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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. 15 items - clippings and tear sheets from various sources relating to law suit against LAT. Article clippings/copies come from such publications as L.A. Herald and Express, Kansas City Star, Sacramento Bee (McClatchy Newspapers), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Editor & Publisher, Berkeley Daily Gazette, and more. Included is a brad-bound booklet, titled "Newspaper clippings... L.A. Bar Assoc. vs. Times..." (deteriorating).
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Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items. Booklets, pamphlets, newsletters and other material related to activities of World Press Freedom Committee. Notable items include: 153-pp. booklet, The Media Crisis...a continuing challenge (1982) ; pamphlet, "Challenging the Censors," (1987) ; 42-pp. booklet, Licensing of Journalists violates Human Rights, (1986) ; 29-pp. booklet, staple-bound, "Killed, wounded, jailed, expelled (instances involving journalists during 1984)", prepared 4/1985 by ASNE. Split into two folders.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items. Booklets, pamphlets, newsletters and other material related to activities of World Press Freedom Committee. Notable items include: 153-pp. booklet, The Media Crisis...a continuing challenge (1982) ; pamphlet, "Challenging the Censors," (1987) ; 42-pp. booklet, Licensing of Journalists violates Human Rights, (1986) ; 29-pp. booklet, staple-bound, "Killed, wounded, jailed, expelled (instances involving journalists during 1984)", prepared 4/1985 by ASNE. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 15 items - booklets, reprints and pamphlets containing material related to LAT "contempt case" and other cases. Notable names and items include: booklet, University of Missouri Bulletin, "Missouri Honor Awards for Distinguished Service in Journalism - 1956" ; reprint booklet, "Freedom of the Press in Prospect and Retrospect," by Leon Yankwich, Southern California Law Review, 3/1942 ; booklet, "Newspapers and the Law" by Robert R. McCormick of Chicago Tribune, an address to the Chicago Bar Assn., 12/10/1938 ; complete 3/1939 issue of The Ohio Newspaper ; 39-pp. booklet, "...Criminal Court of Appeals, State of Oklahoma, Robert Wood against The State of Oklahoma..." ; three issues of Freedom of Information Center Report(s) from 1967 - 1969 (U. of Missouri at Columbia) ; 36-pp. booklet, Fair Trial vs. A Free Press (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions), 9/1965 ; article copy, Southern California Law Review, 1/1940, "Contempt of court - interference with the administration of justice - publications" ; 26-pp. reprint, "Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1945... Pennekamp and The Miami Herald... vs. The State of Florida" ; 16-pp. bound speech transcript, "Guard It, Cherish It and Work for It," - address by Henry F. Pringle broadcast on Columbia network, National Newspaper Week, 10/6/1941 ; letter, 11/25/1941, to Harry Chandler from William S. Paley (President, Columbia Broadcasting) in connection with previously mentioned speech transcript. Split into two folders.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 15 items - booklets, reprints and pamphlets containing material related to LAT "contempt case" and other cases. Notable names and items include: booklet, University of Missouri Bulletin, "Missouri Honor Awards for Distinguished Service in Journalism - 1956" ; reprint booklet, "Freedom of the Press in Prospect and Retrospect," by Leon Yankwich, Southern California Law Review, 3/1942 ; booklet, "Newspapers and the Law" by Robert R. McCormick of Chicago Tribune, an address to the Chicago Bar Assn., 12/10/1938 ; complete 3/1939 issue of The Ohio Newspaper ; 39-pp. booklet, "...Criminal Court of Appeals, State of Oklahoma, Robert Wood against The State of Oklahoma..." ; three issues of Freedom of Information Center Report(s) from 1967 - 1969 (U. of Missouri at Columbia) ; 36-pp. booklet, Fair Trial vs. A Free Press (Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions), 9/1965 ; article copy, Southern California Law Review, 1/1940, "Contempt of court - interference with the administration of justice - publications" ; 26-pp. reprint, "Supreme Court of the United States - October Term, 1945... Pennekamp and The Miami Herald... vs. The State of Florida" ; 16-pp. bound speech transcript, "Guard It, Cherish It and Work for It," - address by Henry F. Pringle broadcast on Columbia network, National Newspaper Week, 10/6/1941 ; letter, 11/25/1941, to Harry Chandler from William S. Paley (President, Columbia Broadcasting) in connection with previously mentioned speech transcript. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 12 items. The material deals with a line in a LAT story that "the venerable Detroit Free Press is due for closing one day soon." Following a letter from Lee Hills, VP and Executive Editor of The Free Press, Nick Williams responded, "Herewith the apology and retraction which we ran last Sunday. I want to repeat that I am personally embarrassed that the rumor ever appeared in The Times."
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