Manuscripts

European Trip

Description: Approx. 55 items. Subjects include: memos discussing and planning the upcoming trip. Nick Williams and James Bassett spent between Sept. 28 and Oct. 20 in Western Europe, Otis Chandler joined them from Oct. 2 until Oct. 11. Also itineraries, programs, and letters of appreciation to/from the Times party and to/from European political leaders, etc. Also in the file are hard copies of Nick Williams articles with European datelines published during the trip.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1963
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.

Latin American Trip

Manuscripts

Approx. 70 items. Memos, letters, newspaper clippings. Subjects include: letter to George Nathanson of LAT Mexico Bureau about upcoming Latin American trip of Williams, Otis Chandler and James Bassett; several pieces of correspondence related to plans and goals for the trip; itineraries and guest lists; "Brief Sketches of Persons to be Interviewed"; copies of letters of appreciation sent following the trip; newspaper clippings about the trip; etc. / The trip was originally planned for Feb. 1965, eventually kicked off in late May that year. The trip extended from May 23 until June 16.s / Also in the file is 3 pages of biographical material on General Robert W. Porter, Jr.

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Middle East Trip

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items. Letters, memos, itineraries, info. sheets, notes. Subjects include: correspondence with journalists in the region in preparation for the upcoming trip; copy of long report from The Sunday Telegraph(12/4/1966), titled "Inside Egypt's Spy Network," noting that "war is perilously close in the Middle East"; Williams' itinerary for the Feb. 11-March 11 trip: copy of "Iranian Port of Entry Regulations"; visa requirements for Kuwait; Williams' letters (not for publication) from the region; James Bassett (who accompanied W.) wrote a 3 pp. report for Among Ourselves; "Notes" on Lebanon, Dubai, Kuwait, Israel, etc.; letters of appreciation to various political leaders, monarchs, journalists and other who met with or aided the Times contingent; etc.

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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - January - June

Manuscripts

Approx. 65 items. Includes material related to Nick Williams-Bassett 33-day trip to the Near East and Middle East in February and March (itineraries, background notes, hotel bills, etc.). Also many news clippings and other ephemera.

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Canada Trip - American Society of Newspaper Editors

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. LAT memos, correspondence with Canadian political and business leaders, itineraries and other items related to the May 1966 Canadian trip of Williams, James Bassett, and Louis Fleming (LAT United Nations Correspondent).

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Correspondence & Miscellaneous - Williams, Nick B

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items. "Letters to the editor" from a wide array of sources, but mostly from angry readers or the mentally unbalanced. Attached to most of them are comments by Nick Williams and/or Bassett. Also included are some clippings from the editorial pages of LAT. William Durant letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.

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Travel - Southeast Asia

Manuscripts

50+ photographs, no caption information. Photographs are of Bassett and Nick B. Williams in Vietnam and of airstrips, villages, villagers, South Vietnamese officers, etc.

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