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
Approx. 25 items: memos, letters, reports, transcript of lawsuit "Los Angeles Police Protective League v. Darryl F. Gates(LAPD Chief)," news clip copies.
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9 items: two LAT clips from 10/1888 on police corruption ; 6-pp. POLICE DEPARTMENT...Annual report of W.A. Hammel, Chief of Police (1904) ; tear sheet from Daily Police Bulletin, 1/21/1929 ; copies of three 1960 LAT editorials, "Anarchy protects no one," 4/21, "Undermining the police force," 7/19, "The bright badge of the LAPD" ; LAT editorial, "Treading the volcano's crust," 7/23/1970 ; LAT editorial, "Who is betraying the students?", 12/13/1974.
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50+ items: collection of LAT news stories and editorials on police career of James E. Davis, Chief of Police for L.A. from 1926 until 1938. Davis retired from the LAPD in 1938. Material includes obituary for Davis, who died of a stroke in Montana in 1949 and a 2-pp. "Davis Index -- from 1926 to 1938," with dates and descriptions of stories on the Police Chief.
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Correspondence from Harry Chandler, James Davis, and others regarding Earle Kynette bombing; Communism in Los Angeles-area churches; and editorial policy. File of L. D. Hotchkiss and R. W. Trueblood.
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Approx. 12 items: LAT article copy, 6/10/1931, "Fifth official city flag proposed" ; LAT editorial, 9/14/1964, "Time for a charter change?" ; LAT edit., 10/25/1966, "Reforming Los Angeles' City Charter" ; LAT edit., 11/21/1969, "Charter reform debate" ; LAT edit., 2/23/1970, "Hollywood faces...harsh facts" ; a 1973 exchange of letters betw. Samuel Leask, ex-City Administrative Officer and James Bassett of LAT ; article copy, Los Angeles (mag), 12/1980, "His dishonor, the Mayor" (on A.C. Harper, L.A. mayor 1906 - 1909) ; LAT tear sheet, articles on new City Council District (1st), 1/18/1987 ; LAT article tear sheet, list & brief bio sketch of L.A. mayors, 1850 to 1988, 9/6/1988 ; article copy, Times Mirror (mag), Summer 1989, "A tale of two cities" (L.A. and N.Y.).
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Six items comprising of twenty-three pages pertaining to Bob Conot,consisting of letters, a change of address card, newspaper clippings, and a transcript entitled "LAPD."
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