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
Two items of correspondence between Freddie Miller and Otis Chandler. Otis Chandler wrote a note to Freddie Miller on a letter from Howard H. (Tim) Hays Jr., Editor and Co-Publisher at Press-Enterprise Company. The letter was addressed to Norman [B.] Chandler regarding the nomination of Otis Chandler as California Press Association Publisher of the Year. Freddie Miller responds to Otis Chandler in a note. Also in this folder is a letter from Norman B. Chandler responding to Howard H. [Tim] Hays, Jr.; and a letter from Tom Johnson to Howard H. [Tim] Hays, Jr., in which Johnson places nominates Otis Chandler for the California Press Association's Publisher of the Year.
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Three letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Richard T. Thieriot. Two of the letters list Thieriot as the Editor and Publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. The other letter list Thieriot as President of The Chronicle Publishing Company. Also in this folder is a response letter to Thieriot from Freddie Miller.
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Ten pieces of correspondence between Otis Chandler and employees of Newsday. The first set of letters are congratulatory and thank you letters between Otis Chandler and Tom Darcy, Newsday's political cartoonist, regarding Darcy's award for best cartoon from the Overseas Press Club, and Paul Conrad's recent Pulitzer. The second set of letters are correspondence between William (Bill) Attwood, Newsday's President and Publisher, and Otis Chandler, regarding syndication. The last set of letters are correspondence between Otis Chandler, Nick Thimmesch [Los Angeles Times Syndicate Columnist], Freddie [Frederica] Miller [Otis Chandler's Secretary], and Dave Laventhol [Newsday's Editor], which included a copy of the syndicate agreement between Nick Thimmesch and Newsday.
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Two letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Arthur D. Silk, M.D., Editor of the Bulletin of the Orange County Medical Association. Also in this folder is a letter from Freddie Miller to Arthur D. Silk.
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Two letters of correspondence between Robert U. Brown, President and Editor of Editor & Publisher and Otis Chandler. Also in this folder is a clipping from Editor & Publisher.
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Three copies of a speech, entitled "The Greater Responsibility" given by Otis Chandler at the Sigma Delta Chi Annual Convention on Thursday, November 16, 1967. One of the copies has a cover sheet. Other items in this folder include a bag full of newspaper clippings; a telephone message from Professor Stephen Slingsby of Cal State College [Cal State Los Angeles]; two letters of correspondence between John V. Lindsay and Otis Chandler, regarding thank yous and whether a copy of the speech was sent to members of the Commission on Civil Disorder; five letters of thank yous and praises about the speech, one letter has attached a response from Freddie Miller; six pieces of correspondence requesting a copy of the UCLA readership study that Otis Chandler mentioned in his speech, two of the letters are responses to the inquiries; two letters of correspondence with John Cowles, Jr., Editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, in which Otis Chandler asks for a copy of the introduction that John Cowles, Jr. wrote, and John Cowles, Jr. responds and attaches a copy of the introduction; two letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Felix R. McKnight, Co-Publisher and Editor of the Dallas Times Herald, a piece he just wrote regarding Otis Chandler's speech; two pieces of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Russell E. Hurst, Executive Officer of Sigma Delta Chi, in which a certificate of appreciation is being sent; a letter from Lyle L. Erb, Editor of Seminar, to Otis Chandler, asking for permission to reprint the speech and Freddie Miller responding in a separate letter stating it was fine and sent to Lyle L. Erb a copy of the speech and a glossy photograph of Otis Chandler; two copies of Seminar in which the speech was reprinted in; handwritten notes on a manila folder, only half the folder is included; a letter to Leonard Inskip, of the Minneapolis Tribune, from Freddie Miller regarding speeches, biographical information and photographs requested; a letter from Dale A. Jensen, Chairman of the Promotion Committee of the Sigma Delta Chi National Convention, requesting an advanced copy of the speech, and a letter from Freddie Miller in response stating that its not standard policy to send out advanced copies of the speech, but that Otis Chandler would have many on hand to distribute; five letters of correspondence between Bernie Ridder, Publisher of St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press, and Otis Chandler regarding his possible accommodations while in town; a letter from Stuart Baird, Office of Information Services at Macalester College, offering transportation services; two letters from Robert M. White II, Editor and Publisher of Mexico Evening Ledger, thanking him and providing brief details about the speech requirements; four pages of handwritten notes of the speech; and a one page trip itinerary.
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