OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Manuscripts

S - Miscellaneous Correspondence

Description

Approx. 25 items. Letters, memos, clippings. Subjects include: discussion of politicians as columnists--Nixon, Goldwater, others; letter from Thomas Storke, Editor/publisher, Santa Barbara News-Press, praising LAT as "the outstanding newspaper of the U.S.," and adding, "you and Otis are making a fine team."; S. Calif. "water problem": a "Conquest-of-Space Trophy"; memo from Display Advertising (from Ted Sell) explaining an advertiser was canceling because "(he) deplores the new vicious trend The Times has taken toward Liberalism," and does not like Otis Chandler or Stanford; literacy & illiteracy in the paper; planning for European trip with Sterling Slappey, Germany Bureau; Among Ourselves articles about the Editorial Dept.; a major film festival for So. California; etc.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1959 - 1963
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
Find out more
View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    S - Miscellaneous Correspondence

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 30 items. Jack Kent Cooke/Security First National Bank; Times Mirror Co. agreement with The State Poll, Inc.; exchange of letters between LAT and law enforcement and newspaper officials in Shreveport, Louisiana, related to incident in which a "Los Angeles Negro" (as the Shreveport newspaper referred to Anderson Bowman, Jr.), was arrested and convicted of drunk driving in Louisiana--the Shreveport newspaper and Dept. of Public Safety both took exception to an LAT story about the incidents; further examples of Williams lively wit in letter to Don Shannon in Tokyo; letter inquiring about subscribing to Science Service syndicate; New York U. Journalism Chair letter to W. asking his impression of the trend "by politicians, police and the general citizenry to blame the press for rioting and other problems," and W.'s reply; Martin Luther King, Jr.s, marches; etc.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Miscellaneous correspondence (1 of 2)

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 70 items: notes, memos, letters, clips on a variety of subjects. Includes: 10-pp. copied from The New Yorker, "Letter from Los Angeles," by Joan Didion ; letter from Police Chief Ed Davis to Otis Chandler, canceling his subscription and offering the opinion that "the soul of your paper is sick" ; letter from ex-gov. Edmund G. Brown (7/31/1981) ; letter to Thomas from Harry Scott, President of Bohemian Club, San Francisco (7/2/1987) ; 17-pp. "Los Angeles Times strategies for the Seventies" ; discussion of the Dallas Times Herald ; Robert Hilburn's thoughts on LAT pop music coverage (4/2/1979) ; more. Split into two folders.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Miscellaneous correspondence (2 of 2)

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 70 items: notes, memos, letters, clips on a variety of subjects. Includes: 10-pp. copied from The New Yorker, "Letter from Los Angeles," by Joan Didion ; letter from Police Chief Ed Davis to Otis Chandler, canceling his subscription and offering the opinion that "the soul of your paper is sick" ; letter from ex-gov. Edmund G. Brown (7/31/1981) ; letter to Thomas from Harry Scott, President of Bohemian Club, San Francisco (7/2/1987) ; 17-pp. "Los Angeles Times strategies for the Seventies" ; discussion of the Dallas Times Herald ; Robert Hilburn's thoughts on LAT pop music coverage (4/2/1979) ; more. Split into two folders.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Correspondence & Miscellaneous - July - December

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 65 items. Includes an invitation to the inauguration of Nixon-Agnew in January 1969, an accusatory letter from a reader who is canceling their subscription for various reasons, including "We think Mr. (Paul) Conrad is a sick man," and a 1969 employee ID card for Bassett. Prominent persons in correspondence with Bassett: McGeorge Bundy, Robert Novak (journalist), and Caspar Weinberger.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Correspondence & Miscellaneous - July - December

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 65 items. Includes an invitation to the inauguration of Nixon-Agnew in January 1969, an accusatory letter from a reader who is canceling their subscription for various reasons, including "We think Mr. (Paul) Conrad is a sick man," and a 1969 employee ID card for Bassett. Prominent persons in correspondence with Bassett: McGeorge Bundy, Robert Novak (journalist), and Caspar Weinberger. Split into two folders.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 65 items. Includes an invitation to the inauguration of Nixon-Agnew in January 1969, an accusatory letter from a reader who is canceling their subscription for various reasons, including "We think Mr. (Paul) Conrad is a sick man," and a 1969 employee ID card for Bassett. Prominent persons in correspondence with Bassett: McGeorge Bundy, Robert Novak (journalist), and Caspar Weinberger. Split into two folders.

    mssLAT