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
1 item: 13-pp. transcript of interview of Jim Murray, Los Angeles Times Sports columnist. Note: Murray later won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1990. The interviewer (unspecified) begins the transcript, writing - "These are my notes following an interview with...Sports columnist Jim Murray." Subjects include: Murray's appearance ; his childhood ; Trinity College and after graduation ; relocates to California (pp. 2) ; at Time magazine (pp. 4) ; Murray's thoughts on pro football - "I find pro football about as exciting as twin beds" (pp. 5) ; the interviewer, commenting on Murray's prose style says it is reminiscent of Ring Larder ; on Casey Stengel (pp. 9 - 10) ; more.
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Approx. 17 items: notes, letters, tear sheets and article copies. Selection of Murray columns from the time frame 1979 - 1987. Among the items: column on the death of Murray's wife, Gerry ; material related to his selection and induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame ; 9-pp. copied from magazine article titled "King of the Sports Page," by Rick Reilly (date and name of mag. uncertain) ; etc.
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1 item: 11-pp. transcript of interview of Jim Murray, Los Angeles Times Sports columnist. The cover sheet specifies "TV interview," but does not give the station, network or interviewer. Note: Murray later won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1990. Subjects include: his eye problems up to that time (pp. 2) ; comments on Murray by Lee Trevino (pp. 3) ; comments on Murray by Jack Nichlaus (pp. 3 - 4) ; Murray on covering up or revealing the bad behavior of athletes (pp. 5) ; Murray on Muhammad Ali (pp. 8) ; compares writing and sex (pp. 11).
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Approx. 20 items: LAT clips from 1940s and 1950s on Drake's exploits both in the Navy and as a correspondent for LAT (in plastic sleeve); multi-page packet, red paper clip, article, "The War Correspondent," being pitched to LAT in 1991 by "writer-photographer" Jack Birns; two versions of a Waldo Drake LAT bio (1962); article copy, Among Ourselves, 8/1962, "Waldo Drake, man of many parts, gets ready for leisure viewing."
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4 items: 5-pp. bio packet, incl. photos, copies of clips by and about Scheuer, dated 3/2/1950; 2-pp. bio info, headed "Philip K. Scheuer - Assistant Editor, Drama Department," undated, written in first-person;LAT obit tear sheet, 2/19/1985, "Philip Scheuer, ex-Times film critic, dies"; LAT tear sheet, 2/23/1985, "Scheuer...aisle seat on history" (an appreciation by Charles Champlin).
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Approx. 30 items: clips, memorabilia, correspondence, etc. Highlights: Bill Henry bio (in plastic sleeve), dated 10/22/1928; 2 program booklets for Henry's memorial (he passed on in 1970); scrapbook in white folder labeled "The Opening of the Bill Henry Room (Occidental College), 1971; copy of LAT obit, 4/14/1970, "Bill Henry, Times columnist for 30 years, dies at age 79"; copy of LAT sidebar following Henry' death, "Text of Nixon note to Mrs. Bill Henry," in which Nixon praised Henry as "a man deeply dedicated to his profession..."
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