B - Miscellaneous Correspondence (1 of 2)

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  B - Miscellaneous Correspondence (2 of 2)

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 100 items. The folder includes letters critical of Times articles and editorials, a series of letters between Williams and William F. Buckley, Jr., a series of letters between Williams and Tillman Sherron Jackson (Pres., Baptist Foundation of America) and many clippings from the newspaper. Other subjects include: the Los Angeles County Art Museum; personal greetings from old friends and business associates, etc. Split into two folders.

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  R - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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  Approx. 30 items. Letters, memos, bios, etc. Includes: correspondence between Williams and Robert Rowen, Pres., Pasadena Art Museum; letter to Harry Rowan, Pres., RAND Corp.; coverage of education in California; "the coffee situation in Editorial (1/9/1969); letter from Rep. Edward Roybal on the "auto smog conspiracy; exchange of letters with L.G.G. Ramsey, Editor, The Connoisseur, London, England; material on Joseph Roos, Exec. Dir., Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles; correspondence with William Reason, Editor (in-house newsletter), RTD; etc.

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  Johnson, Lyndon B

  Manuscripts

  4 items. Two exchanges of letters between LBJ and Williams. The first deals with an editorial LAT ran on narcotics traffic, the second requests that Williams send copies of stories, editorials and cartoons relating to LBJ's VP candidacy in 1960. Also, letters from LBJ. LBJ letters dated 1961 removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.

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  Correspondence & Miscellaneous

  Manuscripts

  Approximately 120 items. Business and personal [some handwritten] correspondence. Among the correspondents are Clark Kerr, Stanley Mosk, Thomas Kuchel, Also included are several letters from Ted Rogers [of Ted Rogers Associates (NYC)] that are critical of Nixon, newspaper clippings, a 4-page Confidential memo, on brown, legal sized paper, from B. to Nick Williams on political coverage [dated 12/19/61] and a brief article titled "Politics: Bassett's Glossary," from Newsweek of 1/15/1962.

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  H - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 75 items. Memos, letters, handwritten notes, clippings. Subjects include: identifying criminal suspects by racial description in LAT; "the general idea of an association of newspapers for the purpose of acquiring original material directly"; Hillinger story on Hutterites and discussion that followed; correspondence between Williams and Sam Hurst, Dean of Architecture, USC; letters from Hairway, a company claiming to be able to reverse male-pattern baldness; (3/10/'70) relations between LAPD and the "Negro community"; Armand Hammer and Occidental Petroleum; correspondence with W. Averell Harriman; correspondence between Williams (and others) and J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI; letter from Oveta Culp Hobby letter; etc. Oveta Culp Hobby letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.

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  Williams, Nick B. (1 of 2)

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  Correspondence between Nick B. Williams and James Bassett, including Williams' original handwritten letters and photocopies. NBW provides advice on what to expand, what to trim, how to rearrange. He also warns B. against simply "collating" previous writings on history of the Times and Los Angeles and urges him to be creative and to treat the story almost as a novel. Also, a letter from Williams to a reader regarding the Japanese evacuation from the West Coast in 1942 and the Times' coverage of the event. Split into two folders.

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