Manuscripts

800 W. Orange Grove, Arcadia - "Gen. Specs., residence for Mr. & Mrs. Norman Chandler..."

Description: 2 items: bound, approx.. 35-pp. of "General specifications - residence for Mr. & Mrs. Norman Chandler, Rancho Santa Anita - Arcadia, California" ; also inserted in folder, 7-pp. "Addenda No. 1" relating to specifications named above, dated 4/19/1937.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1937
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Chandler, Norman - Tape # 1

Manuscripts

2 items: 19-pp. typed and annotated transcript of "Tape # 1 - James Bassett/Norman Chandler, Transcribed 12/4/1972" and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: Nick Williams becomes Editor (pp. 2) ; Norman Chandler's memories of Harrison Gray Otis (pp.4 - 6) ; Norman Chandler meets Dorothy Buffum at Stanford, they married in 1922, Norman Chandler did not graduate - "I wasn't enthusiastic about college" ; Dorothy Buffum Chandler comments that in the 1920s, Los Angeles Times did not mean as much to her and Norman Chandler as it did later, it was just a job (pp. 12) ; In the early 1940s, Norman Chandler began to be motivated to run the paper (Harry Chandler died in 1944, pp. 14) ; the recall of Mayor Frank Shaw, "he was a bad egg and we went overboard in supporting him...which I think was a mistake" (14 - 15) ; politics - Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan (pp. 16) ; Otis Chandler named publisher (pp. 17) ; Bassett asks Dorothy Buffum Chandler if, in the late 1950s, she felt Los Angeles Times needed to "shift more to the middle of the road? - she answered "Very much so."

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1150 W. Colorado, Arcadia - "Eaton's Santa Anita Restaurant, specifications of repairs...."

Manuscripts

3 items: two copies of specifications for repair of "Fire Damage" to Eaton's Santa Anita Restaurant after "the building and equipment [were] damaged by fire" 2/10/1956 ; one copy of "Specifications of repairs and changes as requested by Fire Department...[of] Arcadia..."

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1150 W. Colorado, Arcadia - "Eaton's Rancho Santa Anita Bungalow Hotel... heating and air conditioning specifications."

Manuscripts

1 item: bound, 10-pp. - "...heating and air conditioning specifications for Eaton's Santa Anita Bungalow Hotel."

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230 & 232 W. First - Gen. specs., building for Bancroft - Whitney (Owner's Copy)

Manuscripts

1 item: approx. 30-pp. of material, including "Instructions to Bidders," for "General specifications - Building for Bancroft - Whitney, 230 & 232 W. First St., L.A., Calif."

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230 & 232 W. First - Gen. specs., building for Bancroft - Whitney (Blueprint Copy)

Manuscripts

1 item: approx. 30-pp. of material, including "Instructions to Bidders," for "General specifications - Building for Bancroft - Whitney, 230 & 232 W. First St., L.A., Calif." This is blueprint sheet copy.

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130 S. Broadway - Gen. specs., "Alterations to Southwest Building."

Manuscripts

1 item: approx. 40-pp. - "General Specifications - alterations to Southwest Building, 130 S. Broadway," Los Angeles, CA. Blueprint paper.

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800 W. Orange Grove, Arcadia - "Gen. Specs., residence for Mr. & Mrs. Norman Chandler..."

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