Manuscripts

Chandler, Philip

Description: 6 items. Subjects include: Philip Chandler letter to Williams questioning "why we publish certain things" and closing with "the last thing I want to see is a change in [LAT] policy from conservatism to liberalism."; additional memos and letters on the subject of whose political and social thought should be in the pages of LAT and whose should not.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1959 - 1961
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Anthony, Susan B

Manuscripts

1 item: LAT news brief on Susan B. Anthony, 4/14/1906, "Why she never married...Anthony did not want to become a either a drudge or a doll."

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Board of Directors - Chandler, Philip

Manuscripts

1 item: LAT obit copy, 5/23/1968, "Philip Chandler, 61, businessman and philanthropist, dies";

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Libel Cases - The Detroit Free Press

Manuscripts

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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Repackaging Project

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: memos, reports and tear sheets related to the LAT repackaging and reorganization project. One item: 11-pp. "overview" by Noel Greenwood (8/15/1984) on "why I think we should reorganize the Metro section this fall as proposed by George Cotliar."

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Newspapers - Daily News

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items: selection of newspaper stories, from LAT and other area newspapers, as diverse as California Publisher and Temple City Times, on the history and final closing of the Daily News (L.A.) in 1954. Notable items: original letter, 7/18/1924, from Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. to Cordelia St. Clair of Hollywood, on subject of common stock in the newspaper ; article copy, Frontier (mag), 2/1955, "The Daily News and why it died" ; article copy, Journalism Quarterly, Winter 1970, "No news today...how Los Angeles lost a daily" ; original tear sheet and one copy, Westways, 12/1974, "Daily News folds! ; LAT tear sheet, 12/26/1984, featuring article on Daily News by Patt Morrison, "After 30 years, an EXTRA!" ; LAT tear sheet, 12/11/1985, "Jack Kent Cooke buys Daily News for $176 million" ; ?/1986 tear sheet, Los Angeles (mag), "The Return of Jack Kent Cooke" ; LAT clip, 8/21/1990, "Editorial employees picket Daily News."

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Chandler, Philip

Manuscripts

2 items: exchange of letters between Norman Chandler and younger brother Philip Chandler, who was worried about Los Angeles Times editorial policy and wanted to "speak up" to warn Norman Chandler of "the reputation being gained by The Times." (He was concerned that Los Angeles Times was not printing "the truth" about Communism, etc.) FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED.

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Chandler, Philip

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