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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. 20 items: collection of materials from LAT, The Christian Century, and the John Birch Society, related to the beliefs and activities of the Society. Some of the major items: spiral-bound book, The Blue Book of the John Birch Society, 4th printing, 1961; booklet, The John Birch Society - Bulletin, 4/1/1961 ; booklet, Editorial Research Reports, 5/10/1961, "Secret societies and political action....Secrecy aspects of John Birch Society" (by Helen B. Shaffer) ; etc.
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A two page item regarding the series of articles that were published in the Los Angeles Times about the John Birch Society.
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Approx. 20 items: letters and postcards either praising or condemning material about the John Birch Society (including paid advertising) that appeared in LAT, 1964 - 1967.
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Approx. 15 items. Material includes: a small, spiral-bound notebook with notes & quotes; newspaper clippings; memos and letters; an Oct. 15, 1962, news release from Committee to Re-elect Governor Brown. A representative of the John Birch Society demanded a retraction for publication by LAT of a statement of Gov. Edmund. Brown regarding the JBS. There seems to be at least two Greenberg stories mentioned here that JBS took exception to.
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Reprints of editorials, articles, and reports originally published in the Los Angeles Times. Includes reprints on communism, the John Birch Society, Americans for Democratic Action, and a booklet containing "open letters" from Norman Chandler and Otis Chandler.
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Approx. 60 items. Subjects include:newsprint reclamation; more "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; outcome and comments on Peggy Harford lawsuit against LAT (5/8/1970); explanation to reader of what a Conrad cartoon meant, which showed Nixon baring his stomach (5/7/1970); letters responding to Westridge (all-girl school in Pasadena) students on topic of pollution; letter telling a Little League official from SF Valley that Paul Conrad was a Little League official in Palos Verdes; (5/6/1970) "West and Home" [magazines] are over budget" - followed by details; (5/5/1970) letter to John Veneman, HEW Undersecretary; letter to Chester Gould, "Dick Tracy" cartoonist, after LAT canceled the strip; letter to Herbert Brucker of Stanford on proposed Ethics Committee for American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), 5/4/1970.
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