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
Image not available
Manuscripts
5 items: Thomas speech to Cosmopolitan Club, Santa Barbara, CA., 3/20/1975 ; LAT version of Cosmo speech, 3/30/1975 ; another version presented at "8-Ball Final annual publication of Greater Los Angeles Press Club, 9/23/1977 ; two letters related to the speech and another copy.
mssLAT
Image not available
Manuscripts
2 items. Speech texts. "The Future of the Mass Media," 10-pp. (n.d.); "After the Election," (15-pp.) delivered at Twilight Club, 10/1972. Both texts have added changes in pencil, speaker's marks, etc.
mssLAT
Image not available
Manuscripts
3 items: two reprints from LAT and one, spiral-bound copy (possibly Thomas' copy) of speech, "Warts and all, our cause is your cause," (presented to an audience of jurists)
mssLAT
Image not available
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items, including: correspondence with Robert Healy, Boston Globe, and Fred Friendly, Ford Foundation ; several Thomas speech transcripts, including one to Cosmopolitan Club (Santa Barbara) on 3/20/1975 ; letters, cards and notes criticizing various aspects of LAT ; letter of congratulations (1971) to Thomas from Police Chief Ed Davis on the occasion of Thomas' becoming Editor of LAT ; 4-pp. memo from Frank Haven to Nick Williams (1965) giving his thoughts on the new "City" Editor, William Thomas - plus thumbnail evaluations of LAT staffers Jack Smith, Chuck Hillinger, Harry Bernstein, etc. (Note: Thomas became City Editor just a few weeks before the Watts riots of August, 1965). Split into two folders.
mssLAT
Image not available
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items, including: correspondence with Robert Healy, Boston Globe, and Fred Friendly, Ford Foundation ; several Thomas speech transcripts, including one to Cosmopolitan Club (Santa Barbara) on 3/20/1975 ; letters, cards and notes criticizing various aspects of LAT ; letter of congratulations (1971) to Thomas from Police Chief Ed Davis on the occasion of Thomas' becoming Editor of LAT ; 4-pp. memo from Frank Haven to Nick Williams (1965) giving his thoughts on the new "City" Editor, William Thomas - plus thumbnail evaluations of LAT staffers Jack Smith, Chuck Hillinger, Harry Bernstein, etc. (Note: Thomas became City Editor just a few weeks before the Watts riots of August, 1965). Split into two folders.
mssLAT
Image not available
Manuscripts
3 items. Speech texts without dates. 11-pp. text on the role of the press; 11-pp. text with notation "Santa Barbara speech" at top of page 1, topic is "How the Mass Communications Media Can Make Public Affairs Understandable"; 6-pp. text on topic of professional standards.
mssLAT