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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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
Approx. 20 items. "Letters to the editor" from a wide array of sources, but mostly from angry readers or the mentally unbalanced. Attached to most of them are comments by Nick Williams and/or Bassett. Also included are some clippings from the editorial pages of LAT. William Durant letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Approx. 12 items. Includes a "Confidential Questionnaire for Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Also in the file are some letters to the Editor. One handwritten letter is an angry response to Times' coverage of Governor Reagan, alleging it to be "totally unfair and unjustified," and referring to Publisher Otis Chandler as "the young character running the Times." (Mr. Chandler was 40 at the time) In the same time frame, 1967, Walter Annenberg sent a note to James Bassett calling cartoonist Conrad--the target of much controversy--"talented," and expressing "enthusiastic admiration" for him. Correspondence discussing editorial cartoons and readership in more general terms.
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Approx. 100 items. Correspondence includes a wide variety of material from handwritten personal notes to formal business letters. Also a message from Thompson Cigar Co. regarding a price increase, a complaint about the "left wing slant" of cartoonist Paul Conrad, a note from Caspar Weinberger, a 19 pp. list headed "Pacific War Correspondents - Upchuckers," telegrams, inter-office correspondence, LAT reprints and other news clippings. There is a smaller folder filed inside this one with materials related to the 24-day tour of Latin America made by Nick Williams and James Bassett (May-June 1965).
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