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Chandler, Philip

Description: 2 items: exchange of letters between Norman Chandler and younger brother Philip Chandler, who was worried about Los Angeles Times editorial policy and wanted to "speak up" to warn Norman Chandler of "the reputation being gained by The Times." (He was concerned that Los Angeles Times was not printing "the truth" about Communism, etc.) FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1963
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Chandler, Otis

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Otis Chandler (1927-2006) was the oldest son of Norman Chandler and Publisher from 1960-1980. Chandler attended Stanford and was an internationally-ranked shotputter. The fourth and final descendant of Harrison Gray Otis to run the Los Angeles Times, Chandler oversaw a major expansion of the paper, increasing its the profits and reputation. Date range is 1940-1989.

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Chandler, Norman - Tape # 1

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2 items: 19-pp. typed and annotated transcript of "Tape # 1 - James Bassett/Norman Chandler, Transcribed 12/4/1972" and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: Nick Williams becomes Editor (pp. 2) ; Norman Chandler's memories of Harrison Gray Otis (pp.4 - 6) ; Norman Chandler meets Dorothy Buffum at Stanford, they married in 1922, Norman Chandler did not graduate - "I wasn't enthusiastic about college" ; Dorothy Buffum Chandler comments that in the 1920s, Los Angeles Times did not mean as much to her and Norman Chandler as it did later, it was just a job (pp. 12) ; In the early 1940s, Norman Chandler began to be motivated to run the paper (Harry Chandler died in 1944, pp. 14) ; the recall of Mayor Frank Shaw, "he was a bad egg and we went overboard in supporting him...which I think was a mistake" (14 - 15) ; politics - Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan (pp. 16) ; Otis Chandler named publisher (pp. 17) ; Bassett asks Dorothy Buffum Chandler if, in the late 1950s, she felt Los Angeles Times needed to "shift more to the middle of the road? - she answered "Very much so."

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Chandler, Norman

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Norman Chandler (1899-1973) was the oldest son of Harry Chandler and Publisher from 1944-1960. Norman attended Stanford, but returned home before graduating to assist his father at the Los Angeles Times. Norman and his wife, Dorothy Buffum Chandler, were also major supporters of the arts in Los Angeles. Series includes correspondence, invitations, speeches and other material, arranged alphabetically by author/subject. Facsimiles may not be copied or published. Date range is 1921-1973.

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Chandler, Norman - Tape # 3

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1 item: 28-pp. transcript of interview Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler, 12/19/1972 and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: Harry Chandler's interest in "monkey gland treatments" (pp. 1 - 3) ; Harry Chandler's diet (pp. 3 - 5) ; Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler agree they were served the same meal every Thursday night, when they ate at Harry Chandler's home - it was "(fried) chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas, and ice cream" (pp. 5) ; Norman Chandler clarifies aspects of the legend that Harrison Gray Otis had a cannon mounted on the hood of his car -- "it was...just a decoration" (pp. 5) ; liquor ads and Los Angeles Times ; Harry Chandler was a "teetotaler" (pp. 7) ; attitudes of both Harry Chandler and Norman Chandler toward alcohol consumption (pp. 7 - 8) ; Harry Chandler rarely attended social and public events (pp. 9) ; in the years right after WW II "smog" became an issue in L.A. (pp. 10 - 12) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in radio - KHJ (pp. 13) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in television - KTTV (pp. 15) ; The Mirror (pp. 16 - 20) ; Norman Chandler - "on the whole I was pleased with the progress of (Los Angeles Times) while I was publisher," (pp. 21) - he wanted Los Angeles Times to be FAIR, RESPECTED, AND TO RENDER PUBLIC SERVICE, (pp. 22) - agrees that prior to late 1950s, Los Angeles Times was politically biased, biased on labor reporting ; L.D. Hotchkiss (1940s+ editor) and his personality (pp. 25 - 27).

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Chandler, Norman - Tape # 2

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1 item: 25-pp. typed and annotated transcript of interview with Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler, 12/13/1972 and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: on Harry Chandler, Norman Chandler says, "he liked (people) and he had a soft heart," Dorothy Buffum Chandler said of him, "He was not a generous man to his family, nor to people close to him" (pp. 1 - 2) ; Dorothy Buffum Chandler says that Harry Chandler upheld rigid discipline for Norman Chandler but that Harrison Chandler and Philip "were not in any way disciplined" (pp. 3) ; Harry Chandler's personality quirks (pp.-4) ; more on Harry Chandler personality (pp.-5) ; Harry Chandler's political views (pp.-7) ; DC offers that Harry Chandler would talk of business and politics but never anything philosophical (pp. 7) ; on how Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler lived "very economically...scratch(ing) to make ends meet" (pp. 10) ; William Randolph Hearst (pp. 11 - 12) ; Harry Chandler's travel across USA in 1880s (pp. 17 - 18) ; Los Angeles Times was "the first newspaper in the country to set up a personnel department" (pp. 22) ; Harry Chandler and Norman Chandler on running for public office (pp. 24 - 25).

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Chandler, Dorothy

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Files on Dorothy Buffum Chandler (1901-1997), philanthropist and wife of Norman Chandler, third publisher of the Times. Date range is 1921-1997.

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