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Description: 9 items: copies of articles about Harry Chandler, and articles or "open letters" by HC, 1929 - 1941. Notable items: "Our Day of Responsibility," by Harry Chandler, Editor & Publisher, 4/23/1932. In 1932 Chandler was President of the American Newspaper Publishers Assn. FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1929 - 1941
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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3 items: memo, 5/31/1930, to FXP (Frank X. Pfaffinger) and HED (H.E. Downing) from HC (Harry Chandler) asking them to investigate to see "if we are not overloaded [with employees] in certain places where there has been a loss of business..." ; 3-pp. financial report (poss. a response to HC above) "Comparative record of payrolls..."

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Biographical Material - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

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Approx. 25 items: clippings and copies of articles on Harry Chandler. NOTE: included is a complete issue of National Brain Power Monthly, 1/1923. FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED.

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Homes

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2 items: article copy, Los Angeles Times, 11/24/1912, "Beautiful house of English mansion type..." Handwritten at bottom margin of copy - "HC Hillhurst home" ; on Craig St. Clair note paper, "Harry Chandler residences from L.A. City Directories," followed by dates and addresses. The dates range from 1890 to 1895. FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED.

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Homeseekers Investment & Building Co

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Approx. 50 items: several "Loan Receipt Records" of Southern California Building and Loan Assn. ; correspondence - much of it from Downing to Harry Chandler ; material on real estate holdings.

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Goodan, May

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2 items: 18-pp. transcript of "a taping on (1/4/1973) with Mrs. May Goodan," daughter of Harry Chandler - subjects include: Harry Chandler's arrival in L.A. in 1883 ; HC living in a tent in Cahuenga Pass (living outdoors was considered healthy for tuberculosis sufferers) ; HC picked fruit for the Van Nuys family, and became friendly with them ; HC's view that water would be vital to growth of S. California ; HC interest in L.A. harbor development (pp. 5) ; dealings with William Randolph Hearst (pp. 6 - 7) ; giant ranch in Baja Calif. ; May has a riding accident (pp. 11) ; her memories of the 1910 bombing (pp. 12) ; Herbert Hoover asks HC "will you support me for president?" and is told "of course" ; HC and his wife did not enjoy big social events ; May answers Bassett's question "was your father a tough man?" (pp. 15) ; May attends Stanford (pp. 16) ; Bassett asks if the extended Chandler family thought (as of 1973) that Los Angeles Times had become too liberal. Also in the folder is a single sheet of "Notes during conversation with May Goodan," 1/4/1976, mentions places of residence, childhood activities and why HC was not in the Times building on the night of the bombing in 1910.

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Articles

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5 items: article copy, The Review, 4/1973, "Newsday -- Will The Times make it just another fat tabloid?"; tear sheet, full-page ad, Wall St. Journal, 5/10/1973, "Look who's come calling at our front door...at Times Mirror, corporate responsibility means respect for the environment"; full-page ad, Wall St. Journal, 10/23/1973, "Take a card...any card ...Times Mirror"; clip copy, Wall St. Journal, "Times Mirror expects fourth quarter profit..."; tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 12/29/1973, "Group publishers weigh the future."

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