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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
212-pp. of manuscript for "Prince," by James Bassett, plus related paperwork of Simon and Schuster publishers, 1970. In 1971 this book was published with the title Commander Prince, USN.
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Pp. 414 - 570 of manuscript for Prince, by James Bassett, 1970. It was published as Commander Prince, USN, in 1971.
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349-pp. of manuscript (pp. 358 - 706) for Favorite Son (unpublished), by James Bassett.
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4 items: 23-pp. transcript of "Taping with Don Cook," 1/14/1975. Subjects include: Cook's wide-ranging duties as Paris correspondent and European "diplomatic beat" writer (pp. 1 - 2) ; the Common Market (pp. 6) ; French news outlets making use of Los Angeles Times-Wash. Post News Service (pp. 9) ; Cook's memories and experiences in general on covering France and Europe for a decade (pp. 10+) ; letter, 4/4/1975, to Jim Bassett from Don Cook, remarking on the interview transcript and also on Bassett's book, Commander Prince, USN ; cover letter, 4/10/1975, to Cook from Bob Gottlieb asking questions in prep for writing his book on Los Angeles Times,and 3-pp. report, n.d., from Cook to Gottlieb, answering the questions ; letter, 4/16/1975, to Jim Bassett from Don Cook to accompany info about the Gottlieb Q&A correspondence (Cook writes that Gottlieb "seems...to be a bit naive to be writing a book about journalism."
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2 items: 357-pp. manuscript for novel Favorite Son (unpublished) by James Bassett ; 8-pp. (a - h) "Synopsis of concluding chapters."
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Approx. 70-pp. of a Prologue, plus 83-pp. of additional manuscript for Ugly Year, Lonely Man - a political journal of 1954, unpublished nonfiction book by James Bassett, written circa 1970.
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