Manuscripts

Bowron, Fletcher

Description: 3 items: a 1951 letter from Mayor Fletcher Bowron to Norman Chandler ; clipping from Los Angeles Times dated one week before previous letter ; 1957 letter from attorney James C. Sheppard to Norman Chandler.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1951, 1957
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.

Bowron, Fletcher - Clippings

Manuscripts

50+ items: LAT news stories and editorials on Fletcher Bowron and his service to L.A. as mayor, and later as judge, including everything from feuds with LAT to endorsements of him by LAT and back to feuding. Notable among these items is one letter, 1974, from Albine Bowron, the mayor's widow, to James Bassett, a high-ranking LAT editor, and another, 1974, from Mayor Tom Bradley (L.A.) to retired Chief Justice Earl Warren.

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Bowron, Fletcher - Correspondence

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7 items: letter, 9/7/1938, "Bowron for Mayor" flyer, to "Members of the Police and Fire Departments, City of Los Angeles" ; copy of "Recall Petition" aimed at Bowron (1939), mentioning "his demoralizing influence on all who come in contact with him" - the origin of this recall is not recorded ; booklet, "Mayor's Message (with) 1946 - 47 Proposed Budget, City of Los Angeles, Honorable Fletcher Bowron, Mayor" ; 7-pp. transcript of "Broadcast by Mayor Fletcher Bowron -- Station KFI" - 1/6/1952 ; 7-pp. transcript of "Broadcast (by Bowron)" - 6/15/1952 ; letter, 12/20/1956, from Fletcher Bowron to Kyle Palmer, LAT Political Editor, thanking him for the fact that LAT had given him "fair treatment... as a candidate for election as Judge of the Superior Court," since, but this is not mentioned, LAT had often attacked him in the past ; 6-pp. list of "Signers of the nominating petition for the re-election of...Bowron, filed February 5 (1942, 1944?)," followed by alphabetical list of names.

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Bowron, Albine

Manuscripts

2 items: 11-pp. transcript of interview - "Taping with Mrs. Fletcher Bowron," 3/12/1975 ; 1-pp. letter, 11/12/1976, to "Lois" (Markwith) from Albine Bowron (widow of Mayor Fletcher Bowron), which she attached to some other materials she was sending in to Los Angeles Times historian.

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Bernays, Edward L

Manuscripts

letter, 5/19/1960, from Edward Bernays (public relations pioneer) to Norman Chandler, with attached clipping from Peru Tribune (Indiana) titled "Nation's best newspapers" ;

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Poulson, Norris

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: exchanges of letters between Norris Poulson (Congressman and later L.A. mayor) and Norman Chandler ; 2-pp. segment from Poulson's memoirs relating to the Chandler family.

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Newsprint conservation

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: letters and telegrams between Norman Chandler and representatives of This Week (magazine), San Francisco Chronicle and W.E. Anderman (War Production Board?) ; other information related to newsprint conservation.

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