Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
1 item: 101-pp. transcript of interview with George Cotliar, Los Angeles Times Managing Editor, 10/9/1979. Subjects include: being "on call" 24 hours a day, 7 days a week ; aspects of the job, examples of situations on the job ; on being Managing Editor of Los Angeles Times Orange County Edition ; daily editorial conferences to decide on general layout and Page One in particular ; his decision at age 11 to be an editor at Los Angeles Times ; working at the Herald-Examiner in his mid-20s ; jointed Los Angeles Times in 1957 ; this interview jumps back and forth quite a bit from Cotliar's journalism experience to his personal history with family, in the military, etc. ; memorable stories over the years ; he gives quite personal profiles of his son ("some problems") and daughter ("she's fine") and wife ("She and I have had some rough times...she's very much into religion, and I am not--(but) I'm not an atheist or anything") ; more.
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Sixteen items comprising forty-two pages pertaining to George Cotliar, containing memos, photocopies of articles, and letters.
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1 item: single-sheet, "Biography from the Los Angeles Times," for George Cotliar, Managing Editor, 5/1982.
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Folder contains one item--a 28 pp. typed transcript of an interview with James Bassett, 12/18/1972. The only indication of the interviewer's identity is the phrase "Hart Interview" written on the folder. Bassett is asked about his work with Nixon, editorial policy, and about the personalities of high-ranking Times people he had worked with. There are a number of comments regarding the location on the political map of Times publishers and editors Bassett knew between the 1930s and the 1970s.
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Approx. 10 items: 18-pp. transcript of Bassett interview of Otis Chandler, 7/29/1975, wide range of subjects - youth, Stanford, his personality, social & political opinions of his wife, "Missy," The Mirror, etc ; 2-pp. bio on Otis Chandler ; 5-pp. "Add Tape 1, 8/18/1975 ; 35-pp. interview transcript sent by Jack Hart of Cal State Northridge, 7/1/1973 - subjects are handwritten on cover sheet ; 3-pp. transcript of interview on KNXT (TV), 10/13/1975, of Otis Chandler by newsman Joseph Benti on Chandler's feelings about power vs. opportunity, about his leadership style, women in journalism, etc ; several more installments of the Benti interview ; 26-pp. transcript of interview (prob. KABC radio) with Michael Jackson as host (no date, no other info on transcript).
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1 item: 9-pp. transcript of interview with Bob Gibson, undated. Subjects include: his memories of Frank Haven (a top editor) ; memories of working with George Cotliar (another top editor) ; ...Doyle McManus ; ...Don Schanche ; ...William Tuohy ; more.
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