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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
Approx. 15 items: LAT news stories and editorials, most of them from June 1968, and related material from the aftermath of the assassination of Robert Kennedy. Notable items: LAT editorial, 6/6/1968 (while R. Kennedy lay in the hospital on the verge of death), "Robert Kennedy's message" ; 7-pp. typed, addressed to "Jim Bassett," opens "Some thoughts on the Alarcon order..." (fair trial vs. free press) as it related to Sirhan Sirhan trial ; LAT news story tear sheet, 2/14/1969, "Sirhan's motion for mistrial denied as prosecution opens."
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Approximately 30 items. Includes typed and handwritten correspondence, some business-related, some personal. Some letters and telegrams related to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1952. Letters from Bassett to the editors of the S.F. Chronicle and Sacramento Bee. Many congratulatory letters from around the country regarding Bassett's writing for the Times. Estes Kefauver letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files.
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Copies of two letters of correspondence between John F. Kennedy and Otis Chandler in regards of hopefully including the Los Angeles Times as one of the many newspapers that the President reads on a daily basis.
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Originals and copies of line cuts, drawings, and sketches of John F. and Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy, President and First Lady of the United States. Includes drawings by Sam Patrick, John Carlton, James Francavilla, William MacArthur and others. Also, etched metal plate of John F. Kennedy.
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3 items: 3-pp. letter, 5/26/1954, Bassett to Palmer, reporting on events in Washington, DC - mentioning "McCarthy...circus," Nixon (as Vice President) and others ; 2-pp. letter, 7/21/1954, headed "Personal & Confidential," and providing Palmer with Bassett's view from Washington, DC ; 3-pp. letter, "Kyle" to "Jim," with more political news.
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Approx. 55 items. Folder includes congratulatory letters upon the occasion of Bassett's January 1970 promotion to Associate Editor of the Times, several transcripts of articles by a writer named Jack Mahon, various other professional and personal correspondence. Walter Annenberg letter removed from Autograph File and returned to Bassett files. Split into two folders.
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