S - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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  W - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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  Approx. 25 items. Letters and newspaper clippings. Subjects include: a selection of amiable letters referring to W.'s post-retirement columns, with replies; letters continue to appear from Clore Warne, a long-time subscriber who has no end of suggestions on what the paper should write about, incl. W. in his columns; more letters (and an editorial torn from LAT page & marked in green ink) voicing opinions about the "politics" of LAT and its top editors and publisher, i.e. "Hooey."; new light is shed on 1906 "Brownsville Affray," in which 167 soldiers from an all-black unit were dishonorably discharged -- exchange of letters between author John Weaver and W.; etc.

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  H - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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  Approx. 65 items. Subjects include: a 3-pp. Williams letter responding to Edwin Haroldsen, Chairman-elect of Comm. Dept., Brigham Young U., who asked W. to "indicate your own background and how you've been able to advance in the profession [of journalism]"; Williams response to letter from mayor of San Dimas explaining LAT decision to close its Pomona office; Williams response to a Claremont Men's College professor who had written alleging "sensationalism" in LAT coverage; letter from an executive of Horton & Converse (pharmacies) claiming LAT had run a damaging article; letters of congratulations to both Williams and William Thomas on retirement and promotion respectively; LAT staffers Champlin and Seidenbaum on KCET's "Citywatchers"; etc.

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  S - Miscellaneous Correspondence

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  Approx. 20 items. Letters, memos, handwritten notes. Subjects include: a suggestion that LAT publish at least some Spanish-language news; W. squashes a rumor that LAT would no longer run reviews of children's books; flack over a Joyce Haber column on filming of "Too Late the Hero"; Publicity Director for Bullock's San Fernando complains about coverage; W. soothes U.S. Sen. John Sparkman (of Alabama) after a Jack Smith wrote in his column that "to play football at Alabama is a certificate of not having a college education"; exchange of letters over a controversial graduation speech at South Pasadena H.S and LAT story about it; responsibilities of the press; etc.

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  M - Miscellaneous Correspondence

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 35 items. Letters. memos (some handwritten), newspaper clippings. Subjects include: editing & publishing the Southeast section in the OC plant; LAT stance on proposed Palmdale Airport; Williams' response to a Carmel realtor who wrote complaining that financial coverage had declined in quality; letter which begins, "The Los Angeles Times is lying (about Vietnam)," and Williams' response; letter from Charles T. Munger, and W's response; letter addressed to Otis C., criticizing LAT coverage of "a homosexual party, and W's response; congratulatory letters and notes related to W.'s retirement; various editions and press times; copy of a 4-pp. essay by Melville Millar titled "Liberty Street"; 5-pp. essay (incl. footnotes), by Melville Millar titled "How Kyoto was Saved"; letters to W. on longevity and poetry from Irving Mandell, with responses;

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  Correspondence & Miscellaneous

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  Approximately 25 items. Folder contains telegrams, correspondence [including letters to/from Walter Annenberg, Otis Chandler, Melvin Belli, Alan Cranston, Thomas E. Dewey, J. Edgar Hoover, H.R. Haldeman, Hubert Humphrey, Estes Kefauver, [actor] George Kennedy, Vance Packard, William P. Rogers, Pierre Salinger, Harold Stassen, and Jesse Unruh. The subject matter or the letters varies, several are congratulatory notes on the release of a film based on Bassett's novel, In Harm's Way in 1965.

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  Employees - Davis, Glenn W

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  Approx. 12 items: copies of cover and a single page from Elizabeth Taylor - a biography in photographs, with photo and text related to brief dating relationship between Taylor and Glenn Davis; article copy, Among Ourselves, 8/1954, "Glenn Davis has new role in gridiron classic"; various items of correspondence related to Davis' - incl. "Mayor's Certificate of Appreciation" signed by Mayor Yorty, 1964; various information sheets on Davis; tear sheet, Civic Center / Downtown News, 9/9/1980, "Bird's eye view of the Claremont Comet" (Glenn Davis); Metro. News section, LAT, 6/19/1960, "Schissler to resign as Times' events director - Glenn Davis, star of gridiron, will take over..."; article copy, Weekend Desert Post, 6/26/1987, "Mr. Outside (Glenn Davis) still known as one of Army's best"; LAT tear sheet, 11/20/1983, "The glory of yesterday," article on Glenn Davis and his teammate at West Point, Felix Blanchard.

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