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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
Includes approximately twenty-five pages of handwritten and typed journal entries for the period of March to October in 1942. Approximately thirty pages of memos and reports, originally classified "CONFIDENTIAL," but with "DECLASSIFIED" stamped on them. A six-page "History of USS Pope (DD 225)," prepared by the Division of Naval History. There is a report (12 pp. of text) by Captain Welford C. Blinn, USN, USS Pope, DD 225, titled "Java Sea Battle and Prison Experiences." Texts of two Press Releases from United States Pacific Fleet, one a radio script for Mutual Broadcasting Service (June 21, 1942) titled "Mutual's Overseas Report, the other a speech given by Admiral Chester Nimitz at the University of Hawaii, Oct. 21, 1942.
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5 items: 105-pp. booklet, Freedom of the Press - what it is, how it was obtained, how it can be retained, Newspaper-Radio Committee, 3/1942 ; reprint, Southern California Law Review, 3/1942, "Freedom of the Press in prospect and retrospect" by Leon R. Yankwich ; 12-pp. speech notes - Federal Bar Assn. ("Bassett" added at top margin in red ink) ; 7-pp. "Statement of William F. Thomas, Editor, Los Angeles Times, before United States Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights," 2/27/1973 ; multi-;age speech notes, headed "Sigma Delta Chi Sp... - Santa Ana" - 6/3/1977.
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Approx. 15 items - "wire" stories, article copies, letters and other material related to LAT court case (ca. 1939 - 40) and the Pulitzer Prize in 1942. Notable names and items include: multi-page copy of segment from book, The Pulitzer Prize Story, by John Hohenberg, 1959 ; articles about the court decisions, etc., from Among Ourselves, Editor & Publisher, Collier's and Liberty ;12-pp. "Federal Bar Association - Speech notes," 11/15/1966, "J.B. speech [Jim Bassett?] handwritten ; 16-pp. copy, "CASE HISTORY" (LAT "contempt of court case) ca. 1942, source unclear ; multi-page (long, tan sheets) - "An Address by Col. Robert R. McCormick - Editor and Publisher of the Chicago Tribune, before the Chicago Bar Association," 12/10/1938.
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Approx. 15 items - booklets, reprints and pamphlets containing material related to LAT "contempt case" and other cases. Notable names and items include: booklet, University of Missouri Bulletin, "Missouri Honor Awards for Distinguished Service in Journalism - 1956" ; reprint booklet, "Freedom of the Press in Prospect and Retrospect," by Leon Yankwich, Southern California Law Review, 3/1942 ; booklet, "Newspapers and the Law" by Robert R. McCormick of Chicago Tribune, an address to the Chicago Bar Assn., 12/10/1938 ; complete 3/1939 issue of The Ohio Newspaper ; 39-pp. booklet, "...Criminal Court of Appeals, State of Oklahoma, Robert Wood against The State of Oklahoma..." ; three issues of Freedom of Information Center Report(s) from 1967 - 1969 (U. of Missouri at Columbia) ; 36-pp. booklet, Fair Trial vs. A Free Press (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions), 9/1965 ; article copy, Southern California Law Review, 1/1940, "Contempt of court - interference with the administration of justice - publications" ; 26-pp. reprint, "Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1945... Pennekamp and The Miami Herald... vs. The State of Florida" ; 16-pp. bound speech transcript, "Guard It, Cherish It and Work for It," - address by Henry F. Pringle broadcast on Columbia network, National Newspaper Week, 10/6/1941 ; letter, 11/25/1941, to Harry Chandler from William S. Paley (President, Columbia Broadcasting) in connection with previously mentioned speech transcript. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 15 items - booklets, reprints and pamphlets containing material related to LAT "contempt case" and other cases. Notable names and items include: booklet, University of Missouri Bulletin, "Missouri Honor Awards for Distinguished Service in Journalism - 1956" ; reprint booklet, "Freedom of the Press in Prospect and Retrospect," by Leon Yankwich, Southern California Law Review, 3/1942 ; booklet, "Newspapers and the Law" by Robert R. McCormick of Chicago Tribune, an address to the Chicago Bar Assn., 12/10/1938 ; complete 3/1939 issue of The Ohio Newspaper ; 39-pp. booklet, "...Criminal Court of Appeals, State of Oklahoma, Robert Wood against The State of Oklahoma..." ; three issues of Freedom of Information Center Report(s) from 1967 - 1969 (U. of Missouri at Columbia) ; 36-pp. booklet, Fair Trial vs. A Free Press (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions), 9/1965 ; article copy, Southern California Law Review, 1/1940, "Contempt of court - interference with the administration of justice - publications" ; 26-pp. reprint, "Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1945... Pennekamp and The Miami Herald... vs. The State of Florida" ; 16-pp. bound speech transcript, "Guard It, Cherish It and Work for It," - address by Henry F. Pringle broadcast on Columbia network, National Newspaper Week, 10/6/1941 ; letter, 11/25/1941, to Harry Chandler from William S. Paley (President, Columbia Broadcasting) in connection with previously mentioned speech transcript. Split into two folders.
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A copy of a speech given by Otis Chandler at the opening of the Freedom of the Press Exhibit on February 14, 1980. This exhibit was displayed in the Los Angeles Times building and displayed fifteen historical papers never before publicly seen from the Chicago Public Library's special collection. This exhibit was presented by the Playboy Foundation and displayed papers from the trial of John Peter Zenger. Other items in this folder include a two page press release and four letters of correspondence, one being from Hugh Hefner.
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