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Black and white photograph of Mr. & Mrs. Harry Chandler (seated at center), posing with about thirty Times employees, including Norman Chandler and F.X. Pfaffinger, on the Times roof with Los Angeles City Hall in the background.
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Photocopies of articles concerning the Globe Lobby of the Times Building.
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Norman Chandler (1899-1973) was the oldest son of Harry Chandler and Publisher from 1944-1960. Norman attended Stanford, but returned home before graduating to assist his father at the Los Angeles Times. Norman and his wife, Dorothy Buffum Chandler, were also major supporters of the arts in Los Angeles. Series includes correspondence, invitations, speeches and other material, arranged alphabetically by author/subject. Facsimiles may not be copied or published. Date range is 1921-1973.
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Black and white photograph. Pictured are (L - R) F.X. Pfaffinger, Harry Chandler, Marian Otis Chandler, Jacob Baum & Norman Chandler posing at the laying of the cornerstone for 4th Los Angeles Times building, 1934. Sue Reeves Collection.
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1 item: 28-pp. transcript of interview Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler, 12/19/1972 and photocopy of the annotated transcript. Subjects include: Harry Chandler's interest in "monkey gland treatments" (pp. 1 - 3) ; Harry Chandler's diet (pp. 3 - 5) ; Norman Chandler and Dorothy Buffum Chandler agree they were served the same meal every Thursday night, when they ate at Harry Chandler's home - it was "(fried) chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, and peas, and ice cream" (pp. 5) ; Norman Chandler clarifies aspects of the legend that Harrison Gray Otis had a cannon mounted on the hood of his car -- "it was...just a decoration" (pp. 5) ; liquor ads and Los Angeles Times ; Harry Chandler was a "teetotaler" (pp. 7) ; attitudes of both Harry Chandler and Norman Chandler toward alcohol consumption (pp. 7 - 8) ; Harry Chandler rarely attended social and public events (pp. 9) ; in the years right after WW II "smog" became an issue in L.A. (pp. 10 - 12) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in radio - KHJ (pp. 13) ; Los Angeles Times dabbles in television - KTTV (pp. 15) ; The Mirror (pp. 16 - 20) ; Norman Chandler - "on the whole I was pleased with the progress of (Los Angeles Times) while I was publisher," (pp. 21) - he wanted Los Angeles Times to be FAIR, RESPECTED, AND TO RENDER PUBLIC SERVICE, (pp. 22) - agrees that prior to late 1950s, Los Angeles Times was politically biased, biased on labor reporting ; L.D. Hotchkiss (1940s+ editor) and his personality (pp. 25 - 27).
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1 item: 106-pp. transcript of Norman B. Chandler interview, 4/3/1980. Chandler speaks of his father, Otis Chandler, his experiences working internships at Los Angeles Times in the 1970s, etc.
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