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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
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
"Approx. 70 items. Includes list of 1971 articles by B. (same list in folder titled "1971 Articles." The folder includes a report to Bill Thomas from B. titled "Japan Really Won the War," and an article on the British justice system pulled from Catholic Digest of Jan. 1972. Among the prominent persons Bassett corresponded with are a Adm. B.A. Clarey, U.S. Navy, Gov. Edmund G. Brown, August Sebastiani and Sam J. Sebastiani [of Sebastiani Vineyards], U.S. Rep. Bob Wilson, Robert S. Elegant [journalist & author], Herbert Klein [Nixon Dir. of Comm.], Roger Howell [of Bowdoin College], etc. "
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Approx. 55 items. Letters and memos. Subjects and correspondents include: (9/29) NBW letter to Ed Dooley of San Francisco Examiner, on his retirement being "somewhat of an illusion. I'm arriving later and leaving earlier, but I'm here oftener than I anticipated"; (9/22) NBW letter to the Social Security Administration, which provided information to document his reaching retirement age; (10/20) letter of appreciation to L.A. Councilman Edmund Edelman; many replies to letters of congratulations at the time of NBW retirement (to Bishop Gerald Kennedy, President Richard Nixon, Herbert Klein, White House Comm. Dir., others); etc.
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Approx. 50 items. Material includes: news stories from local and national media on July 1995 LAT layoffs of hundreds of employees; in-depth interviews by Warren Olney of Nat. Public Radio with Laura Morgan (LAT Dir. of Comm.), Kevin Starr (historian, California State Librarian), Charles Rapley (Editor, L.A. Weekly), Lawrence Dietz (historian, author), and Joe Scott (journalist, political consultant), etc.; July 1995 news stories from NY Times, Wall St. Journal, (L.A.) Daily News, The Hollywood Reporter, Editor & Publisher, L.A. Business Journal, L.A. Reader, Chicago Tribune, Time magazine; LAT News Release (7/21/1995) announces "...Section Changes, Staff Reductions."
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Approx. 20 items: correspondence and related material with "K" individuals and organizations. Notable names: Irving R. Kaufman (Judge, US Court of Appeals, 2nd) ; Edward M. Kennedy (US Senate).
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Approx. 30 items: correspondence and related material exchanged with "J," K," "L" individuals and organizations in 1987. Notable names: Lyndon LaRouche (controversial political activist) ; Irving R. Kaufman (U.S. Circuit Judge) ;
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Four items. Photocopies of three letters of correspondence, consisting of five pages, between Herbert G. Klein [White House Communications Director], Frederica [Freddie} Miller (on behalf of Otis Chandler,) and Otis Chandler, regarding a front page story by Stu Loory about Henry Kissinger. Also a letter regarding Klein's ASNE candidacy.
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