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Chandler, Otis

Description: 2 items: 55-pp. interview by Marshall Berges with Otis Chandler, 3/20/1980, on his "pioneering" decisions in general, the Orange County Edition, serving on "outside" boards, the GeoTek case ; more ; 3-pp. (previous interview continued.) on: Olympic Games (shot put trials), GeoTek, more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1980
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Chandler, Otis

Manuscripts

1 item: 54-pp. transcript of interview of Otis Chandler by Marshall Berges, 12/10/1980. Subjects include: the John Kennedy assassination ; Otis' relationship with Robert Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy's assassination ; more "fine-tuning" of his comments on previous interviews ; memories of his Los Angeles Times apprenticeship ; more.

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Chandler, Otis

Manuscripts

1 item: 73-pp. transcript of interview by Marshall Berges with Otis Chandler, 3/12/1980. Chandler spoke about a hunting trip to Afghanistan in 1977 and traveling in the region of the Himalayas. Later in the tape Chandler discusses the Watts Riots and the aftermath, plus 1964 political endorsements, more.

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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 20 - 22

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1 item. 71-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' interview with Otis Chandler, 1/22/1980. Subjects include: Otis' "split personality" - his public persona and private persona ; Otis candidness, Otis occasional bluntness ; the issue of being a perfectionist and of feeling "there aren't enough...hours in the day" ; the issue of self-criticism ; the GeoTek case ; Robert Donovan ; William Thomas ; Nick Williams ; selecting and hiring top executives ; Frank McCulloch ; Johnson, Tom ; Nelson, Robert.

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Chandler, Otis

Manuscripts

1 item: 66-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' interview of Otis Chandler. He offers the interviewer his thoughts about big game hunting and what he calls "trophy hunting." It is not made clear but it seems the interviewer and Mr. Chandler were riding cross-country on his Oregon land. Notations at top of each page read Side 1 through Side 3 - probably tape sides.

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Chandler, Otis

Manuscripts

1 item: 55-pp. transcript of Otis Chandler interview by Marshall Berges, around 12/1980. Subjects include: more memories of Bobby Kennedy ; the Los Angeles Times - Washington Post News Service ; Katherine Graham and Philip Graham of the Washington Post ; wild story about Phil Graham's mental deterioration ; memories of Ben Bradlee ; rejection of porno ads and x-rated movie ads ; door-to-door circulation sales - "boy crews" ; Circulation Department ; Advertising Department ; more.

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Chandler, Otis - Tape # 1

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: 18-pp. transcript of Bassett interview of Otis Chandler, 7/29/1975, wide range of subjects - youth, Stanford, his personality, social & political opinions of his wife, "Missy," The Mirror, etc ; 2-pp. bio on Otis Chandler ; 5-pp. "Add Tape 1, 8/18/1975 ; 35-pp. interview transcript sent by Jack Hart of Cal State Northridge, 7/1/1973 - subjects are handwritten on cover sheet ; 3-pp. transcript of interview on KNXT (TV), 10/13/1975, of Otis Chandler by newsman Joseph Benti on Chandler's feelings about power vs. opportunity, about his leadership style, women in journalism, etc ; several more installments of the Benti interview ; 26-pp. transcript of interview (prob. KABC radio) with Michael Jackson as host (no date, no other info on transcript).

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