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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
3 items. Note to B. from literary agent Scott Meredith, cover letter to Meredith from Peter Schwed of Simon & Schuster, and three copies of the publishing agreement for "Untitled novel about U.S. Navy in World War II."
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Approx. 100 items. Individuals and entities corresponding with B. include Delacourt Press, Scott Meredith (Literary Agent), Rex Barley, MacMillan Company, Cowles Book Co., Doubleday & Company, etc. Also some Nixon material.
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4 items: letter, 5/7/1976, "From the desk of...June Duff," addressed to "John," pitching an article or news release she had written; copy of press release, Amer. Marketing Assn., 5/1976, on Robert D. Nelson receiving the 1976 Marketer of the Year Award from the L.A. Chapter of the Amer. Marketing Assn.; official Biography from the Los Angeles Times for Nelson, 7/1976, Nelson was, at that time, exec. VP and GM of LAT, plus a VP of Times Mirror Co.; 9-pp. transcript of undated interview headed "L.A. Times -- Bob Nelson -- R#10."
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2 items: 4-pp. copied from a book, title not recorded, from chapter "Early newspapers in Santa Ana" ; 8-pp. copied from Legacy--the Orange County Story,"
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Approx. 100 items. Individuals and entities corresponding with Bassett included Simon & Schuster (Peter Schwed), Scott Meredith (Literary Agent), New American Library, etc. Also in folder are synopses of segments of the book, related planning documents and notes, newspaper clippings, royalty statements, etc.
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Approx. 10 items: several letters exchanged between Bassett and Robert Donovan ; 2-pp. (yellow) of "Questions for Bob Donovan" ; 13-pp. of responses to previous questions, Donovan to Bassett, 9/1975 ; newspaper and magazine article copies about Donovan ; single-sheet "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for Donovan, n.d. ; 24-pp. transcript of interview, by Bassett, of Donald Douglas, Sr., 1/8/1973 ; 14-pp. transcript of - "...taping with Waldo Drake," 4/26/1973, who started on Los Angeles Times in 1922 on the waterfront "beat" and later became a foreign correspondent ; 6-pp. transcript of "conversation with Mrs. Wilma Drake, former Administrative Asst. to Mr. Norman Chandler." Original correspondence between Donald Douglas and Bassett removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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