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Description: Approx. 12 items: 19-pp. transcript of "Taping with Robert Gibson, Foreign Editor of The Times," 4/23/1975 ; 1-pp. "Biography from (Los Angeles Times) for Gibson" ; clip copy, Las Vegas Review Journal, 4/6/1975, "Indochina news reporting..." which mentions Gibson ; clip copy, Los Angeles Times, 12/24/1967, "Goff and Zeman reassigned to head bureaus..." ; 14-pp. transcript of "Taping with Tom Goff, Chief of (Los Angeles Times) Sacramento Bureau, 9/17/1975 ; letter, 10/27/1975, to Jim (Bassett) from Goff ; 1-pp. "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for Goff ; single sheet of "Information from Miss Estelle Rebec (Manuscripts Dept., Bancroft Library)" on correspondence between Los Angeles Times figures and government officials, publishers, etc. 13-pp. transcript of "Taping with Robert Gray, Director of the Industrial Relations Center for Caltech," 6/17/1974 ; 20-pp. transcript of "...taping with Carl Greenberg, formerly political writer for The Times," 7/11/1973 ; single sheet, handwritten letter to Bassett from "Carl" [Greenberg] who mentions "dupes," "the tapes," "the Op-Ed page," and closes with "I spoke to Murray at the banquet -- but not re(garding) Watergate...I agree with both of you on your reaction to the Oval Office speech," dated 8/18/1973 ; clips and notes related to Greenberg ; 1-pp. "Biography from (Los Angeles Times)," for Edwin O. Guthman ; 20-pp. transcript of "A taping with Ed Guthman, National Editor (Los Angeles Times)," 4/17/1975 ; booklet, Manual for conducting an employee opinion poll," Bulletin Number 36, Industrial Relations Center, California Institute of Technology.

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Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Date

1966 - 1975

Call number

mssLAT

Creator

Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

The Los Angeles Times,

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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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