Manuscripts
Speeches
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Articles
Manuscripts
8 items: LAT article copy, 12/30/1951, "Mrs. Norman Chandler comes to Bowl rescue"; two article copies, from 7/1952, columns by Dorothy Chandler, "Convention Chatter," being a combination of gossip and convention news bites; two article copies from 4/1955, "Board names Mrs. Chandler," and "Mrs. Chandler heads planning for auditorium"; LAT and Mirror-News tear sheets, in plastic sleeves, 1/11/1956, reporting on Dorothy Chandler's speech to an audience of TM's women employees (subject - status of Russian women); article copy, 6/12/1956, "Survey outlines auditorium plan"; other undated clips.
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Biographical Material
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Approx. 10 items: 1-pp. "Career Data - Dorothy Buffum Chandler"; 6/1972; 10-pp. stapled packet of correspondence, first sheet being a letter to Mrs. Chandler from Hardy Martel of the California Institute of Technology, with info on Mrs. Chandler and on Caltech included, all dated 1974; more bio sheets dated between 1975 and 1981; two undated bio sheets.
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Times Mirror Company Executive Conference
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"A copy of a speech entitled "The Los Angeles Times and the Newspaper Industry" given by Otis Chandler at the Times Mirror Company Executive Conference on Wednesday, May 11, 1966. Other items in this folder include are a memo from Otis Chandler to Nick Williams regarding the conference; two list of attendees to the Annual Meeting and the Executive Conference, one is two pages, includes titles and has handwritten notes on the backside; an itinerary for the Executive Conference for May 11, 1966; a four page memo from Paul Bertness to Mrs. Norman Chandler regarding his comments on the Annual Meeting and the Executive Conference; an itinerary for both days of the conference; a newspaper clipping from the Wall Street Journal about the meeting; half a sheet of paper regarding the details about transportation to the meeting; and two page yellow pad pages with hand written notes, also attached to these pages is a piece of paper also with handwritten notes on it. "
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Douglas, Helen Gahagan
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Approx. 12 items. LAT news stories - headlines and dates include: "Actress defends migrants before Congressional hearing," 9/25/1940 ; Mrs. Douglas' view on Reds challenged," 8/30/1950 ; "Nixon gave her pink tint, Mrs. Douglas says," 9/21/1956 ; "Old Nixon foe (Douglas) still works against him," 10/19/1970. Also in the file is the original of a 10/25/1950 letter from Henry Rich of David S. Hillman Advertising, who had Douglas as a client, to the Advertising Dept. of LAT, indicating his appreciation for the "wonderful cooperation...in placing advertising, in spite of the fact that, editorially, LAT opposed her election.
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Death
Manuscripts
Approx. 10 items: article copy, Los Angeles (magazine), 8/1997, "The Power that Was - Dorothy "Buff" Chandler 1901 - 1997"; 4-pp. Times Mirror news release, 7/6/1997, "Dorothy Buffum Chandler dies at 96"; LAT memo, 7/6/1997, by Richard T. Schlosberg III, on "Dorothy Chandler's contributions to the institutions of Los Angeles..."; LAT Communications Department news release, 7/6/1997, on passing of Mrs. Chandler; clipping from LAT, 7/8/1997, of Paul Conrad's drawing in tribute of Mrs. Chandler; copy of N.Y. Times obit, 7/8/1997, "Dorothy Chandler, 96, dies ... arts patron in Los Angeles"; transcripts of broadcast reports of Mrs. Chandler's death; LAT tear sheet, 7/7/1997, "Dorothy Chandler, cultural leader, dies"; negative of photo portrait of Mrs. Chandler, taken on 2/6/1963 (in plastic sleeve).
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Articles
Manuscripts
1 item: tear sheet, The Executive, 11/1978, "Times Mirror Company's Otis Chandler."
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