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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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
3 items, stapled: 3-pp. "Dealer's Agreement" (canceled 1950); 2-pp. "Cash Bond Agreement" (canceled 1950); 1948 letter from R.F. Marx, LAT Circulation Manager, to Ernest Barber (a dealer) informing him of a price increase for LAT copies furnished, other details.
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8 items: LAT news stories and editorials, all 1968, the year Agnew was chosen as Nixon's v.p. running-mate. Headlines include: "Agnew picked ...to promote unity," 8/9/1968 ; "Reaction to choice of Agnew," 8/18/1968 ; "No crowds at airport...L.A. silence greets Agnew," 9/20/1968.
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Approx. 150 items. Letters and memos. Subjects and correspondents include: a wide array of letters replying to readers critical of what they see as LAT's political biases, or to Conrad or Interlandi cartoons, or to LAT coverage of liberal or radical groups; (9/25/1969) in letter to Jerome Selmer, Williams writes of William Buckley, "(he writes entertainingly...frequently I like his writing better than I like his ideas"; (10/7/1969) 4-pp. letter to Don Bruckner, LAT Chicago Bureau, on his work and LAT philosophy; also more replies to readers accusing LAT of being "soft on crime" or "irreligious"; (3/18/1969) letter to Don Teetor on a "emotional idealism," "logical realism" and newspapers; many Williams-to-Otis C. memos; etc. NOTE: Duplicates of most of this material is contained in other files.
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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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Approx. 55 items, collection of letters, postcards and related materials during Elegant's West Germany assignment for LAT . Notable names and items include: William F. Thomas (LAT Editor) ; Anthony Day ; Walter Annenberg ; financial spreadsheets relating to foreign correspondents.
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Approx. 15 items. Inter-office memos, letters, and articles clipped from the paper. Subjects include the Pentagon Papers, column writing, and the work of Joseph Alsop. There is one letter from Otis Chandler to Bruckner.
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