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Articles
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Approx. 18 items. among the major articles are: tear sheet, Los Angeles (magazine), 11/1980, "The Music Center takes off its white gloves"; 2 tear sheets of article, "W" (magazine), 9/9/1983, "Buff Chandler...the right person at the right time"; complete copy, L.A. Edition (Greater Los Angeles Visitors & Convention Bureau), Fall/Winter 1984; "Spotlight - Dorothy Buffum Chandler"; related notes, letters, etc. (1980 - 1986)
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Theaters - Music Center of Los Angeles County
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Approx. 40 items: selected clips from LAT, Downtown News, Time (magazine), various brochures and booklets. Notable items: 10-pp. report from (LAT staffer) Ed Ainsworth to "Mrs. [Dorothy] Chandler," 12/9/1957, "Civic Auditorium Memorandum" ; brochure, (8/1963?) "An invitation to become a founder of The Music Center - a living memorial to peace" ; brochure, "Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - The Music Center...1964-1965 Inaugural Season" ; cover & article tear sheets, Time, 12/18/1964, story on The Music Center and Dorothy Chandler ; souvenir booklet, The Music Center, 1968 ; 2 copies of booklet, LA Edition - Fall/Winter 1984, with articles on The Music Center and on Dorothy Chandler ; LAT tear sheets, 5/10/1987, Calendar cover story, "The Music Center - What lies ahead?"
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Death
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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 on, 1966 - 1969
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3 items. Two copies (1 tear sheet, 2 reprints) of article from Los Angeles Magazine, title "The Changing Direction of The Times. Also, one tear sheet copy of Time (mag.) article titled "Enterprise in Los Angeles," on LAT coverage of Watts riots, the resulting Pulitzer, Otis Chandler and the philosophical evolution of LAT. Attached to the Time article is a humorous note, hand-written by Otis Chandler. 7 items. Two tear sheets of Newsweek article, "How to Build an Empire" (1/2/1967) about LAT and the Chandlers--attached is color cover photo of Otis Chandler. One tear sheet and two photocopies of Saturday Review article (9/23/1967), "New Winds in the South, New Splash in the North, in part, about LAT. 4 items. Photocopy of chapter titled "The Times: Los Angeles and New York," from The Elite Press by John C. Merrill, 1968. Photocopy of chapter titled "Expanding Empire of a Newspaper," from Los Angeles--a Profile, by W.W. Robinson. Complete issue of The Nation, 1/15/1968, containing article "Los Angeles Times: Most Likely to Succeed," by Phil Kirby, and a tear sheet of same article. 5 items. Two copies of Harper's Magazine article of 12/1969, titled "The Los Angeles Times," by John Corry. Two news clippings, one titled "Pulitzer Prize Winner Pays Tribute to Times," the other "How Soviet Journalists Rate U.S. Newspapers." Clipping from L.A. Free Press, dated only "1969," titled "Los Angeles Times as Underground," giving the leftist newspaper's reaction to "the L.A. Times editorial of June 1st." The writer concludes, "Considerable changes must have taken place in the editorial offices of the Times...(noting) the increased liberal format of the new L.A. Times."
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Articles
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Approx. 20 items: LAT article copy, 3/11/1980, "Times Mirror names 5 senior vice presidents"; WSJ, same day, same topic; LAT clips in plastic sleeve, same as previous story; LAT clip, 3/6/1980, "Two (Tomas Rivera, Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.) named directors of Times Mirror Co."; LAT clip (in sleeve), 3/28/1980, "FCC approves Times Mirror purchase of 5 TV stations"; article copy, Financial World, 6/15/1980, "Digestion time--has Times Mirror bitten off more than it can chew? Don't bet on it"; LAT tear sheet, 10/23/1980, "Times Mirror agrees to buy Denver Post"; article copy, Time, 11/3/1980, "Thunder in the Rockies"; LAT clip, 11/5/1980, "Times Mirror profits decline - firm seeking cable TV system; tear sheet, Women's Wear Daily, 12/3/1980, "A sign of The Times," photo essay on reception given at TM Square by Buff Chandler; Wash. Post covered the same party; Beverly Hills People ditto; article copy, Herald Examiner, 12/5/1980, Ben Stein's column, "Mr. Reagan - your real friends don't eat veal piccata"; related notes and clips.
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Articles
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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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