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
Two letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and George Roberts, Art History Professor at De Anza College. Also in this folder are two letters other letters regarding George Demont Otis. One letter is addressed to Harrison Otis Chandler from Grace V. Hartley, of the George Demont Otis Foundation. The other letter is a response to Hartley's letter from Lois L. Markwith.
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Approx. 15 items. Commentary and news from various sources on the 1962 closing of the Examiner and the Mirror. Sources include: Editor & Publisher, The Eight Ball, Clete Roberts Reports (KTLA-tv), Virgil Pinkley (KABC), The Quill, and The California Publisher..
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Eight items of correspondence in this folder. Two letters of correspondence between William F. Thomas [Bill Thomas] and Sam Yorty. A blind copy was sent to Otis Chandler. Yorty complains about not getting coverage on his television show and the fact that Otis Chandler stated that he missed him when Chandler saw him at a dinner. A letter, with an attachment, to Otis Chandler from Sam Yorty. A telegram to Otis Chandler from Sam Yorty. A press release two page press release from Sam Yorty's office with an attachment of his editorial cartoon about Chandler. A transcript of a commentary by Bill Bonds on KABC-TV. A transcript of the program Eleventh Hour News on KNBC-TV. A memo from Otis Chandler to Norman Chandler regarding a letter Yorty sent to Norman Chandler. The letter is attached along with a a two page photocopy of an article.
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8 items: five 2-pp. transcripts, dated 7/21/1969 through 7/25/1969, of an interview of Dr. Franklin Murphy broadcast on the "Tom Reddin News" program on KTLA-tv, Los Angeles; single yellow sheet, only pp. 1 is in the file, it is a Murphy interview text ending in mid-sentence, no date, no indication of interviewing person or entity; 5-pp. interview transcript, no date, no names; 11-pp. interview transcript, no date, no names.
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4 items: 2 reports from Press Dept., National Broadcasting Co., 24-.pp.,"The History of NBC - 35 Years of Broadcasting Leadership," 11/30/1961 and 21-pp., "NBC Highlights, 1926 - 1961"; LAT editorial copy, "Television and Culture," 1/29/1962; LAT tear sheet, 5/15/1985, "Familiar faces honor KTLA founder," on the history of KTLA, the first commercial TV station (1947) in the West.
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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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