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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
Seven pieces of correspondence written by Otis Chandler to his mother, Dorothy Chandler. One of the letters is a photocopy. Three are memos to his mother, one with a letter attached which was address to Mrs. Norman Chandler. Also in this folder is a letter from C.C. Moseley to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Chandler regarding the John Birch Society. There is a handwritten note on the letter by Dorothy Chandler.
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Approx. 35 items: in "Tribute to a renown...Editor, Nick B. Williams," at the time of his death, LAT columnist Jack Smith wrote that, "turned the Los Angeles Times from a biased, provincial, Republican newspaper, into one of the country's two or three best"; program booklet for "The Nick B. Williams Luncheon Party," Levy's Grill, 2/20/1959; 3-pp. transcript of speech at Women's Lawyers Club (1959), titled "Court News Policy," on the topic of a free press; selection of Williams' writings for a variety of publications--California Publisher, The Quill, California Parent -Teacher, etc. ;brief copy, Among Ourselves, 7/1948, on W's career, mentioning his fiction writing; single-page bio ; W's tear sheets, 1959 - 1971, from LAT; LAT clip, 10/28/1981, "Ex-Editor of Times receives press award": LAT Editorial, 7/2/1992, "In Memory of Nick B. Williams," which closes, "Nick Williams mark on The Times is indelible." Williams was with LAT for forty years, retiring in 1971, and after that working as a consultant for Otis Chandler.
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Approx. 20 items. Seminar topic: Public Affairs Journalism. Folder includes LAT memos, correspondence between Williams and The Center relating to his attendance at the seminar. Also papers presented by Williams, Ben Bradlee, and Michael Pulitzer. Otis Chandler, Fred Friendly and others also spoke to the attendees.
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Approx. 12 items: several news clips, 1968 - 1969; 2 info sheets for Martha Marsh Chandler (Mrs. Harrison Chandler), 1968; 2-pp. "Biographical Data" for Harrison Chandler, 8/1970; LAT obit, 4/29/1985, one tear sheet & one copy, "Harrison Chandler, 82, printing executive, dies."
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Three items. Three memos from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler and a memo from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler, Mrs. Norman Chandler [Dorothy Chandler], Philip Chandler, L.D. Hotchkiss, Omar F. Johnson, Hugh A. Lewis, R. F. Mark, Edward J. Reap, Marvin Reimer, Fred Selzer, and Nick Williams. One of the memos has to do with Sam Yorty and includes a copy of a letter that Yorty sent to Norman Chandler.
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Approx. 20 items. The file includes LAT memos and exchanges of letters between Ryskind and Williams. At this point in time, Ryskind had not appeared in LAT for some years, but was firing broadsides at LAT from the pages of Herald-Examiner and Evening Outlook. The folder contains clippings from both papers and discussion of same in memos. Also in folder is a draft version, with editing marks, of a 5-pp. letter to R. from Williams which helps to understand a story involving L.A.P.D., Blacks, and what LAT and Ryskind wrote about it.
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