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Otis Chandler
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Otis Chandler
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Approx. 35 items: correspondence between Otis Chandler and business associates (Nick Williams, William F. Thomas, etc. Includes two copies of a 5-pp. "Harry and Marian Otis Chandler Family" (a list of names), 3-pp. "Otis Chandler Biographical Information" from 12/1971.
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Chandler, Otis - Tape # 2
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1 item: 19-pp. transcript of "Second taping with Otis Chandler," by Bassett, 7/30/1975. Subjects include: the "Jack Hart thesis" that the years when NC was publisher was an "Era of Mediocrity at Los Angeles Times was challenged by Otis Chandler (pp. 1 - 2) ; Editor Nick Williams and his Managing Editors, Frank Haven and Frank McCulloch (pp. 3 - 5) ; political "kingmaker" Kyle Palmer (pp. 6) ; Otis Chandler - in 1960s "I wanted to move The Times into a position of political independence..." (pp. 6) ; ending Los Angeles Times endorsements for President, Governor and U.S. Senate (pp. 7) ; Otis Chandler comments on those who, after the relative liberalization of Los Angeles Times editorial policies, wished for "The Times of old" (pp. 9 - 10) ; comments on the John Birch Society series and the editorial, signed by Otis, that accompanied it (pp. 10 - 11) ; the Geotek affair (pp. 17+).
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Chandler, Otis
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Approx. 5 items: approx. 80-pp. of transcripts of interviews, likely by Marshall Berges, with Otis Chandler. The interviews were conducted on several days between 8/1980 and 2/1981. The remarks range across many topics: race car driving ; a four-day visit to the Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch in the 1960s ; other Times Mirror business ventures in broadcast media. Part of this material is a 25-pp. transcript of an interview of Otis Chandler by Michael Jackson of KABC (radio). Segments of the 1980 interviews deal with corrections Otis wished to make to comments made earlier.
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Chandler, Otis
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2 items: 69-pp. interview with Otis Chandler, 2/26/1980 ; 43-pp. transcript of interview with Otis Chandler (pages 1 - 3 are missing).
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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 20 - 22
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1 item. 71-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' interview with Otis Chandler, 1/22/1980. Subjects include: Otis' "split personality" - his public persona and private persona ; Otis candidness, Otis occasional bluntness ; the issue of being a perfectionist and of feeling "there aren't enough...hours in the day" ; the issue of self-criticism ; the GeoTek case ; Robert Donovan ; William Thomas ; Nick Williams ; selecting and hiring top executives ; Frank McCulloch ; Johnson, Tom ; Nelson, Robert.
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Chandler, Otis
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1 item: 55-pp. transcript of Otis Chandler interview by Marshall Berges, around 12/1980. Subjects include: more memories of Bobby Kennedy ; the Los Angeles Times - Washington Post News Service ; Katherine Graham and Philip Graham of the Washington Post ; wild story about Phil Graham's mental deterioration ; memories of Ben Bradlee ; rejection of porno ads and x-rated movie ads ; door-to-door circulation sales - "boy crews" ; Circulation Department ; Advertising Department ; more.
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