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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
Typed and annotated transcript of James Bassett's interview with Dorothy Buffum Chandler on July 19, 1973. Photocopy of the same transcript with some of the same handwritten notation. Typed and annotated transcript of James Bassett's interview with Dorothy Buffum Chandler on January 30, 1974.
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Approx. 10 items: 1-pp. bio info, 7/10/1947, on Mrs. Charles Abel (Fern) Buffum, mother of Dorothy Buffum Chandler; 6-pp. article copy, Orange County Illustrated, 10/1967, "The exciting story of Buffum's"; assorted news clips on members of the Buffum family and on the Buffum department store chain, 1935 - 1968.
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Approx. 20 items: letters, journal articles and other materials related to the air pollution (smog) problem in southern California, incl. at least two letters addressed to Gov. Goodwin Knight. Some specific documents: pp. 6 - 83 of a California State report [title page missing] on the general topic of "Air Pollution Control," the fragment begins with "Chapter II - Attempts to abate..." (ca. 1954); 11-pp., incl. Title page, table of contents, and Chpt. 1 of The history, legal and administrative aspects of air pollution control in the County of Los Angeles, submitted to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, 5/9/1954
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LAT article copy, 7/13/1997, "Will power ...Dorothy Buffum Chandler...had the audacity to..."
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1 item: 220-pp. manuscript, An oral history of Dorothy Buffum Chandler, submitted by Anita J. Klaz to California State University, Northridge.
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Files on Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901-1997), philanthropist and wife of Norman Chandler, third publisher of the Times. Date range is 1921-1997.
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