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. 55 items, including: planning materials, guest lists and other items related to Thomas' hosted lunches at Times Mirror Square (Director's Suite and Norman Chandler Pavilion). Notable names on the guest lists: Charles E. Young (UCLA Chancellor), Milton Berle, Tom Lasorda (Dodgers' manager), Peter Ueberroth, Mike Curb (CA Lt. Gov.), Vernon Jordan (Urban League), Shimon Peres (Israeli politician), William Webster (FBI), Warren Christopher (Dep. Sec, State Dept.), Ed Asner, Fred Friendly (Ford Foundation), "Jerry" Brown (CA Gov.). more.
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Approx. 50 items, including: planning materials, guest lists and other items related to Thomas' hosted lunches at Times Mirror Square (Director's Suite and Norman Chandler Pavilion). Notable names on the guest lists: William Webster (FBI), Rose Bird (Chief Just., CA Supreme Ct.), Warren Christopher (Dpt. Sec. of State), George Meany (Pres. - AFL-CIO), Tom Lasorda (Dodgers manager), Lane Kirkland (AFL-CIO), Nguyen Cao Ky (ex-Vietnam Prime Minister), Abba Eban (Israel), Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to U.S.), more.
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Approx. 45 items: correspondence and agendas, guest lists and other material related to "VIP" luncheons and meetings arranged by the LAT Editorial Writers Group during the period July through September 1986. The guests included a wide array of local, national and international officials. Notable names: William Brock III (US Labor Secretary), Gen. Alexander Haig, John Van de Kamp (CA Atty Gen.), Eberhard Diepgen (Mayor, West Berlin), Yitzhak Rabin (Israeli Min. of Def.), Henry Waxman (US Rep., CA), Zbigniew Brzezinski.
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Approx. 55 items: event calendars, guest lists, program notes and other material related to meetings and luncheons hosted by Anthony Day and the Editorial Pages staff of LAT, July through September, 1987. Notable names: Paul Simon (US Senate, pres. candidate) ; Benjamin Hooks (Exec. Dir., NAACP) ; Tom Bradley (Mayor, L.A.) ; Joseph Biden (US Senate) ; Pete du Pont (businessman, pres. candidate) ; Gray Davis (State Controller, CA) ; Christopher Dodd (US Senate) ; Marvin Goldberger (Pres., Cal Tech).
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Approx. 25 items: the bulk of the material is correspondence between William Thomas and various FBI agents connected to the L.A. office of the FBI during the late 1970s. Two earlier letters, stapled to later material are of interest. One, dated 9/28/1966, was a US Government memo about Thomas having given a speech critical of the FBI. The other, dated 10/5/1966, was to J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director, also critical of Thomas' speech.
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Approx. 55 items. Letters and memos. Subjects and correspondents include: (9/29) NBW letter to Ed Dooley of San Francisco Examiner, on his retirement being "somewhat of an illusion. I'm arriving later and leaving earlier, but I'm here oftener than I anticipated"; (9/22) NBW letter to the Social Security Administration, which provided information to document his reaching retirement age; (10/20) letter of appreciation to L.A. Councilman Edmund Edelman; many replies to letters of congratulations at the time of NBW retirement (to Bishop Gerald Kennedy, President Richard Nixon, Herbert Klein, White House Comm. Dir., others); etc.
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