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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 20 items. Material relates to a demand for retraction by Frank "One Eye" Dragna through his San Diego attorney, Rock Zaitzow. Certain pieces of information were provided, including "mug shots" of Dragna and some of his associates. Interoffice memos and notes from columnist Drew Pearson are in the file. In the end, the Times did print a correction stating that some claims in the article were found to be unsubstantiated. There was also a small number of items related to another complaint involving Abundavita Corp., actor Bob Cummings and right-winger Rev. Billy J. Hargis.
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Approx. 12 items. The material deals with a line in a LAT story that "the venerable Detroit Free Press is due for closing one day soon." Following a letter from Lee Hills, VP and Executive Editor of The Free Press, Nick Williams responded, "Herewith the apology and retraction which we ran last Sunday. I want to repeat that I am personally embarrassed that the rumor ever appeared in The Times."
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Approx. 15 items. Material includes: a small, spiral-bound notebook with notes & quotes; newspaper clippings; memos and letters; an Oct. 15, 1962, news release from Committee to Re-elect Governor Brown. A representative of the John Birch Society demanded a retraction for publication by LAT of a statement of Gov. Edmund. Brown regarding the JBS. There seems to be at least two Greenberg stories mentioned here that JBS took exception to.
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6 items: booklet, "San Fernando Valley - a calendar of events," 1951 ; booklet, "The growth and economic stature of the San Fernando Valley," Security First National Bank, 1960 ; two copies of "The story of the San Fernando Valley," Title Insurance & Trust, 1961 ; booklet, "Fabulous San Fernando Valley," Western Federal Savings, n.d. ; booklet, "Early Images of the San Fernando Valley," California State University, Northridge, 1988.
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50+ items: large collection of LAT articles and material from books and magazines including Travel & Leisure, Westways, California Historical Society Quarterly, etc., on the history of San Fernando Valley, land and water deals, etc. Notable items: 25-pp. copied from book, History of the San Fernando Valley, Frank Keffer, 1934 ; tear sheet, Westways, 4/1963, "Wheat ruled the Valley" ; tear sheet, Westways, 5/1963, "The Men who opened the Valley" ; 24-pp. copied from The California Historical Society Quarterly, 3/1968, incl. article, "Pioneering land development in the Californias..." with material on Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler ; tear sheets from Westways, 4/1974, "A. Workman's Ranch," includes information of early Valley pioneers including Isaac Lankershim and Isaac Van Nuys ; tear sheet, Travel & Leisure, 8/1976, "The Valley" ; 14-pp. sheets copied from The San Fernando Valley, book, ca. 1976.
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3 items: single-sheet headed "Preface or opening remarks" ; 18-pp. script headed "San Fernando Valley presentation," dated 10/18/1984 ; 6-pp. fact sheet on San Fernando Valley, dated 9/18/1984.
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