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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
Correspondence from Harry Chandler and copy of subpoena to testify at the trial of Marion O. Hooker vs. W. I. Hollingsworth, et al. File of R. W. Trueblood.
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Approx. 40 items. Memos, notes, and letters, both typed and handwritten. Includes: in response to a comment in a column on nutrition, a Los Angeles woman warns, "My friends and I are planning to boycott your paper until (Dr. Stare's) column is removed"; exchange of letters with Jesse Robinson, Co-Chairman, Greater Los Angeles Urban Coalition, in which Robinson complains about lack of coverage of the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade dinner to honor Muhammad Ali (1/15/1971); syndication of Lurie cartoons from the Ben Roth Agency; comics pages in general; a typical letter of the period alleging that the newspaper is "changing rapidly to a more liberal point of view"; letter from reader upset about the "Pentagon Papers" issue; the death penalty; letters congratulating Williams on his retirement; etc.
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Approx. 30 items. Jack Kent Cooke/Security First National Bank; Times Mirror Co. agreement with The State Poll, Inc.; exchange of letters between LAT and law enforcement and newspaper officials in Shreveport, Louisiana, related to incident in which a "Los Angeles Negro" (as the Shreveport newspaper referred to Anderson Bowman, Jr.), was arrested and convicted of drunk driving in Louisiana--the Shreveport newspaper and Dept. of Public Safety both took exception to an LAT story about the incidents; further examples of Williams lively wit in letter to Don Shannon in Tokyo; letter inquiring about subscribing to Science Service syndicate; New York U. Journalism Chair letter to W. asking his impression of the trend "by politicians, police and the general citizenry to blame the press for rioting and other problems," and W.'s reply; Martin Luther King, Jr.s, marches; etc.
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Approx. 65 items. Subjects include: a 3-pp. Williams letter responding to Edwin Haroldsen, Chairman-elect of Comm. Dept., Brigham Young U., who asked W. to "indicate your own background and how you've been able to advance in the profession [of journalism]"; Williams response to letter from mayor of San Dimas explaining LAT decision to close its Pomona office; Williams response to a Claremont Men's College professor who had written alleging "sensationalism" in LAT coverage; letter from an executive of Horton & Converse (pharmacies) claiming LAT had run a damaging article; letters of congratulations to both Williams and William Thomas on retirement and promotion respectively; LAT staffers Champlin and Seidenbaum on KCET's "Citywatchers"; etc.
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Approx. 40 items. Letters. memos, extended in-house reports by William Trombley on Clark Kerr and the University of Calif., some newspaper clippings. Subjects include: W.'s memo on "tak(ing) The Times out of the business of reporting minor crimes and minor domestic disputes, including routine custody cases and divorces"; editorial telephone service; security - 2nd floor, Times building; Paris bureau rent; law suit brought by Bernard Tohl related to Lois Dwan column in Calendar which referred to his seafood eateries as "four poor (restaurants)'; exchange of letters between William Thomas of LAT and Nick Thimmesch of Newsday, arranging a meeting; newsmen missing in Cambodia; letter from "Minister of Public Relations" for the Church of Scientology, protesting the tone of a John Dart story in LAT; 2-pp. plan from Kelly Tunney for "on-the-street" researching of series of stories on arriving in L.A. without resources and how one gets by; permission to reprint a Charles Hillinger story on Nevada prostitution in True Detective; letter to William Thomas from U.S. Sen. John Tunney; exchange of letters between W. and members of the Journalism faculty at U. of Texas, Austin; exchange of letters between Dan Thrapp and W. just after the latter's retirement -- Thrapp urges W. to write a book, and says in part, "You are...one of the truly great newspaper editors in the history of American journalism , and The Times, under your leadership, accomplished the most thorough and important transformation of any newspaper on record."; William Thomas letter to Amer. Political Science Assn. "recommending the candidacy of Narda Z[acchino] Trout...for a Congressional Fellowship; etc.
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Approx. 65 items. Letters, memos, news clippings. Subjects include: exchange of letters with a Porterville, CA., physician, James Williams, Jr., who complains, "For the past year...your news characteristics of reporting have changed, leaning definitely...to the left." Williams implies that W. might be a communist dupe. W. replies, "My intentions are to see that the news is printed as factually as...possible."; exchange of letters on Editor & Publisher questionnaire, "...New Directions in Journalism"; exchange of letters with John Wayne related to the film, "The Alamo," Americanism, and other topics; the ups and downs of the Space program ; letter typical of early 1960s from Lee Wright (Canoga Park, 1964) complaining of LAT's shift from conservatism and canceling his subscription; ads taken by opponents of Vietnam war; exchange of letters with James Brady, editor of WWD, in which B. complains that Joyce Haber (LAT) has plagiarized from Women's Wear Daily, W. responds; LAT cookbook; popularity of various LAT segments, including advertising; phosphates in laundry detergent; letter from A. L. Wirin and response; etc. A. L. Wirin correspondence removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.
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