Manuscripts
Chronological File - December
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Chronological File - June
Manuscripts
Approx. 180 items. Letters, memos. Subjects include: letter to Chester Gould, "Dick Tracy" cartoonist, a 2nd follow-up (at least) to correspondence from him on strip's cancellation (6/29/1970); as always, more "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; letters to readers on Black activist Angela Davis, reading in part, "It's not her avowed communism that bugs me...it is the racial hatred which she preaches (6/29/1970, et al); letters to readers who sided with Spiro Agnew against The Press; classic letter (6/29/1970) to abusive reader diplomatically putting him in his place; response to reader who felt Conrad and Interlandi were un-patriotic (or whatever) -- "(both) are veterans of World War II and fought overseas"; letter (6/25/1970) to reader who complained that LAT had run a series on lesbians--"Homosexuality has occurred throughout the history of civilization...ignoring it...has not lessened its prevalence"; letter (6/25/'70) to James Thorpe, Director, Huntington Library & Art Gallery; classic letter responding to criticisms of Conrad--"(he) grew up in the Midwest, attended a Midwestern university, served this country overseas during World War II, married and is the father of four children...." (6/25/1970); letter to Editor of Oroville (CA) Mercury-Register criticizing their editorial that held LAT had dropped two comic strips because of the "political philosophy" contained in them (6/25/1970); letter on Nixon's "Guam Doctrine," and on Vietnam policy generally; letter to Katherine Graham, Pres., Washington Post (6/22/1970); operations at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore; storage of bound volumes of LAT "since its inception," includes discussion of microfilm material and costs; the 1970 budget; (6/16/'70) the objectivity of U.S. News & World Report and The Media and the Vietnam War; 3-pp. letter to reader in which NBW states-"I (now) believe the Vietnam war was a tragic mistake..." (6/12/1970); further explanations on low readership being the reason for canceling "Lil Abner" and "Dick Tracy," not politics; "The Times believes that in addition to private enterprise, there is such a thing as the public interest (6/12/1970); more "Paul Conrad is a social critic...serves a useful purpose" letters; LAT supports Nixon on some issues, not on others; many responses to readers who believed LAT was trying to undermine the Nixon administration; to a subscriber who cancelled - "(LAT) could now best be described as middle-of-the-road" (6/3/'70); several responses to readers who believed that LAT condoned student rioting; personal letter to Walter O'Malley, Chairman of Dodgers; response to reader who felt LAT was promoting Sen. Edward Kennedy and burying negative stories about him; (6/2/1970) response to reader who alleges that journalists are "almost 100% far left liberals"; etc.
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Chronological File - May
Manuscripts
Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: renewal (with United Feature Syndicate) of comic strip "Peanuts"; business/social letter to Harry Brand of 20th Century Fox Film Corp. (5/9/1969; reactions to writer Eric Hoffer; black reporters and editors (5/12/1969); business/social letter to George C.S. Benson, Pres., Claremont Men's College; to Celia Zager, Exec. Dir. Fair Housing Council of the SFV; to Edmonde Haddad, KPOL-radio; to Kanji Takasugi, Consul Gen. of Japan in L.A.; to J.G. McEntyre, Consul Gen. of Canada in L.A.; to Raul Gonzalez Galarza, Consul Gen. of Mexico in L.A.; response to a reader who told Williams which comic strips she liked AND had given some kind of suggestion related to both William Buckley and editorial cartoonist Conrad; to John Anson Ford; another defense of Conrad as "serving a useful [social] purpose; to David Packard, Asst. Sec. of Defense (5/29/1969); assures reader (5/29/1969) that LAT would support Yorty, Reagan and Nixon, or any official, "when we agree with what they have proposed"; etc.
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Chronological File - April
Manuscripts
Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. Response to Sam Chandler (4/21/1970) on working to eradicate prejudices; Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick; (4/15/1970) 2-pp. letter to reader Wallace Williams on the meaning of "freedom of the press"; "thank you" note to Gen. William Peers of the Pentagon after he joined the LAT Editorial Board for "off-the-record" talks; letter to Walter Annenberg, Ambassador to Great Britain; (4/9/1970) 4-pp. letter to columnist Morrie Ryskind on Police Chief Ed Davis--LAT--Ryskind incident; letter to Bishop Gerald Kennedy, United Methodist Church -- L.A. Area; response (4/8/1970) to M.D. Shelstad, who canceled subscription. and accused LAT of trying to "bust our President"; more explanation of reason LAT canceled "Li'l Abner"; more qualified defense of editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad; etc.
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Chronological File - September
Manuscripts
Approx. 40 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: (9/30/1970) letter denying that Paul Conrad believed "bombing and vandalism (were) justified"; congratulatory letter to Earl Foell as he began duties with Christian Science Monitor after leaving LAT; letter to John Poppy of San Anselmo about his America Illustrated article on LAT (9/17/1970); etc.
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Chronological File - May
Manuscripts
Approx. 60 items. Subjects include:newsprint reclamation; more "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; outcome and comments on Peggy Harford lawsuit against LAT (5/8/1970); explanation to reader of what a Conrad cartoon meant, which showed Nixon baring his stomach (5/7/1970); letters responding to Westridge (all-girl school in Pasadena) students on topic of pollution; letter telling a Little League official from SF Valley that Paul Conrad was a Little League official in Palos Verdes; (5/6/1970) "West and Home" [magazines] are over budget" - followed by details; (5/5/1970) letter to John Veneman, HEW Undersecretary; letter to Chester Gould, "Dick Tracy" cartoonist, after LAT canceled the strip; letter to Herbert Brucker of Stanford on proposed Ethics Committee for American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE), 5/4/1970.
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Chronological File - October - December
Manuscripts
Approx. 80 items. Letters and memos. (a higher percentage of NBWs' correspondence takes the form of friendly, chatty letters, sharing news of his own activities, etc.) Subjects and correspondents include: (10/18) 4-pp. letter to David Laventhol (Newsday) on developments at that paper (blue ppr clip); (10/13) 2-pp. memo to Otis Chandler with thoughts on The Pilot (OC), Laventhol & Newsday and Dallas Times Herald; (10/11) 3-pp. (red ppr clip) letter to Robert Atwell of Pitzer College with NBW's thoughts on the goals of that college; (11/30) ditto last entry; (11/8) 2-pp. letter to Robert Donovan (LAT, DC bureau) on health problems of his wife, Elizabeth; (12/7) letter to Judge John Shidler, Torrance Superior Court; In 12/6 letter to Zena Guenin, NBW muses on the central problem of journalism, "wrestl(ing) with the issues in a way that its readers can understand and enjoy....Zest is what matters"; (12/6) letter to Ms. Price Hicks, Producer of "Citywatchers" (KCET-tv), discussing it and the role LAT staffers Champlin and Seidenbaum played; (12/6) letter to John Vasconcellos in which NBW's says of his politics, "(I'm) a moderate conservative, (but) try hardest to be an idealistic pragmatist"; (12/31) brief letter to Mayor Sam Yorty; etc.
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