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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
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
Approximately 12 items. There is a 7-page typed review of Washington Irving's (Knickerbocker's) History of New York, which Bassett submitted as a radio script to Broadcast Music , Inc. (NY). Various business and personal letters are in the folder. There is a "Citation of Meritorious Service" that was awarded to Bassett by the American Legion "in recognition of his outstanding reporting for the Los Angeles Mirror..."
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Approx. 40 items. Subjects include: Tejon Ranch view of State water situation; correspondence with Malcolm Muir, Publisher of Atlas; correspondence with Phil Kirby, Editor of Frontier; extended correspondence with Mr. & Mrs. Richard Mannex, who sought "Truth and Morality in Journalism"; exchange with Irv White, Pres. of Motor Car Dealers Assn. of Southern California regarding inadequate coverage of the Auto Show by LAT; clippings and memos regarding Oscar Mayer obit; description, sent by MGM rep, of how a mock-up of a Los Angeles Times with be used in a motion picture; clipping and correspondence related to case in which young black man, Henry Jones, Jr., robbed teenager Rose Marie Campisi in Alabama in 1970; etc.
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Approx. 40 items. Memos, letters, clippings. Subjects include: exchange of letters between Williams and Herbert Klein, (Nixon) White House Communications Director, both prior to and following Williams retirement; unhappy letter from KHJ-TV; Birch-type attitudes in Southland; etc., etc.
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Approx. 30 items. Letters, memos, newspaper clippings. Subjects include: "Hollywood" celebrity coverage; Mayor Norris Poulson; moving expenses for Arch Parsons (1964); Don Bruckner reprints; controversy over an illustration depicting Cain and Abel seen by some as demeaning to Negros; the future of the UC and State College systems; John L. Perry--public opinion pollster; tension and war in the Middle East and Vietnam; etc.
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Approx. 25 items. Subjects include: elimination of a "universal" copy desk and adoption of a 3-desk news complex--metropolitan, national and international; a full-time correspondent in Israel; payments to freelancers; Interplay: a Review of European/American Affairs; Arthur Imparato (fashion); The Image (magazine); discussions with Prime Minister Meir and Ambassador Rabin of Israel; imported oil controversy; etc.
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Approx. 75 items. Letters (friendly and adversarial), memos, newspaper clippings. Included are letters from Williams to the American Press Institute, the New York Times (Turner Catledge), Los Angeles County Young Republicans, Pitzer College (Mary Ann Callan), Mrs. Otis ("Missy") Chandler, columnist Paul Coates, Dr. Clifford B. Cherry (wrote to object to reporting of his wife's suicide) etc. Subjects include Times' reportage, the new movie ratings system (1968), the Clean Air Council, etc.
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