H - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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  M - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 35 items. Letters. memos (some handwritten), newspaper clippings. Subjects include: editing & publishing the Southeast section in the OC plant; LAT stance on proposed Palmdale Airport; Williams' response to a Carmel realtor who wrote complaining that financial coverage had declined in quality; letter which begins, "The Los Angeles Times is lying (about Vietnam)," and Williams' response; letter from Charles T. Munger, and W's response; letter addressed to Otis C., criticizing LAT coverage of "a homosexual party, and W's response; congratulatory letters and notes related to W.'s retirement; various editions and press times; copy of a 4-pp. essay by Melville Millar titled "Liberty Street"; 5-pp. essay (incl. footnotes), by Melville Millar titled "How Kyoto was Saved"; letters to W. on longevity and poetry from Irving Mandell, with responses;

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  R - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 40 items. Memos, notes, and letters, both typed and handwritten. Includes: in response to a comment in a column on nutrition, a Los Angeles woman warns, "My friends and I are planning to boycott your paper until (Dr. Stare's) column is removed"; exchange of letters with Jesse Robinson, Co-Chairman, Greater Los Angeles Urban Coalition, in which Robinson complains about lack of coverage of the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade dinner to honor Muhammad Ali (1/15/1971); syndication of Lurie cartoons from the Ben Roth Agency; comics pages in general; a typical letter of the period alleging that the newspaper is "changing rapidly to a more liberal point of view"; letter from reader upset about the "Pentagon Papers" issue; the death penalty; letters congratulating Williams on his retirement; etc.

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  H - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 75 items. Memos, letters, handwritten notes, clippings. Subjects include: identifying criminal suspects by racial description in LAT; "the general idea of an association of newspapers for the purpose of acquiring original material directly"; Hillinger story on Hutterites and discussion that followed; correspondence between Williams and Sam Hurst, Dean of Architecture, USC; letters from Hairway, a company claiming to be able to reverse male-pattern baldness; (3/10/'70) relations between LAPD and the "Negro community"; Armand Hammer and Occidental Petroleum; correspondence with W. Averell Harriman; correspondence between Williams (and others) and J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI; letter from Oveta Culp Hobby letter; etc. Oveta Culp Hobby letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.

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  W - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 65 items. Letters, memos, news clippings. Subjects include: exchange of letters with a Porterville, CA., physician, James Williams, Jr., who complains, "For the past year...your news characteristics of reporting have changed, leaning definitely...to the left." Williams implies that W. might be a communist dupe. W. replies, "My intentions are to see that the news is printed as factually as...possible."; exchange of letters on Editor & Publisher questionnaire, "...New Directions in Journalism"; exchange of letters with John Wayne related to the film, "The Alamo," Americanism, and other topics; the ups and downs of the Space program ; letter typical of early 1960s from Lee Wright (Canoga Park, 1964) complaining of LAT's shift from conservatism and canceling his subscription; ads taken by opponents of Vietnam war; exchange of letters with James Brady, editor of WWD, in which B. complains that Joyce Haber (LAT) has plagiarized from Women's Wear Daily, W. responds; LAT cookbook; popularity of various LAT segments, including advertising; phosphates in laundry detergent; letter from A. L. Wirin and response; etc. A. L. Wirin correspondence removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.

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  D - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 70 items. Subjects include: a contract with Dow Jones News Service; Spiro Agnew; California Redwoods; hiring and relocation of Anthony Day from Philadelphia Bulletin; coverage of the Reagan vs. Unruh gubernatorial election; singer/actor Bobby Darin in war of words with LAT columnist Joyce Haber, including a letter by Darin to Williams (Israel and two bottles of scotch were involved); preparation (business and private) for a NYC visit by Williams and his wife; letter from Walt Disney regarding Disneyland; letter from Everett McKinley Dirksen; etc. Disney and Dirksen letters removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject File.

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  Mc/Mac - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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  Approx. 25 items. Subjects include: 1967 letter from Williams to McCall's editor nominating Dorothy Chandler for McCall's Women of Achievement list; letter from Williams to Wm. McLean, Chair of Texas State Board of Insurance (apparently an out-of-touch personal friend); exchange of letters between Williams and Raymond McKelvey of Occidental College PoliSci Dept.; sociable notes sent to academics and journalists around the nation; questionnaire on rules regarding the use of advance business information; response to "angry subscriber" in which Williams defends cartoons of Conrad and Interlandi; etc.

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