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H - Miscellaneous Correspondence

Description

Approx. 75 items. Memos, letters, handwritten notes, clippings. Subjects include: identifying criminal suspects by racial description in LAT; "the general idea of an association of newspapers for the purpose of acquiring original material directly"; Hillinger story on Hutterites and discussion that followed; correspondence between Williams and Sam Hurst, Dean of Architecture, USC; letters from Hairway, a company claiming to be able to reverse male-pattern baldness; (3/10/'70) relations between LAPD and the "Negro community"; Armand Hammer and Occidental Petroleum; correspondence with W. Averell Harriman; correspondence between Williams (and others) and J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI; letter from Oveta Culp Hobby letter; etc. Oveta Culp Hobby letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1959 - 1971
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.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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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