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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Collection of 1972 letters from Stan Gordon to "Jim" Bassett ; letter, 12/5/1972, from Stan Gordon to Otis Chandler on doing research on LAT history.
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Approx. 150 items. Folder includes letters from Bassett to many persons who contributed information or aided him in locating information related to the writing of his book on the history of the Times. Among his correspondents: Bill Stout, Rep. Alphonzo Bell, Nick Williams, Justice Earl Warren (ret.), (Sen.) William Knowland, Frank Capra, John Goldman, Leonard Wibberly, Otis Chandler, Tom Snyder (KNBC), Jonathan Kirsch, Edmund G. Brown, Warren Christopher, Richard Nixon, Herb Klein, etc. Split into two folders. Original Stephen Longstreet letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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Typed notes compiled by James Bassett on Otis. FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE DUPLICATED OR PUBLISHED.
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4 items: brief note, 1/12/1973, to "Harrison" from "Jim" (Bassett) about "tape we did on the 9th" ; two versions of a 7-pp. transcript , "Tape 1," recorded on 1/9/1973 - the transcript on yellow paper is complete, the one on white paper is missing pp. 1 ; 1-pp., "HARRISON CHANDLER - In telephone interview with Stan Gordon," 10/5/1977.
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Approx. 150 items. Folder includes letters from Bassett to many persons who contributed information or aided him in locating information related to the writing of his book on the history of the Times. Among his correspondents: Bill Stout, Rep. Alphonzo Bell, Nick Williams, Justice Earl Warren (ret.), (Sen.) William Knowland, Frank Capra, John Goldman, Leonard Wibberly, Otis Chandler, Tom Snyder (KNBC), Jonathan Kirsch, Edmund G. Brown, Warren Christopher, Richard Nixon, Herb Klein, etc. Split into two folders.
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Correspondence between James Bassett and Otis Chandler. One of the items of correspondence is a thank you card in response to Bassett's sympathy after Norman Chandler died. Also included are letters sent to Mrs. Bassett, after her husband's death and letters regarding James Bassett and the planning for Los Angeles Times centennial and a possible book on the subject.
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