Manuscripts

Seidenbaum, Art

Description: Approx. 40 items. Letters, memos. Subjects include: many notes from Seidenbaum to W.; one letter asking W. about policy on staffers doing regular radio/TV gigs; "personal & confidential" note to W. regarding a raise for Seidenbaum; KCET, public television; taxes on mobile homes; "the current dismal FM {radio} situation"; KCET's offer of work to Seidenbaum; letters from readers praising Seidenbaum's stances; letter from The Channel City Club (S. Barbara) asking if Robert Elegant or Seidenbaum could speak before them; an invitation to "A Night in Camelot," a dinner commemorating John and Robert Kennedy; etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1963 - 1971
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Employees - Seidenbaum, Art

Manuscripts

8 items: copy of 1964 LAT ad featuring photo of Seidenbaum, and caption "he offers you an aisle seat on the performance of tomorrow"; copy of NYT (?) review of Seidenbaum's book, "This is California - please keep out" (1975); article copy, Santa Barbara News Press, 5/3/1975, "Seidenbaum personifies 'California Runaways' "; single-sheet Biography from the Los Angeles Times, "Art Seidenbaum," 10/1976; ; LAT Biography, 2/ 1985 (plus another Biography version; LAT obit clip, 7/26/1990, "Art Seidenbaum - Times Columnist, writer and editor"; LAT clip, 7/26/1990, "An appreciation - Enduring memories of longtime colleague Art Seidenbaum" by Charles Champlin.

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Seidenbaum, Art

Manuscripts

Three items of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Art Seidenbaum. Items include a memo and two letters.

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Seidenbaum, Art

Manuscripts

1 item: 112-pp. transcript of interview with Art Seidenbaum, LAT Book Review Editor (later in Op-Ed). Notable names & subjects include: LAT "Book Review is not subject to the (incestuous) reviewer-author pressure of New York" (pp. 1) ; description of how the BR section operates, who writes reviews and how they are assigned (pp. 2 - 9) ; a Henry Kissinger book (pp. 10 - 12) ; Digby Diehl (pp. 24 - 27) ; Robert Kirsch (pp. 31 - 34) ; childhood, youth and Northwestern Univ. (pp. 45 - 47) ; describes himself as "already an apostate Jew by high school" ; S. describes a career in journalism as the life of "a perpetual graduate student" (pp. 52) ; refers to a "let live ethic" in CA when he arrived in 1959 (pp. 64) ; his relationships to some of the top-tier editors over the years ; more.

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Manuscripts

Approx. 85 items: letters, memos, clips, and material related to correspondence with readers with names starting with S. Includes: many letters criticizing LAT, somewhat fewer praising LAT (critics seem to write more readily, always) ; replies to readers from Fred Holley (LAT "style" maven) ; letters asking Thomas or LAT for consideration of a piece of writing or for a job ; students wanting help on papers ; more.

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Radio/TV Coverage - Transcripts

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items. Reports from various broadcast media outlets (KNXT-tv, KNBC-tv, KHJ-tv, KNX-radio) on topics including: the LAT Charity Game; 4-part interview of Otis Chandler (2 sets) by Joseph Benti (10/13-10/17); Benti interview with Robert Gottlieb, author of Thinking Big, a book critical of LAT; Michael Jackson radio interview of Art Seidenbaum (spelled Sidenbaum in transcript); Councilman Joel Wachs guests on "The Tommy Hawkins Show" (KHJ-tv).

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Michael Jackson Television Show Interview

Manuscripts

A twenty-six page transcript of a KCET television interview Otis Chandler gave on the Michael Jackson Show March 23, 1978. Other items in this folder include a thank you letter from Mark Waxman, Executive Producer of the Michael Jackson show and Program Director at KCET; a management bulletin providing information about the when the show will be airing; two newspaper clippings; thirty-five letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and varies individuals that wrote in regarding a quote that was taken out of context; six items consisting of four letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler, Mrs. Kurt Steinmeier [Elizabeth Steinmeier], and Anthony Day, regarding the editorial about free speech in Skokie; two items consisting of a a memo and an attached sheet, regarding the CBS Broadcast; a copy of the page from the transcript that includes the quote that was taken out of context; forty-three items of correspondence praising Otis Chandler's appearance on the show.

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