Manuscripts

The Mirror

Description: Approx. 70 items - letters, memos, bulletins. Notable names and items include: Virgil Pinkley (Editor and Publisher of The Mirror) ; James Bassett ; letter, 9/17/1954, from Virgil Pinkley to Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower, on political issues ; J. Edward Murray ; letter, 1/5/1956, to "Dick" Nixon from Virgil Pinkley on the Democrats' strategies ; memos on Mirror-News operations ; letters from readers.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1951 - 1958
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Mirror-News

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items - letters and memos. Notable names and items include: letter, 12/2/1958, to Bassett from J.J. Mullen, Asst. Man. Editor, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, asking advice "to strengthen the internal organization of our city room" ; letter, 12/4/1958, in answer to previous letter - Bassett gives info on how Mirror-News handles certain situations ; correspondence with J. Edward Murray ; letter, 12/8/1949, to Bassett from Edmund G. Brown (San Francisco District Attorney) ; correspondence with Virgil Pinkley ; letter, 8/1/1951, in which U.S. Navy Captain E.J. Drew invites Bassett to a three day orientation program to include a one day trip aboard a carrier ; more.

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Newspapers - Los Angeles Examiner/ Mirror Closing

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. Commentary and news from various sources on the 1962 closing of the Examiner and the Mirror. Sources include: Editor & Publisher, The Eight Ball, Clete Roberts Reports (KTLA-tv), Virgil Pinkley (KABC), The Quill, and The California Publisher..

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Mirror - Correspondence

Manuscripts

8 items: correspondence involving Norman Chandler, Philip Chandler, Virgil Pinkley and others in the 1952 - 1953 period. FACSIMILES MAY NOT BE COPIED OR PUBLISHED.

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Mirror - Formation of

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: correspondence between Norman Chandler and Virgule Pinkley (Vice President, United Press International) who later became publisher of The Mirror.

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Misc. Material

Manuscripts

Approx. 100 items. Folder includes correspondence with Richard Nixon and other members of the Eisenhower administration, newspaper clippings, press releases, TIME magazine reprint on President-elect Kennedy, an issue of Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, other memos and notes. Dick Bergholz letter dated August 26, 1952 removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.

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Correspondence & Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

Approx. 60 items. Folder includes 37 typed pages of a manuscript. Handwritten notation at top of page 1 appears to read, "Full text of 'War Bards'...", and a passport-style photo of Bassett. Also included are letters and memos from/to William Targ [Editor in Chief, G.P. Putnam Sons], David Halberstam [historian, author], Robert Erburu [Pres., Times Mirror], John Anson Ford [County Supervisor for 24 yrs.], greeting cards and one mildly risque drawing by cartoonist Ted Bloodhart.

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