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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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. 20 items: packet of material related to Justice (and ex-Calif. governor) Earl Warren includes 16-pp. transcript of Bassett interview of Warren, 7/2/1973, on memories of politics and his relations with CA newspapers ; 11-pp. transcript of "Press release, Address by Governor Earl Warren, California Newspaper Publisher's Association...(1/18/1944) on his first year as governor ; collection of letters between Bassett and Warren, 1973, one news clip copy ; packet of materials related to LAT news exec. Ted Weegar - 5-pp. transcript of interview with Weegar, 10/1/1975, memos related to Weegar and an LAT bio for Weegar ; two copies of transcript of "...off-the-record interview with Paul Weeks, formerly of the L.A. Mirror and later with The Times, now with RAND Corp." 2/13/1975 - one major subject here is LAT coverage of race relations in L.A. ; several pieces of correspondence between Bassett and Weeks ; two copies of transcript of "Taping with Alan J. Williams, former Chief Executive Asst. to former mayor Norris Poulson..." 7/2/1975, also letter from Williams to Bassett relating to the interview transcript.
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4 items: brief note, 1/12/1973, to "Harrison" from "Jim" (Bassett) about "tape we did on the 9th" ; two versions of a 7-pp. transcript , "Tape 1," recorded on 1/9/1973 - the transcript on yellow paper is complete, the one on white paper is missing pp. 1 ; 1-pp., "HARRISON CHANDLER - In telephone interview with Stan Gordon," 10/5/1977.
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1 item: 15-pp. transcript of interview of Peter Bunzel by Bassett, 10/21/1975. Bunzel was Editor of West magazine, starting in 1971.
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3 items: two copies of 22-pp. transcript of interview of Ronald Reagan by Bassett, 8/23/1977, both have editing markups ; mailing envelope, stamped "First Class" and mailed 10/31/1977, with Ronald Reagan's return address on Wilshire Blvd. on a label ; attached business card of "Helene Von Damm, Assistant to Governor Reagan," with a brief handwritten note.
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8 items: five 2-pp. transcripts, dated 7/21/1969 through 7/25/1969, of an interview of Dr. Franklin Murphy broadcast on the "Tom Reddin News" program on KTLA-tv, Los Angeles; single yellow sheet, only pp. 1 is in the file, it is a Murphy interview text ending in mid-sentence, no date, no indication of interviewing person or entity; 5-pp. interview transcript, no date, no names; 11-pp. interview transcript, no date, no names.
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2 items: 11-pp. transcript of interview - "Taping with Mrs. Fletcher Bowron," 3/12/1975 ; 1-pp. letter, 11/12/1976, to "Lois" (Markwith) from Albine Bowron (widow of Mayor Fletcher Bowron), which she attached to some other materials she was sending in to Los Angeles Times historian.
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