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. 12 items. Subjects include: reapportionment of the State Senate; 1967 riots in Detroit and, more generally, crime and "the dispossessed," and race relations in the USA; etc. Doherty stands for clamping down hard on civil unrest, Williams suggests that some attention should be given to the root causes of unrest.
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Approx. 85 items. Letters and memos. Selected addressees and subjects: student unrest in USA and worldwide: Kirk Polking, Editor of Writer's Digest; Harvey Wheeler, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions; many letters to readers, both pleased and displeased; discussion with Arthur Laro, Exec. VP of the Syndicate that provided "Dick Tracy," on the virtues and faults of the comic strip; positive reaction to Jim Murray's column on RFK assassination; Israeli Ambassador Rabin coming to LAT for off-the-record discussions; etc.
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Two letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Robert J. Donovan, Chief of Bureau, Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau.
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1 item: letter, 3/10/1973, from Robert J. Donovan to Bassett, which discusses "our political past."
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4 items: ; LAT article copy, 2/1/1970, "Robert J. Donovan appointed associate editor of The Times"; Among Ourselves article, 2/1970 (same event as previous entry); tear sheet of Opinion piece, 9/21/1975, "Even in times of crisis, Americans shun extremes," by Robert J. Donovan; LAT clip, 8/21/1977, "Robert J. Donovan...retires."
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Approx. 45 items. Subjects include: furor over columnist Morrie Ryskind's criticisms of LAT and AP; the William Wieland case; Khrushchev visit to USA; exchange of letters with Barry Goldwater encouraging him to continue his column for the LA Times Syndicate; dropping of "Dick Tracy" comic from the Times & extended exchange with Chester Gould, creator of the comic; exchange of letters between J.J. McClellan, a V.P. of Facelle Co., and Williams, after the company accused the Times story "Grocery Shelf Psychology" of being "biased and inaccurate"; the films of John Wayne--good and bad; etc. Aug. 13, 1965 letter to Wes Gallagher notes that the LAT "is under constant and frequently outrageous attack by some elements of the extreme right."
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