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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 - letters and article copies related to complaints about Conrad cartoons. The material included here mostly deals with Israel and Jews being unhappy with Conrad's work. Notable names: Paul Conrad ; Rabbi Harvey J. Fields (Wilshire Boulevard Temple) ; Walter A. Annenberg.
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Approx. 85 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: new type faces; letter to Ambassador. Walter Annenberg (12/30/1970); LAT not a Republican or a Democratic newspaper; 2-pp. letter to Robert Krueger of Planning Research Corp. on Conrad's cartoons, William Buckley's column, and the fact that comic strips not chosen at LAT on the grounds of political philosophy (12/30); answer to irate reader denying that LAT "slant(s) news along Pro-Arab lines"; answer to a Berkeley woman who took exception to LAT's Women of the Year selections, especially Goldie Hawn (12/30); obsolescence of comic strips; 1970 Editorial Awards; letter to Ben Bradlee (Washington Post) on costs of "IHT" (International Herald Tribune?) ; letter (12/21) to Constantin von Dziembowski, German Consul General in L.A.; on new architectural critic, John Pastier; reply to claim by singer Bobby Darin (12/18) that LAT was anti-Semitic; reply to reader, James B. Gordon (12/11) believed LAT was biased against the Nixon Administration; letter to Andrew Franklin, British Consul-Gen. in L.A. (12/10); letter to Patrick Monaghan, law prof. at U. of Idaho, on confidentiality of sources; list of new editorial employees (10/30/1970 ?); 2-pp. letter to Robert Elegant, LAT correspondent in W. Germany (11/23/1970 ?); etc.
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Approx. 25 items - letters and related material. Notable names and items include: A.S. Epstein (Publisher/Editor, Life in Israel & real estate exec.) who is frequently unhappy with LAT coverage of Israeli-Palestinian conflicts ; letters from Epstein to Tom Johnson and Ronald Reagan ; more materials related to the larger Middle East conflict ; more.
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Approx. 65 items. Letters and memos. Subjects include: notepad sheet with printed name "Craig St. Clair" has penciled notes about content; reassures a reader that "Brenda Starr" (comic strip) is still around; letter to Harry Rowan, Pres. of Rand Corp.; letter to Herbert Brucker, Dir. of Professional Journalism Fellowships at Stanford; brief letter to Wadih Dib, Consul of Lebanon in L.A.; response to a Mr. Hershberg on his claim that LAT coverage of military action along the Israel-Jordan border was biased or "color(ed)"; many notes related to business/social relations with other journalists and business or academic persons; response to a reader who objected to seeing an ad soliciting funds for politico Edward Kennedy; Williams places an order with The New Republic to use that publication's "TRB" column; the Sirhan Sirhan trial; yet again a reader condemns Paul Conrad, and Williams replies that Conrad is "a loveable Iowan, a proud father...and (is) kind to old ladies" and more (1/24/1969); full-page response (1/24/1969) to Rabbi Stephen Weisberg assuring him LAT has no bias in the Israeli-Arab conflict; letter to Cober Gallery NYC purchasing a painting; Otis Chandler and other publishers appear on (David) Susskind's TV program; etc.
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Approx. 20 items: memos, letters, reports and other material related to the Graphics section of LAT. Included: a copy of an article from Communication Arts (5-6 / 1982), on Sheila Levrant de Bretteville, who did a re-design of LAT's layout ; a folder within the folder is titled "Reader Reaction," an contains a small number of reader letters commenting on a 1980 "re-do."
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Approx. 85 items. Letters and memos. Selected addressees and subjects: student unrest in USA and worldwide: Kirk Polking, Editor of Writer's Digest; Harvey Wheeler, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions; many letters to readers, both pleased and displeased; discussion with Arthur Laro, Exec. VP of the Syndicate that provided "Dick Tracy," on the virtues and faults of the comic strip; positive reaction to Jim Murray's column on RFK assassination; Israeli Ambassador Rabin coming to LAT for off-the-record discussions; etc.
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