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
One item comprising four pages pertaining to Mike Valenti, containing memos and job descriptions.
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1 item: 33-pp. transcript of interview with Otis Chandler by Marshall Berges, 12/17/1980. Subjects include: describing "phone calls from the breakfast table" of Governor Reagan or Nancy Reagan when they were unhappy about a Conrad cartoon (both Reagans disliked Conrad's work) or an editorial ; description of Dorothy B. Chandler upsetting Ronald Reagan at a private dinner party by "lecturing him" about his behavior toward the University of California Board of Regents (of which Dorothy Buffum Chandler was a member) ; other interesting anecdotes about Dorothy Buffum Chandler, in her senior years, offering her thoughts in the wrong setting or at too great a length ; description of Otis' visit to Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch in Texas, days before John F. Kennedy assassination - a wild hunting trip with Lyndon B. Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson's thoughts about John and Robert Kennedy and how he, Lyndon B. Johnson, deserved better than the Vice Presidency ; more on friendship between Otis and Robert Kennedy (including rafting trip on Colorado River in the Grand Canyon) ; more.
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Ten letters to Otis Chandler from Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. One is regarding President Lyndon Johnson's request for Chandler to serve on the Federal Law Enforcement Commission.
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Approx. Long article from Reader ("Los Angeles' Free Weekly"), 8/8/1980, "Inking Big: the story of Los Angeles's Two Daily Newspapers"; two copies (tear sheet & photocopy) of article from Newsweek, 9/22/1980, "Fat Times in Los Angeles"; tear sheet of "Our 20th Anniversary Celebration" from Los Angeles (mag), 7/1980, which contains mentions of LAT; also from Los Angeles, (12/1980) "They're all coming together--toward The Times"; several shorter articles, some on 1980 presidential elections. 5 items. Two tear sheets of long article from Los Angeles (mag) of 11/1981, "The Gray Lady of Spring Street Hits 100"; article from Advertising Age, 11/23/1981; reprinted text of speech by Jack Smith at LAT Centennial Dinner, 12/4/1981, "Our City, Our Times"; etc. 4 items. One complete copy of California (mag) of 10/1982, with major article on LAT, "Paper Giant: thick, rich, and slightly oppressive..."; tear sheet of previous article ; tear sheet of Washington Journalism Review, July-Aug. 1982, "The L.A. Times Reaches for the Top"; tear sheet from Media International, 12/1982, showing chart, "The World's 20 most reliable business journals (English language)," with LAT at #19. 5 items: multi-page tear sheet from feed/back, Fall 1983, "Framed," by Betty Medsger ; single tear sheet from feed/back, Fall 1983, "The night the lights went out in L.A." ; single tear sheet from Editor & Publisher, 1/29/1983,"Improved news product seen as ad growth key" ; single tear sheet from Adweek, 1/31/1983, "L.A. Times Chief Bullish on Newspapers in '83" ; multi-page tear sheet from feed/back, Fall 1983, "To code or not to code."
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5 items: single yellow sheet, undated, headed "Jack Nelson questions," related to Watergate and coverage of Wash., DC in general since 1970; article copy, 11/20/1974, on Nelson taking charge at DC bureau; tear sheet, "Keeping up with The Times, 3/7/1975, on addition of Oswald Johnson, Jr., and Gaylord Shaw to the DC bureau staff; tear sheet, Newsweek, 1/24/1977, "Media insiders," which is, in part, about Nelson; 1982 tear sheet, publ. unknwn, "Movers & shakers" column brief on Nelson.
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Congratulatory letters to Otis Chandler regarding the article and cover story on him in Newsweek. Some letters have attached a copy of Otis's response.
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