Manuscripts

Otis/Chandler Family

Description: Various objects from the Wetherby, Otis, and Chandler families:Bible of Emma Marian Otis, inscribed 1875. Ambrotype with lace background of Nancy Hyde Wetherby, circa 1865. Photograph of Moses Knight Chandler (1836 - 1930), father of Harry Chandler, in silver frame, undated. Pince-nez of Ruth Chandler, in case, undated. Marian Otis Chandler autograph album, 1880 - 1885. Bible of Edwin Wetherby, brother of Eliza Wetherby Otis, inscribed but undated. Ambrotype of Stephen Otis, circa 1865. Copy of letter from Carolyn Strickler to Mrs. Robert Dulin, 1989.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1865 - 1885, 1989
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)

Otis Chandler

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: correspondence between Otis Chandler and business associates (Nick Williams, William F. Thomas, etc. Includes two copies of a 5-pp. "Harry and Marian Otis Chandler Family" (a list of names), 3-pp. "Otis Chandler Biographical Information" from 12/1971.

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"The Ancestry of Marian Otis Chandler," Gwendolyn Garland Babcock

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1 item: ring-bound book, approx. 70-pp., self-published by a relative of Marian Otis Chandler, titled "The Ancestry of Marian Otis Chandler."

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Emma Marian Otis Ancestry Tree

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Three copies of the ancestry of Emma Marian Otis, daughter of Eliza Wetherby Otis and Harrison Gray Otis.

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Otis Chandler memos and correspondence

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Incoming and outgoing correspondence primarily between Otis Chandler and Carolyn Strickler, mainly regarding the transfer of his files to the archives, and her research into Harry Chandler's association with the controversial Human Betterment Foundation.

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Chandler Family

Manuscripts

1 item: 2-pp. text, probably a draft for part of Bassett's history of LAT. This segment hypothesizes about the courtship of Harry Chandler and Marian Otis in the early 1890s. It also quotes from a letter Harrison Gray Otis wrote to his 18-year old granddaughter, May, praising the personal traits possessed by her parents, Harry and Marian Chandler.

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Legal - Chandler Family & Chandis Securities

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The following are bound and loose in box 185: No. 12550 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. May Chandler Goodan, Marian Otis Chandler, Norman Chandler, Philip Chandler, Constance Chandler Crowe, Helen Chandler Garland, and Ruth C. Williamson. Brief for the Petitioner, Brief for the Respondents, Transcript of Record; No. 9735 United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, George D. Martin, Internal Revenue Agent, v. Chandis Securities Company and H.E. Downing. Appellees' Brief (2 copies), Appellees' Cumulative Brief (3 copies), Transcript of Record (2 copies, one with tabs); Before the Tax Court of the United States Docket No. 3034, Trust No. 1; Harry Chandler, Norman Chandler, and Marian Otis Chandler, trustees v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Brief for Petitioner (3 copies), Reply Brief for Petitioner (3 copies); Before the Tax Court of the United States Docket No. 3035, Trust No. 2; Marian Otis Chandler, et. al., present trustees v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Brief for Petitioner (3 copies), Reply Brief for Petitioner (3 copies); No. 8262 United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Marian Otis Chandler. Brief for Petitioner, Brief for Respondent, and Transcript of Record (2 copies).

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