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
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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5 items: 1-pp. Los Angeles Times biography of Harry N. Bernstein, 4/1975 ; 12-pp. transcript of interview - "Taping with Harry Bernstein, Labor Editor," 7/9/1975 ; tear sheet from Time, 7/7/1975, "Revolt of the scabs," article on labor strike at Herald-Examiner ; clip from Among Ourselves, 12/1975, "Harry Bernstein winner of Labor Writing Award ; legal size sheet of yellow paper with notes (prob. related to Bernstein interview
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Approx. 12 items: 19-pp. transcript of "Taping with Robert Gibson, Foreign Editor of The Times," 4/23/1975 ; 1-pp. "Biography from (Los Angeles Times) for Gibson" ; clip copy, Las Vegas Review Journal, 4/6/1975, "Indochina news reporting..." which mentions Gibson ; clip copy, Los Angeles Times, 12/24/1967, "Goff and Zeman reassigned to head bureaus..." ; 14-pp. transcript of "Taping with Tom Goff, Chief of (Los Angeles Times) Sacramento Bureau, 9/17/1975 ; letter, 10/27/1975, to Jim (Bassett) from Goff ; 1-pp. "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for Goff ; single sheet of "Information from Miss Estelle Rebec (Manuscripts Dept., Bancroft Library)" on correspondence between Los Angeles Times figures and government officials, publishers, etc. 13-pp. transcript of "Taping with Robert Gray, Director of the Industrial Relations Center for Caltech," 6/17/1974 ; 20-pp. transcript of "...taping with Carl Greenberg, formerly political writer for The Times," 7/11/1973 ; single sheet, handwritten letter to Bassett from "Carl" [Greenberg] who mentions "dupes," "the tapes," "the Op-Ed page," and closes with "I spoke to Murray at the banquet -- but not re(garding) Watergate...I agree with both of you on your reaction to the Oval Office speech," dated 8/18/1973 ; clips and notes related to Greenberg ; 1-pp. "Biography from (Los Angeles Times)," for Edwin O. Guthman ; 20-pp. transcript of "A taping with Ed Guthman, National Editor (Los Angeles Times)," 4/17/1975 ; booklet, Manual for conducting an employee opinion poll," Bulletin Number 36, Industrial Relations Center, California Institute of Technology.
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2 items: 19-pp. transcript of interview of Robert Fenton Craig by James Bassett, 4/4/1973 (Craig was a Republican organizer in CA starting in the 1930s) ; letter, 8/20/1973, to Bassett from Craig, who was with Anderson, Ablon & Dennis (law firm) at that time.
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4 items: 23-pp. transcript of "Taping with Don Cook," 1/14/1975. Subjects include: Cook's wide-ranging duties as Paris correspondent and European "diplomatic beat" writer (pp. 1 - 2) ; the Common Market (pp. 6) ; French news outlets making use of Los Angeles Times-Wash. Post News Service (pp. 9) ; Cook's memories and experiences in general on covering France and Europe for a decade (pp. 10+) ; letter, 4/4/1975, to Jim Bassett from Don Cook, remarking on the interview transcript and also on Bassett's book, Commander Prince, USN ; cover letter, 4/10/1975, to Cook from Bob Gottlieb asking questions in prep for writing his book on Los Angeles Times,and 3-pp. report, n.d., from Cook to Gottlieb, answering the questions ; letter, 4/16/1975, to Jim Bassett from Don Cook to accompany info about the Gottlieb Q&A correspondence (Cook writes that Gottlieb "seems...to be a bit naive to be writing a book about journalism."
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10 items: article copy, Editor & Publisher, 12/12/1959, "New subscriber told what the paper means," describing the booklet given with each new LAT subscription ; letter, 12/23/1959, from Ben Cowdery (VP, The World-Herald, Omaha) to Norman Chandler, congratulating him on his successes ; reply to previous, by R.F. Flannes, in NC's absence ; letter, 1/13/1960, from Cowdery to Flannes (see above) thanking him for sending two copies of the LAT booklet, "What your newspaper means to you." ; letter and 4-pp. transcript of radio broadcast by Joseph M. Webb of KPFK radio titled "The USE of David Shaw by the L.A. Times" (10/1975) ; packet of four items -- letters, press releases and an article from Editor & Publisher on profit reports revenues from 4/1976.
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