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Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
1 item: bound book, 760-pp., Newsmen's privilege - Hearings before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate (from 2/20 through 3/14, 1973).
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1 item: 24-pp. statement - "Technological developments in newspaper publishing - Appendix B to STATEMENT BEFORE THE ANTITRUST SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE [3/14/1963] by Stanford Smith, General Manager, American Newspaper Publishers Association..."
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5 items: 105-pp. booklet, Freedom of the Press - what it is, how it was obtained, how it can be retained, Newspaper-Radio Committee, 3/1942 ; reprint, Southern California Law Review, 3/1942, "Freedom of the Press in prospect and retrospect" by Leon R. Yankwich ; 12-pp. speech notes - Federal Bar Assn. ("Bassett" added at top margin in red ink) ; 7-pp. "Statement of William F. Thomas, Editor, Los Angeles Times, before United States Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights," 2/27/1973 ; multi-;age speech notes, headed "Sigma Delta Chi Sp... - Santa Ana" - 6/3/1977.
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Approx. 20 items: 5-pp. speech text, Otis Chandler's "speech after consolidation of The Mirror into The Times" ; packet of 20+ pp. - title on cover sheet, "Statement of Norman Chandler, Chairman of the Board and President of the Times Mirror Company, before the Antitrust Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary (3/15/1963), Washington, DC" ; various memos to all employees and to supervisors preparing them for the unwanted news that The Mirror was being closed down.
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Draft and final versions of the History Center Mission Statement, 1990; mission statement, guidelines for evaluating records for retention, and guidelines and goals, 1983.
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Approx. 60 items: folder contains Thomas' correspondence from year 1972. Includes: a cross-section of a typical year's replies to his mail. Included is a 4-pp. transcript which seems to be of Thomas' testimony - it opens "My name is William F. Thomas," and deals with confidential sources of information provided to newspaper reporters. This may have been Thomas appearance before a Senate Subcommittee discussing shield laws.
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