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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
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. 10 items: several speech texts on the topic ; letter, 5/5/1959, from Frank Shea (asst. to Time magazine's Publisher) to NBW on muzzling the US Press ; complete issue, 10/15/1964, Austrian Information ; 13-pp. staple-bound booklet, The Press and the Courts (a series of reprints from LAT, 1964) ; 29-pp. brief (staple-bound) "...State of News Mexico vs. C.N. (Bill) Morris, Defendant, Will Harrison, Respondent and Appellant [in which the American Society of Newspaper Editors was defending Morris and Harrison) ; more.
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Approx. 50 items. Correspondence, speech texts, published material related to debate over press freedom in reporting of trials and the legal process, etc. Correspondents and subjects: American Society of Newspaper Editors; speech text of Larry Sisk (San Diego Evening Tribune; 1967 annual report of ASNE Press-Bar Committee, titled "Freedom of Information and Press-Bar," Pt. 1 & 2; three U. of Missouri Freedom of Information Center publications (May 1967) No. 003, 180, 181; report by S.J. Archibald, "The Path Through the Paper Jungle"; letter from ASNE to Vincent Jones, Editor, Gannett Newspapers; report from Freedom of Information Center, "Guidelines for Coverage of the Criminal Proceeding"; correspondence from Calif. Freedom of Information Committee; "Fair Trail & Free Press--a Dialogue," booklet from Freedom of Info. Center, additional F of I Center reports; tear sheet of Op-Ed page for 11/8/1967; 18-pp. text of Robert Lobdell speech given at 29th Annual Stanford Editor's Conference, topic was "Crime Reporting and the free press - fair trial problem..."; 12-pp. text of Gladwin Hill speech (chief of NYTimes L.A. bureau) to Lawyer's Club of Los Angeles County, "The Mythology of Free Press and Fair Trial"; 27-pp. text of J. Edward Murray speech to the Amer. Soc. of Journalism School Administrators, "Free Press and Fair Trial in an Open Society"; strongly worded "Answering Statement" by J. Edward Murray of Amer. Soc. of Newspaper Editors, responding to statements of attorney Grant Cooper ("I see no reason to be gentle with him...he has made a career out of defending bad cases," etc. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 50 items. Correspondence, speech texts, published material related to debate over press freedom in reporting of trials and the legal process, etc. Correspondents and subjects: American Society of Newspaper Editors; speech text of Larry Sisk (San Diego Evening Tribune; 1967 annual report of ASNE Press-Bar Committee, titled "Freedom of Information and Press-Bar," Pt. 1 & 2; three U. of Missouri Freedom of Information Center publications (May 1967) No. 003, 180, 181; report by S.J. Archibald, "The Path Through the Paper Jungle"; letter from ASNE to Vincent Jones, Editor, Gannett Newspapers; report from Freedom of Information Center, "Guidelines for Coverage of the Criminal Proceeding"; correspondence from Calif. Freedom of Information Committee; "Fair Trail & Free Press--a Dialogue," booklet from Freedom of Info. Center, additional F of I Center reports; tear sheet of Op-Ed page for 11/8/1967; 18-pp. text of Robert Lobdell speech given at 29th Annual Stanford Editor's Conference, topic was "Crime Reporting and the free press - fair trial problem..."; 12-pp. text of Gladwin Hill speech (chief of New York Times L.A. bureau) to Lawyer's Club of Los Angeles County, "The Mythology of Free Press and Fair Trial"; 27-pp. text of J. Edward Murray speech to the Amer. Soc. of Journalism School Administrators, "Free Press and Fair Trial in an Open Society"; strongly worded "Answering Statement" by J. Edward Murray of Amer. Soc. of Newspaper Editors, responding to statements of attorney Grant Cooper ("I see no reason to be gentle with him...he has made a career out of defending bad cases," etc. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 35 items: memos, letters, tear sheets, reprints, legal documents (State of New Mexico vs. Morris & Harrison - see also 1964 file). Notable items: 36-pp. booklet, Fair Trial vs. a Free Press (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions) ; 11-pp. speech transcript, "Free press - fair trial," by Edward S. Shattuck, Pres. L.A. County Bar Assn. ; 14-pp. "Report of Press-Bar Committee, American Society of Newspaper Editors, 1964 - 1965," topic is "Free Press - Fair Trial" - NBW handwritten note to OC on cover sheet ; multi-page article copy, The Atlantic Monthly, "Houston's shackled press," by Ben H. Bagdikian, n.d. shown ; 10-pp. (stapled) "Analysis of the problems of photograph and broadcasting in court proceedings," 12/1/1965, by Robert A. Neeb, Counsel for The Greater L.A. Press Club...20-pp. "Trial by newspaper," by Louis L. Jaffe - "prepared for delivery at the 1965 Annual Meeting of The American Political Science Assn. (9/1965) ; 11-pp. "Talk by Arthur B. Hanson, ANPA General Counsel..." on the topic Free Press and Fair Trial ; more.
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Approx. 20 items: letters, memos, reports, newspaper clips, a booklet and other materials related to the Free press - Fair trial issue in 1969 and 1970. Notable items: 19-pp. booklet, "The editor's right to decide," text of an address by J. Edward Murray, Managing Editor, The Arizona Republic, 1969 ; multi-page article copied from National Observer, 7/6/1970, "The news media - besieged by critics," by Mark Arnold ; 9-pp. "Opinion" from Office of City Attorney Roger Arnebaugh to Edward M. Davis, L.A. Chief of Police, 5/6/1970, "concerns a request for (City Attorney's) opinion as to whether the employees of the Los Angeles Times may be compelled to give testimony before the Los Angeles Grand Jury disclosing the source of a news item, (etc.) ; more.
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Approx. 12 items: letters and reports related to the Free press - Fair trial issue in 1968. Major items: 42-pp. report from Judicial Conference of the United States, 2/28/1968, title - "Report of the Committee on the operation of the jury system on the 'free press - fair trial issue" ; materials from American Society of Newspaper Editors relating to this issue ; more material from the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the Freedom of Information office ; more.
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