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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
Two letters of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Paul M. Weyrich, of The Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress.
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Twelve items. Nine pieces of correspondence between Otis Chandler and Richard Nixon. Also included is a five page copy of the endorsement of Richard Nixon for President, and a memo from an unknown author and a photocopy of one of the letters. The memo is attached to a copy of an article entitled "Hazards of Presidential Isolation," which discusses Nixon. The last item is actually a letter address to "Buff" [Dorothy Chandler] from Richard Nixon, thanking her for selecting his secretary, Rose Mary Woods, as one of the Women of the Year award recipients.
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6 items. Form letters from Times-Mirror Company to "...all Times-Mirror pressroom employees and their families." Several letters (over Norman Chandler's signature) were sent in the weeks prior to the 4/16/1959 election in which pressroom employees would vote for or against union representation. On 4/1/1959, a letter went out with an attached sheet titled "Here are the facts," laying out in columns the "Local Union Shop" and "Times-Mirror Co." benefits. The vote went against the union, and on 4/24/1959 another letter was sent thanking the voters for the "strong endorsement of our policies and practices."
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Articles, notes, and booklets regarding archival appraisal and accessioning; letter from Otis Chandler to the Library of Congress expressing his desire to contribute his papers to the Los Angeles Times' own archives.
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5 items: article copy, Newsweek, 2/12/1968, "Yortytoons," makes reference to poor relations between Otis Chandler / Los Angeles Times and politician Sam Yorty (beginning in 1961 when Los Angeles Times supported Yorty's mayoral opponent) ; 2-pp. bio for Joseph Martin Quinn, ca. 1975 ; two copies of "Taping with Joseph M. Quinn," 3/11/1975 ; letter, 3/25/1975, to Quinn from Bassett accompanying copies of the transcript.
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Thirty-one letters from Otis Chandler to Times Employees and their families. One of the letters is from Norman Chandler announcing Otis Chandler as publisher. Also in this folder is a document entitled "Personal from Otis Chandler."
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