Manuscripts

Bradshaw, William

Description: 4 items: 18-pp. transcript of interview of "Bill" Bradshaw by Jim Bassett, titled "...Taping with William Bradshaw, ret., who had been administrative assistant to Harry Chandler before World War II," taped on 7/5/1973 ; letter, 9/25/1973, to James Bassett from "Bill" Bradshaw, on aspects of the book project research ; undated sheet, signed "Bill Bradshaw," with additional information related his memories of working for Harry Chandler ; envelope for the 1973 letter, addressed to Bassett containing Bradshaw's return address.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1973
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.

Bastedo, William

Manuscripts

2 items: 12-pp. transcript of "...taping with William Bastedo [who was] on the City Desk of The Times on the morning of (12/7/1941) - taped 1/25/1974 - Bastedo answers Bassett's questions about Los Angeles Times response to the Sunday morning attack on Pearl Harbor ; 1-pp. letter, n.d., from "Bill" Bastedo to Bassett, accompanying the "corrected" transcripts.

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Drake, Waldo

Manuscripts

2 items: 14-pp. transcript of taped interview, Bassett with Waldo Drake, 4/26/1973 - Drake started with LAT in 1922, and started on the "waterfront beat," in later years was a foreign correspondent ; letter, 5/3/1973, Drake to Bassett, thanking Bassett for a transcript of the interview that was sent to him, Drake.

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Bassett Correspondence (1 of 2)

Manuscripts

Approx. 150 items. Folder includes letters from Bassett to many persons who contributed information or aided him in locating information related to the writing of his book on the history of the Times. Among his correspondents: Bill Stout, Rep. Alphonzo Bell, Nick Williams, Justice Earl Warren (ret.), (Sen.) William Knowland, Frank Capra, John Goldman, Leonard Wibberly, Otis Chandler, Tom Snyder (KNBC), Jonathan Kirsch, Edmund G. Brown, Warren Christopher, Richard Nixon, Herb Klein, etc. Split into two folders. Original Stephen Longstreet letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.

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Personnel Files - Bradshaw, William

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8 items:card reporting a change in pay rate for Bradshaw, dated 8/10/1936 ; undated Christmas card ; letters exchanged by Bradshaw and Philip Chandle, 10/1942 ; Request for Military ... Service Leave of Absence, 10/1942 ; employee identification card ; card from "Mrs. Florence Bradshaw" to Philip Chandler, 11/10/1942 ; a Payroll Change Voucher for Bradshaw, closed out in 1945, giving "Military Leave of Absence - 3 years, 40 days" ; personal note from Bradshaw to "Mr. Chandler," dated 1/7/1945.

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Consumer Price Index

Manuscripts

4 items: letter, 6/19/1973, John S. Donofrio (Assistant Archivist, Bank of America), who provided a photocopy of old correspondence involving Harry Chandler ; letter, 10/2/1974, to Bassett from Paul Steiger with attached 4-pp. of consumer price index material ; letter, 10/21/1974, to Steiger from Bassett, thanking him for info he sent.

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Williams, Nick B. - Tapes #1 & #2

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Approx. 20 items: 22-pp. transcript of "...initial taping with Nick B. Williams, former Editor of The Times," by James Bassett, 6/5/1973 - subjects include NBW's memories of his youth and early newspaper career in Tennessee and Texas and his coming to Los Angeles and getting into newspaper work in the 1930s ; 44-pp. transcript of "Tape 2...NBW & JB," an in-depth discussion of the Norman Chandler era moving into the Otis Chandler era at LAT, the changes in editorial policy, the move from the political right to the center (or at least representing various views along the political spectrum) in Editorial content and striving for unbiased news stories, union efforts to get a toehold at LAT - would it be good if LAT were the only paper in L.A.? Williams answers "no" (pp. 33) - gossip columnists, investigative reporting - Vietnam, the Red Chinese, the Soviets ; 57-pp. transcript of "Taping with Nick Williams (6/7/1973) 3rd Taping" - the Birch Society series, examples given of instances in which NC did not support Republican candidates that were right wing "kooks" (4 - 7) - Barry Goldwater, correspondence with Norman Chandler, Dorothy Chandler and Williams - Watts Riots (pp. 19- 22) - pornographic movies (pp. 29 - 31) - more related bio notes and materials on Williams.

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