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Chandler, Otis

Description: 1 item: 66-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' interview of Otis Chandler. He offers the interviewer his thoughts about big game hunting and what he calls "trophy hunting." It is not made clear but it seems the interviewer and Mr. Chandler were riding cross-country on his Oregon land. Notations at top of each page read Side 1 through Side 3 - probably tape sides.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1979
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.
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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 7 - 9

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1 item: 81-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview of Otis Chandler. Subjects include: sport hunting ; philosophical musings on the meaning of hunting for 20th century humans ; auto racing ; mental discipline ; athletics ; tells interviewer "the last few years I have been somewhat bored...maybe that's too strong (a word)...not stimulated, not challenged." (Chandler was 52 at the time) ; thoughts on how long someone should remain in the position of publisher or other top media job ; future plans (1980s) ; his personal life, pending divorce, material things, peace of mind ; physical fitness, weightlifting ; "dirt bikes" ; relationships with his sons ; fishing ; hunting polar bears ; other hunting in Alaska ; hunting in Africa.

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Chandler, Otis

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1 item: 73-pp. transcript of interview by Marshall Berges with Otis Chandler, 3/12/1980. Chandler spoke about a hunting trip to Afghanistan in 1977 and traveling in the region of the Himalayas. Later in the tape Chandler discusses the Watts Riots and the aftermath, plus 1964 political endorsements, more.

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Chandler, Otis

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1 item: 33-pp. transcript of interview with Otis Chandler by Marshall Berges, 12/17/1980. Subjects include: describing "phone calls from the breakfast table" of Governor Reagan or Nancy Reagan when they were unhappy about a Conrad cartoon (both Reagans disliked Conrad's work) or an editorial ; description of Dorothy B. Chandler upsetting Ronald Reagan at a private dinner party by "lecturing him" about his behavior toward the University of California Board of Regents (of which Dorothy Buffum Chandler was a member) ; other interesting anecdotes about Dorothy Buffum Chandler, in her senior years, offering her thoughts in the wrong setting or at too great a length ; description of Otis' visit to Lyndon B. Johnson Ranch in Texas, days before John F. Kennedy assassination - a wild hunting trip with Lyndon B. Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson's thoughts about John and Robert Kennedy and how he, Lyndon B. Johnson, deserved better than the Vice Presidency ; more on friendship between Otis and Robert Kennedy (including rafting trip on Colorado River in the Grand Canyon) ; more.

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Chandler, Otis - by Connie Chung

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1 item: 6-pp. transcript of interview segments with Otis Chandler woven into commentary about Chandler by broadcast journalist Connie Chung, dated 11/23/1981. Subjects include: Otis' desire to constantly challenge himself - surfing, big game hunting, in his career, etc. ; his divorce and second marriage ; the meeting between his second wife and his mother, Dorothy "Buff" Chandler and his concern that they get along well ; challenges related to the Black and Hispanic communities he faced as publisher ; more.

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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 4 - 6

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1 item: 78-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler. Subjects appear in this order on the transcript: hunting (Afghanistan, Mongolia, Brazil) ; surfing ; vintage auto collecting ; luxury automobiles ; motorcycles ; experiences while attending Stanford ; the Duesenberg (auto) ; buying and selling cars as an avocation ; Porsches ; car racing.

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Chandler, Otis - by Ann Martin

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1 items: 28-pp. transcript of interview of Otis Chandler by ABC-TV newscaster Ann Martin, 10/26/1979. Based on header material, it is unclear whether the actual interview took place in 1978 or 1979. Notable names and subjects include: race car driving (pp. 2 - 5) ; "a working newspaper publisher" (pp. 6) ; Otis kids actor Jack Nicholson about "Chinatown," a film loosely based on the water and land dealings of Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler, Otis' grandfather (pp. 8) ; Otis Chandler refers to Los Angeles Times' editorial policy as "militant centrist" (pp. 15) ; editing, layout and printing of the paper will soon be completely computerized (pp. 16) ; his big game hunting (pp. 17 - 19) ; his answer to critics of his paper and his policies (pp. 26 - 27).

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