Opening Hours
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
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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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.
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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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1 item: 5-pp. transcript of interview of Mayor Tom Bradley by James Bassett, 7/11/1977.
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4 items: 16-pp. transcript of interview of Georgina Burnham by Bassett, 7/29/1974 (Burnham was a former secretary to Norman Chandler) ; 1-sheet, typed & handwritten notes related to interview with Mrs. Burnham ; Los Angeles Times clip on Burnham's retirement activity - bowling ; note from Lois Markwith on telephone conversation with Burnham.
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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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