Manuscripts

Otis Chandler memos and correspondence

Description: Incoming and outgoing correspondence primarily between Otis Chandler and Carolyn Strickler, mainly regarding the transfer of his files to the archives, and her research into Harry Chandler's association with the controversial Human Betterment Foundation.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1988-1989
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.

Otis/Chandler Family

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Various objects from the Wetherby, Otis, and Chandler families:Bible of Emma Marian Otis, inscribed 1875. Ambrotype with lace background of Nancy Hyde Wetherby, circa 1865. Photograph of Moses Knight Chandler (1836 - 1930), father of Harry Chandler, in silver frame, undated. Pince-nez of Ruth Chandler, in case, undated. Marian Otis Chandler autograph album, 1880 - 1885. Bible of Edwin Wetherby, brother of Eliza Wetherby Otis, inscribed but undated. Ambrotype of Stephen Otis, circa 1865. Copy of letter from Carolyn Strickler to Mrs. Robert Dulin, 1989.

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Otis Chandler

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Approx. 12 items: letters, memos, forms and other material related to Larry Dietz's work on a history of Los Angeles Times and the Chandler Family. Includes requests from Carolyn Strickland of the Los Angeles Times History Center to Otis Chandler regarding Dietz's requests.

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Children: Chandler, Michael Otis

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Articles about Otis Chandler's son, Michael Otis Chandler. Most are about his racing and his marriages.

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Department mandate by Otis Chandler

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Handwritten statement of purpose; copies of Otis Chandler's Times Mirror management bulletin announcing the appointment of Lois Markwith as Archivist for the Times (and thus the establishment of the Times Archives).

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Facilities - Underground Vaults and Storage, Inc

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Correspondence to Carolyn Strickler from Underground Vaults and Storage, Inc. with advertisement brochures and fliers enclosed.

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Otis Chandler (1 of 2)

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Approx. 50 items: correspondence and other materials related to LAT Publisher (& Chairman) Otis Chandler. Included are speech transcripts, news clips, analysis of what other sources have written about Otis Chandler. Complete text of Mr. Chandler's speech before the Arizona Newspapers Association, 1/21/1977. Also "Memories of Otis," essays written for an OC testimonial by Jack Smith and Jim Murray. Split into two folders.

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