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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
4 items: three letters to Norman Chandler, and one reply, all on the topic of fund raising for Republican candidates in the 1964 elections. The letters to Norman Chandler all ask for donations to candidates - in LA County, Congressional candidates in general, and Barry Goldwater.
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Approx. 25 items: a collection of angry letters in response to LAT's endorsement of Tom Bradley over Sam Yorty for Los Angeles mayor and attached standard response letters reading, in part, "I am sure you give us credit for making our political endorsements on the basis... of what we believe is the best interest of this city, this State and this nation," and closing with the observation that LAT knows some voters will always be displeased with any endorsement.
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Approx. 30 items. Letters, memos, bios, etc. Includes: correspondence between Williams and Robert Rowen, Pres., Pasadena Art Museum; letter to Harry Rowan, Pres., RAND Corp.; coverage of education in California; "the coffee situation in Editorial (1/9/1969); letter from Rep. Edward Roybal on the "auto smog conspiracy; exchange of letters with L.G.G. Ramsey, Editor, The Connoisseur, London, England; material on Joseph Roos, Exec. Dir., Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council of Greater Los Angeles; correspondence with William Reason, Editor (in-house newsletter), RTD; etc.
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Approx. 45 items. Subjects include: furor over columnist Morrie Ryskind's criticisms of LAT and AP; the William Wieland case; Khrushchev visit to USA; exchange of letters with Barry Goldwater encouraging him to continue his column for the LA Times Syndicate; dropping of "Dick Tracy" comic from the Times & extended exchange with Chester Gould, creator of the comic; exchange of letters between J.J. McClellan, a V.P. of Facelle Co., and Williams, after the company accused the Times story "Grocery Shelf Psychology" of being "biased and inaccurate"; the films of John Wayne--good and bad; etc. Aug. 13, 1965 letter to Wes Gallagher notes that the LAT "is under constant and frequently outrageous attack by some elements of the extreme right."
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Three items comprising five pages of correspondence between Barry Goldwater and James Bellows
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Three items. A letter to Otis Chandler from Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. A letter to Goldwater from Freddie Miller, with an attached also written by Miller, but address to M. Stanton, Evans, Editor of the Indianapolis News.
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