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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
Approx. 30 items. Subjects relate to the 1910 bombing of LAT building: 14-pp. report on the bombing and the circumstances surrounding it (with covering note by Durham J. "Durrie" Monsma; 3-pp. letter (7/8/1957) to LAT "Editor" from "Ernest Rhoads, Ex-Battalion Chief," L.A. Fire Dept., who not only fought the fire caused by the bombing, but spoke in person to "Tom [J.B.] McNamara" decades later in prison, and asked him, "Would you do it again?" The letter provides the answer and more details; several accounts of the bombing written in later years; lists of news clippings and editorials related to the bombing and trial; 12+ pp. headed "James B. and John J. McNamara - Papers, 1905-1961"; 30-pp. "Special Report," by "H.G. Otis," dated 10/31/1910 (30 days after bombing), "Our Sad Misfortune: the dynamiting and destruction of the Times Building."
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Approx. 22 items. Articles related to the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times building. Articles copied or clipped from the following magazines: Westways; American History Illustrated; Southern California Quarterly (Spring 1988) - 2 articles, "The McNamara Case: A Window on Class Antagonism in the Progressive Era," and "The Fall of Job Harriman's Socialist Party: Violence, Gender and Politics in Los Angeles, 1911"; Labor History; Time; Sunday News; True-The Men's Magazine; Saturday Evening Post; Hampton's Magazine; L.A. Times; San Francisco Examiner; others.
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3 items: sheet with "DK/8/78" at top, with info about the other items; 50-pp. (89-138) transcription from Oscar Lawler Oral History. labeled "Chapter X: McNamara and Clarence Darrow Trials" (according to the UCLA online catalog, the oral history with Oscar Lawler was taped in 1959 and 1960); newspaper clipping of 1/4/1966, obituary of "Oscar Lawler, 90...Played prominent role in Investigation of 1910 Bombing of The Times Building."
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Approx. 30 items. Articles about the bombing and the resulting trial, photocopied or clipped from: LAT; Oakland Tribune; The Pacific Printer; L.A. Examiner. Also LAT prepared chronologies included.
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8 items. Material related to attorney Clarence Darrow and his involvement in the LAT bombing trial in 1911. Items include: sheet headed "DK/8/78 - Los Angeles Times, Bombing of: - Clarence Darrow 1) Los Angeles Times Clippings"; 61-pp. booklet, "The Darrow Bribery Trial" (1956); 1987 Reference Request form, LAT Archives, for two clippings; "Portion of Henry Fonda performance of 'Clarence Darrow' - 1975"; various newspaper clippings mentioning Darrow;etc.
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Approx. 38 items. Clips of news stories related to the trial of David Caplan, "charged with murder in connection with the bombing of the original Times building."
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