Scheer, Robert

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Description: 1 item: 130-pp. transcript of interview with journalist Robert Scheer. Notable names and subjects include: he describes his freelance writing career as of mid-1970s - Playboy (magazine), book contract, editing gig at New Times (pp. 1 - 3) ; Scheer hired by Los Angeles Times, 1976 (pp. 7) ; anecdotes about working methods ; writing on the "Jewish Community" ; immigration ; his thoughts on Q & A format (45 - 46) ; more on his methods ; Scheer talks about childhood in The Bronx (pp. 55 - 57) ; "my bleeding liberalism, (or whatever) the right word is" (pp. 57) ; more on youth & background, Scheer is part Jewish, part secular Catholic, and very liberal (pp. 60 - 61) ; Scheer and first wife want to "escape" her strict orthodox Jewish background by going west (pp. 65) ; his studies at UC Berkeley and acquaintance with Al Martinez, Bill Boyarsky, Oakland Tribune writers, and William Knowland, Publisher (pp. 67) ; Lawrence Ferlinghetti (pp. 71 - 72) ; Scheer makes several references throughout the interview to his 1976 interview of pres. candidate Jimmy Carter that appeared in Playboy (magazine). ; first impression on joining Los Angeles Times (pp. 84 - 86) ; his views on Jerry Brown (pp. 117).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1979
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Associated people: Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.); Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.); Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.); Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.); Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-); Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations: Los Angeles Times (Firm).; Los Angeles Times History Center.; Times Mirror Company.
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Letters written in response to a three part article published in the Los Angeles Times entitled "Jews of Los Angeles" by Robert Scheer.
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1 item: 42-pp. transcript (pp. 100 - 141) of interview of Bill Thomas (LAT Editor) by Marshall Berges. Notable names and subjects include: Lyndon B. Johnson ; LAT in relation to Times Mirror Corporation and other holdings (pp. 105 - 106) ; memories of backlash over a Robert Scheer article on the Jewish community that was not well received in all quarters (pp. 107 - 110+) ; wide-ranging memories of incidents and people at LAT during the 1960s and 1970s ; Thomas answers the question, "Do we need an editorial page?" (pp. 122 - 124) ; moving Conrad's cartoons to Op Ed (pp. 125 - 126) ; political polls, Mervin Field, etc. (pp. 127 - 129) ; more.
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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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