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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
419-pp. manuscript for Go in Harm's Way (early draft of Harm's Way), ca. 1961. Split into two folders.
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Manuscripts
419-pp. manuscript for Go in Harm's Way (early draft of Harm's Way), ca. 1961. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 100 items. Individuals and entities represented in this correspondence include: William Targ (Editor-in-Chief, World Publishing Company), New American Library, Sen. Thomas Kuchel, and other ex-Navy personnel and business executives. Also a Bassett schedule of book store and television appearances promoting Harm's Way.
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Approx. 40 items, letters, press releases, speech transcripts and other material related to Richard Nixon. Notable names and items include: 18-pp. "Script No. 9...'Richard Nixon," touts a book titled "Richard Nixon - a Political and Personal Portrait ; Bassett correspondence with Republican National Committee, Nixon and others ; 17-pp. "Remarks of Honorable Richard M. Nixon, Vice President...before the American Society of Newspaper Editors...Statler Hotel, Washington, DC...(4/18/1959)" ; Bassett - Herbert Klein (Nixon Press Sec.) correspondence ; "Release from Office of the Vice President," a bio for Herbert G. Klein, 5/20/1959 ; more. Split into two folders.
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349-pp. of manuscript (pp. 358 - 706) for Favorite Son (unpublished), by James Bassett.
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Approx. 80 items. Correspondence related to the novel, "Harm's Way." - letters, notes, royalty statements. The correspondence includes both personal and business communication from: New American Library, Los Angeles Times Syndicate, Kiwanis International (John McGehee), G.P. Putnam's Sons (William Targ), Chicago Sun-Times (Harry Homewood), Mrs. Evelle Younger, Doubleday & Company (Timothy Seldes, World Publishing Co., American University (Nancy Breen), Harper & Row (M.S. Wyeth), etc. Also clippings from 1/13/'64 Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter.
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