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
Two articles about the wedding of Otis Chandler's son, Harry Brant Chandler.
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Three copies of a speech entitled "The Great Race: Survival" given by Otis Chandler at the San Jose State College Commencement on June 5, 1967. Items in this folder are a letter to Mrs. Murial K. Lorenz, Administrative Assistant to the President, San Jose State College, from Freddie Miller, regarding requested reprints; a memo from Otis Chandler to Art Seidenbaum, requesting ideas for speech; a thank you letter from Robert D. Clark, San Jose State, to Otis Chandler; a newspaper clipping from the San Jose Mercury regarding the speech; a letter, with an invitation attached, from George W. Milias, Chairman, California Legislature Assembly committee on State Personnel and Veterans Affairs, to Otis Chandler, sending his regrets on not being able to attend the reception in honor of Otis Chandler; a thank you letter from Mrs. Murial K. Lorenz, Administrative Assistant to the President, San Jose State College, to Freddie Miller, also discussing the reception honoring Otis Chandler; four letters stapled together of correspondence between Mrs. Murial K. Lorenz, Freddie Miller, Robert D. Clark, and Otis Chandler, regarding details about Otis Chandler's biographical information and statistics for academic regalia; a newspaper clipping from the Oakland Tribune announcing Otis Chandler's speech; and a memo from Freddie Miller to Irving Bengelsdorf regarding an article he wrote which is the basis of Otis Chandler's speech.
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Approx. 12 items: two samples of Alma Whitaker's "Sugar and Spice" column, from 1931 and 1936; a 1941 sample of W's writing; LAT, 12/4/1941, "Feminine reporter takes baby along," memories of W's early days at LAT (original & copy in plastic sleeve); Among Ourselves, 2 copies, 6/1949, "Women who made The Times," about Whitaker; (orig. & copy in plastic sleeve) LAT obit, "Alma Whitaker, retired Times columnist, dies"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 1/1957, "Alma Whitaker lived by wit, good humor"; article tear sheet, date / publication unknown, "Veteran Newshens made history" (on Whitaker and other women journalists in L.A. during early decades of 20th century).
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Articles and newspaper clippings about Otis Chandler's first wife, Marilyn Brant Chandler Stuart. Her birth name is Marilyn Jane Brant and was often called by her nickname "Missy."
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A letter to Otis Chandler from Ann Hinsdale Nagano, regarding a wedding announcement. Also in this folder is a note from Freddie Miller to Otis Chandler, and three letters of correspondence between Ann Hinsdale Nagano and Freddie Miller.
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Two copies of Otis Chandler's acceptance speech given at the USC Journalism Awards Banquet on Tuesday, October 30, 1962. One of the copies is incomplete. Also included are newspaper clippings about the event, tickets and RSVP card, an invitation, a two page fact sheet, and three letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Russell E. Ward [First Vice President, USC Journalism Alumni Association], regarding nominations for the 1973 awards. Attached to these letters are tickets to the event and a list of past recipients.
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