strip "Doonesbury" for LAT; (4/29/'71) reply to Mrs. Dana Smith of Pasadena, who wrote criticizing LAT features such as Drew Pearson's columns, as well as cartoons by Interlandi and Conrad; staff vacancies; (4/7/'71) letter to Tom Simmons, Editor, Dallas Morning News, in which NBW does some politicking for ASNE elections; etc.
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Approx. 90 items. Letters, memos. Subjects and correspondents include: (2/25/71) lighthearted note to Paul Bovarnick of Claremont Men's College, on LAT vs. NY Times; memo to Otis Chandler on efforts to "wrench our Editorial Library into the 20th Century"; letter to David Riley of Claremont MC on the The Christian Science Monitor newspaper; (2/24/71) letter to Chester Gould, cartoonist of "Dick Tracy"; (2/24/71) memo to Otis Chandler - "the major political parties...(are now) gearing their national nominating conventions to television"; flap about Dr. Frederick Stare and his LAT column; more "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; (1/23/71) memo on upcoming visit to LAT of Sec. of Labor James Hodgson; exchange with Supervisor Warren Dorn on coverage of Rams and pro football; letter (2/11/71) to David Laventhol, Newsday Editor, about writer Hannah Achtenberg; etc.
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Approx. 65 items. Letters and memos. (Fewer famous names crop up among NBW correspondents after his retirement) Subjects and correspondents include: (6/27) NBW neatly refutes Ida Eaton of Palm Springs, who wrote saying - "one of the greatest threats to freedom of thought is freedom of the press"; (5/30) 9-pp. letter [brown paper clip] to James Chambers, Jr., of Dallas Times Herald, giving advice on problems at the Dallas paper; (5/4) letter to David Laventhol, Editor, Newsday, saying "With the issue of April 23 I think you've got it... [except for one item in Sports] I can't find a quibble"; (4/18) 11-pp. letter (red ppr clip) to Chambers, of Dallas Times Herald critiquing the April 3 - April 12 issues of that paper. NBW writes "the entire paper...has been goosed up...(but) there are a couple of points on which I have considerable doubts"; (4/10) 2-pp. memo to Otis Chandler on Times Herald issues; (4/5) letter to "Doc" Young on the ingredients of a successful newspaper; (4/3) 3-pp. memo to Otis Chandler on Newsday Editorial; 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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