Correspondence - Staff

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  Reich, Ken

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  Memos and letters pertaining to Ken Reich. Also included are the first three (3) chapters of Reich's book.

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  C - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 50 items. Letters, hand-written notes, newspaper clippings, etc. Subjects include racial & ethnic terms as used in the paper, the (Sharon) Tate murders, the My Lai incident, etc. There are a number of 1971 items related to Williams' retirement.

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  H - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 65 items. Subjects include: a 3-pp. Williams letter responding to Edwin Haroldsen, Chairman-elect of Comm. Dept., Brigham Young U., who asked W. to "indicate your own background and how you've been able to advance in the profession [of journalism]"; Williams response to letter from mayor of San Dimas explaining LAT decision to close its Pomona office; Williams response to a Claremont Men's College professor who had written alleging "sensationalism" in LAT coverage; letter from an executive of Horton & Converse (pharmacies) claiming LAT had run a damaging article; letters of congratulations to both Williams and William Thomas on retirement and promotion respectively; LAT staffers Champlin and Seidenbaum on KCET's "Citywatchers"; etc.

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  Fahey, Keith

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  Approx. 65 items: correspondence, clips, postcards and other material exchanged between Glendale writer Keith Fahey and LAT staff. It seems Fahey's relationship with Times' staffers was turbulent.

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  N - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 35 items. Letters, memos, telegrams, newspaper clippings. Subjects include: "narcotics problem" campaign (letter from R. Nixon); Feather River water project; letter to Oregonian Editor Robert Notson, in which Williams writes of new Publisher Otis Chandler that he "will become a great one"; Times-sponsored charity football game & NAACP; correspondence with the Nieman Fellowship Committee; letter of appreciation from columnist Robert Novak, Washington, DC; 3-pp. letter in 1969 to Jack Nightscales (Vancouver Sun) on "the major challenge for [newspapers in] the '70s...will be to make them an essential part of their...audiences' daily lives"; series of letters between editor of the Picayune Item (Mississippi) and Otis C. and Williams about controversial story by LAT's staffer Ken Reich; awarding of the B-1 bomber contract; exchange of letters with Robert Neumann, US Ambassador to Afghanistan; W.'s letter to R. Nixon; exchange of letters involving misunderstanding of fee charged by EX-Times staffer who went into PR; etc.

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  Editorial Staff Policies/Relations

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 20 items. Subjects include: the Editorial telephone switchboard operations; Employee Opinion Survey & reaction to it (1958); Times pay rates compared to other major newspapers; Editorial budget (for 1969); gifts to Editorial staffers; etc.

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