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Otis/Chandler Family - Oversize

Description: 2 items: large plaques awarded to Norman B. Chandler (grandson of publisher Norman Chandler) in the 1970s, when he would have been in his early 20s.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated, 1976
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.

Chandler, Otis

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Otis Chandler (1927-2006) was the oldest son of Norman Chandler and Publisher from 1960-1980. Chandler attended Stanford and was an internationally-ranked shotputter. The fourth and final descendant of Harrison Gray Otis to run the Los Angeles Times, Chandler oversaw a major expansion of the paper, increasing its the profits and reputation. Date range is 1940-1989.

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Chandler, Otis - Appointment as Times Publisher (2 of 2)

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Approx. 100 items: letters of congratulations to Norman Chandler on his retirement and the naming of Otis Chandler as Los Angeles Times publisher. Notable names among the writers - Walter Annenberg, Frank Capra, Warren Dorn, Donald W. Douglas, Sr., John Ferraro, J. Edgar Hoover, and more. (Split into two folders.) J. Edgar Hoover letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Norman Chandler papers.

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Chandler, Otis - Appointment as Times Publisher (1 of 2)

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Otis/Chandler Family

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Various objects from the Wetherby, Otis, and Chandler families:Bible of Emma Marian Otis, inscribed 1875. Ambrotype with lace background of Nancy Hyde Wetherby, circa 1865. Photograph of Moses Knight Chandler (1836 - 1930), father of Harry Chandler, in silver frame, undated. Pince-nez of Ruth Chandler, in case, undated. Marian Otis Chandler autograph album, 1880 - 1885. Bible of Edwin Wetherby, brother of Eliza Wetherby Otis, inscribed but undated. Ambrotype of Stephen Otis, circa 1865. Copy of letter from Carolyn Strickler to Mrs. Robert Dulin, 1989.

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Vermejo Ranch Library, includes Chandler Family correspondence

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Approx. 15 items: letters and inventory lists of book titles. It seems the Vermejo Ranch library's titles were either temporarily or permanently taken (it is not clear here) by the families of Norman Chandler, Philip Chandler, May Chandler Goodan, John J. Garland (related to William Garland (?) the man who, two years earlier complained of being "duped and defrauded" as a member of Vermejo Club. There is one handwritten note in this folder (in plastic sleeve) which reads "Lists of books stored in homes of Chandler children for Southwest Land Co.," which would indicate that these volumes, which would make impressive "wallpaper" in the homes of the well-to-do were to be left with these individuals for an unspecified period--perhaps years.

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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 13 - 14

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1 item. 60-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler, 12/6/1979. Subjects include: avoiding the draft in 1945 ; starting at Los Angeles Times after World War II ; working in the composing room ; Olympic trials for shot put and discus ; U.S. Air Force ; Los Angeles Times apprenticeships - pressroom, composing room, carpenter shop, etc. ; Otis' family budget was limited by his low wages 1953 - 1958 ; working as a reporter for Los Angeles Times and The Mirror ; closing down of The Mirror (1962) ; working with Nick Williams ; (on working with his uncle, Philip Chandler) "a nice person...(but) he wasn't very bright" ; Norman Chandler's decision to tap Otis as publisher over Philip Chandler.

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Otis/Chandler Family - Oversize

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