Manuscripts

Lindsay, Gilbert

Description: 3 items: clip of editorial, Los Angeles Sentinel, 6/5/1969, "Lindsay - an expendable luxury" ; original letter, from Herman Hill to "Jim" Bassett, calling attention to the previously mentioned editorial critical of Lindsay ; original letter, from James Bassett, to Herman Hill, replying to the editorial and letter, in part, "...most enlightening...I tend to agree with its points."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1969
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.
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Lindsay, John V

Manuscripts

A letter to Otis Chandler from John V. Lindsay, New York City Mayor.

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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - Editorial cartoons

Manuscripts

8 items: letter, 9/19/1967, to Bassett from Walter Annenberg (publisher, ambassador) praising editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad ; 4/29/1969, Bassett to Douglas T. Moore, responding to complaint about a specific Conrad cartoon ; letter, 5/17/1969, to Bassett from Douglas T. Moore, critical of Conrad and LAT and attached handwritten letter, 4/21/1969, from Moore to Franklin Murphy (Chair, TM Board) ; letter, 6/2/1970, from Bassett to Allen Mansfield (Pacific Western Securities), responding to Mansfield's criticism of Conrad cartoons and attached letter from Mansfield to Frank Haven, Managing Editor, LAT, attached are two Conrad cartoons about Nixon.

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Lindsay, Ben

Manuscripts

8 items: LAT news stories and other items related to the controversial career of Judge Ben Lindsay. Notable items: 5-pp. copied from a 1929 thesis for Claremont Colleges, segment titled "Attitude on marriage," featuring material on Judge Lindsay ; LAT obit, 3/27/1943, "Ben Lindsay, jurist, dies" ; article torn from Southern California Quarterly, Winter 1973, "The story of Judge Ben Lindsay."

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Warren, Earl - Impeachment

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Approx. 20 items. A large selection of letters, most of which favored impeachment of Justice Warren, along with W.'s replies, which explained that, while LAT's editorial hierarchy did not agree with every decision Warren issued, "we cannot...agree that he has taken action which justifies impeachment," as W. write in one reply.

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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - Williams, Nick B

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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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Lindsay, John

Manuscripts

A one page memo pertaining to John Lindsay.

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