Petree, Neil

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  Transportation - Reports and Interviews

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  3 items: 23-pp. (pink sheets) headed "Taping with Neil Petree on (3/20/1973)" ; 12-pp. (green sheets) headed "Tape #3 with Asa V. Call on 4/2/1973, on the development of transportation in Southern California, the Automobile Club, the freeway system, etc. ; spiral-bound booklet, Evaluation--transit systems proposals, Southern California Rapid Transit District & Orange County Transit District (prepared for The California Legislature), 5/31/1974 (binding removed).

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  Wirin, A.L

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  Approx. 15 items: 19-pp. transcript of "...taping of an interview with A.L. Wirin, retired general counsel for the Southern California Division of the American Civil Liberties Union," 12/6/1973 ; 15-pp. transcript of "...second taping with Mr. A.L. Wirin on 12/12/(19)73" ; collection of news clip copies relating to Wirin, 1935 - 1966 ; LAT news clip, 11/16/1968, "Growing problem," by Charles Maher, in which ACLU counsel became involved in a man's constitutional right to wear a beard (etc.) ; ACLU news release, 5/1/1970, "Biography of A.L. Wirin" ; multi-page booklet (tan) "Fifty Years of the American Civil Liberties Union" (ca. 1973) ; 25-pp. document copy, "Some important cases in the 50 year history of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California."

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  7 items: 35-pp. transcript of interview of William Thomas by Jack Hart, 2/23/1973, subjects include his memories of growing up, his family, military service in World War II, his relocating to California and going to work for The Mirror, the Mirror's demise, etc. ; 9-pp. transcript of "Taping with Mr. C.E. Toberman," 3/12/1973 - he recalls his memories of both Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler, comments on Hollywood's community problems of the 1970s, general thoughts on the growth of L.A. area ; dupe of previous transcript with Toberman, plus cover letter, 3/15/1973, to Toberman from Bassett ; 17-pp. transcript of "Taping with James Toland," 2/21/1974 - his memories with LAT extend from mid-1930s into the 1950s, memories of editors L.D. Hotchkiss and Nick Williams ; 18-pp. transcript of "Taping with Jean Sharley Taylor, Associate Editor," 10/6/1975 - her memories of working at Detroit Free Press and The Arizona Republic, joining LAT in 1971, "View" section of the 1970s ; 1-pp. bio of Jean Sharley Taylor, 1974 ; copies of news clippings about Taylor, 1971 - 1974.

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  Approx. 20 items: 16-pp. transcript, "Taping with Philip K. Scheuer," 3/15/1973 ; 19-pp. transcript of "...taping with Fred Selzer, Director of Marketing Research," 11/15/1973 - plus 1-pp. "Biographical outline of Fred C. Selzer, Jr. ; 18-pp. transcript of "...taping with Ralph (Casey) Shawhan," 9/10/1974 (a reporter for two Hearst papers, then Los Angeles Times) ; 17-pp. transcript of "...taping with Adela Rogers St. Johns," 9/14/1973 (St. Johns was a journalist, novelist & screenwriter) ; correspondence between Bassett and Mike Straszer and 8-pp. manuscript of Straszer's memories related to Los Angeles Times Suburban Sections, all dated 12/1974 ; 1-pp. Los Angeles Times bios for Bert Tiffany and Vance Stickell, both dated 4/1975 ; 2-pp. of "Total Advertising" figures for "First Fifty Newspapers...Year - 1955" ; 5-pp. of "Top Thirty ABC Newspaper Comparison" figures from 1973 to 1974 ; 1-pp. copy of brief in Newsweek, 6/14/1971, on Otis Chandler's physique and Los Angeles Times circulation passing "the magic million mark" ; collection of excerpts dealing with the Hollywood scene (?) from David Niven's book, Bring on the Empty Horses ; collection of articles copied from Among Ourselves on film industry.

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  6 items: 9-pp. transcript of "Taping with Leo Katcher," 7/22/1975 (Katcher was once political editor of The Mirror) ; 25-pp. transcript of "...a tape recording with Judge Robert W. Kenny," 1/31/1973 (Kenny was an attorney, judge and later CA Attorney General , a liberal often at odds with Los Angeles Times during the 1930s and 1940s) ; 15-pp. transcript of "Taping with Mr. Barrett Kiesling," 5/10/1973 (wrote for Los Angeles Times in 1920s, later publicity director in film industry) ; 16-pp. transcript, "This is a taping with Robert Kirsch, literary critic with Los Angeles Times," 6/27/1973 (Kirsch wrote for Los Angeles Times from 1953 - 1980) ; 13-pp. transcript, "Taping with Herbert Klein," 7/14/1975 - subjects include: working in the Nixon White House in the late 1960s and early 1970s ; 20-pp. transcript of "Taping with Senator William F. Knowland," 6/12/1973 - subjects include: Knowland's early years in State Assembly ; careers of Knowland's father and grandfather (pp. 2 - 4) ; Upton Sinclair's 1934 campaign for governor / Los Angeles Times opposition to him - Los Angeles Times "did some things...we might not have done (later)...even Norman (Chandler) admits this" (pp. 6) ; more on politics, Frank Merriam and Earl Warren ; separate sheet "Knowland material?"

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  Approx. 20 items: packet of material related to Justice (and ex-Calif. governor) Earl Warren includes 16-pp. transcript of Bassett interview of Warren, 7/2/1973, on memories of politics and his relations with CA newspapers ; 11-pp. transcript of "Press release, Address by Governor Earl Warren, California Newspaper Publisher's Association...(1/18/1944) on his first year as governor ; collection of letters between Bassett and Warren, 1973, one news clip copy ; packet of materials related to LAT news exec. Ted Weegar - 5-pp. transcript of interview with Weegar, 10/1/1975, memos related to Weegar and an LAT bio for Weegar ; two copies of transcript of "...off-the-record interview with Paul Weeks, formerly of the L.A. Mirror and later with The Times, now with RAND Corp." 2/13/1975 - one major subject here is LAT coverage of race relations in L.A. ; several pieces of correspondence between Bassett and Weeks ; two copies of transcript of "Taping with Alan J. Williams, former Chief Executive Asst. to former mayor Norris Poulson..." 7/2/1975, also letter from Williams to Bassett relating to the interview transcript.

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