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. 100 items. Business and personal correspondence related to Bassett's novel, "Harm's Way." Correspondents include: Times-Mirror Syndicate, Rex Barley (literary agent), Macmillan Co.(A.L. Hart, Jr.), New American Library, McGraw-Hill Book Co., World Publishing (William Targ), Prentice-Hall Inc., Library Journal, Aerojet-General (George Pelletier, Pub. Rel.), Sen. Barry Goldwater, Chuck Bailey (Look magazine), Caspar Weinberger, etc. Copies of legal and financial documents related to the novel, many congratulatory notes from newspaper people nationwide, newspaper clippings (ads & commentary), and other ephemera.
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Approx. 100 items. Business and personal correspondence related to Bassett's novel, "Harm's Way." Correspondents include: Times-Mirror Syndicate, Rex Barley (literary agent), Macmillan Co.(A.L. Hart, Jr.), New American Library, McGraw-Hill Book Co., World Publishing (William Targ), Prentice-Hall Inc., Library Journal, Aerojet-General (George Pelletier, Pub. Rel.), Sen. Barry Goldwater, Chuck Bailey (Look magazine), Caspar Weinberger, etc. Also a table-top ad poster for the novel, copies of legal and financial documents related to the novel, many congratulatory notes from newspaper people nationwide, newspaper clippings (ads & commentary), and other ephemera
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Approx. 80 items. Correspondence related to the novel, "Harm's Way." - letters, notes, royalty statements. The correspondence includes both personal and business communication from: New American Library, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Kiwanis International (John McGehee), G.P. Putnam's Sons (William Targ), Chicago Sun-Times (Harry Homewood), Mrs. Evelle Younger, Doubleday & Company (Timothy Seldes, World Publishing Co., American University (Nancy Breen), Harper & Row (M.S. Wyeth), etc. Also clippings from 1/13/'64 Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
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Approx. 100 items. Individuals and entities represented in this correspondence include: William Targ (Editor-in-Chief, World Publishing Company), New American Library, Sen. Thomas Kuchel, and other ex-Navy personnel and business executives. Also a Bassett schedule of book store and television appearances promoting Harm's Way.
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Approx. 125 items. Individuals and organizations corresponding with B. include Paramount International Films, Pearl Harbor Survivors Assn., G.P. Putnam's Sons (Wm. Targ), New American Library, World Publishing, Simon & Schuster, etc. Also clips about the book/film, clips from film industry publications, newspapers (including in U.K.), royalty statements, correspondence about re-issue of the novel, etc.
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Approx. 65 items. Includes an invitation to the inauguration of Nixon-Agnew in January 1969, an accusatory letter from a reader who is canceling their subscription for various reasons, including "We think Mr. (Paul) Conrad is a sick man," and a 1969 employee ID card for Bassett. Prominent persons in correspondence with Bassett: McGeorge Bundy, Robert Novak (journalist), and Caspar Weinberger.
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