Manuscripts

Employees - Shirley, Bill

Description: 2 item: single-sheet Biography from the Los Angeles Times, undated, "William E. Shirley...Sports Editor; 10-pp. transcript of undated interview, "L.A. Times -- Bill Shirley -- R#9 and R#10." The interview opens: "I'm responsible for the Sports Department. (In) newspaper parlance I'd be Managing Editor of the Sports Department. I'm responsible for approximately 32, 33 people..."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Shirley, Bill

Manuscripts

1 item: 65-pp. transcript of interview with Bill Shirley, Sports Editor. Notable names and subjects include: description of his typical day (pp. 1 -3) ; description of how sports coverage is organized in the department (pp. 6 - 9) ; his childhood and youth (p. 14 - 18) ; first newspaper job - Arkansas Gazette ; hitch in U.S. Coast Guard (pp. 21) ; employed at The Tennessean ; employed at San Diego Union (pp. 25) ; he played minor league baseball - the Little Rock Travelers ; his first impression of LAT on arrival in 1948 - "it wasn't a very good newspaper (but) extremely successful..." (pp. 29 - 30) ; "separation" of the Sports Dept. from the rest of the editorial sections (pp. 36) ; "this is a good newspaper now..." (pp. 39) ; compares the generations then at work - "these young men in jeans & sneakers ... think they (invented) good journalism... (but) Jim Murray by comparison is an old man and nobody writes better" ; new challenges in covering big names athletes, etc. (pp. 45 - 47) ; "most athletes are not very interesting" (pp. 50) ; "we get a lot of flak" from television and radio commentators (pp. 58 - 63) ; readers upset by Jim Murray columns (pp. 64).

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Employees - Foley, John

Manuscripts

1 item: 11-p. Q&A with John Foley, undated. Opens, "I'm the Assistant Managing Editor, I deal mainly with special projects."

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Employees - Murphy, Mark

Manuscripts

3 items: LAT clip, undated - ca. 1970, "Mark Murphy appointed Times Metropolitan Editor"; single-sheet, "Biography from the Los Angeles Times," for Mark Murphy, 7/1977 (started at LAT in 1964); 24-pp. transcript of interview, headed "L.A. Times -- Mark Murphy -- Tape R#12 and R#13."

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Employees - Haven, Frank

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: article clip, Among Ourselves, 11/1963, "Frank Haven named Times managing editor"; bio sheet, 7/21/1964; bio sheet, 3/20/1974; several rough, undated bio sheets; 1-pp., official, Biography from the Los Angeles Times - Frank P. Haven (undated); tear sheet and one copy, LAT obit, 2/28/1995, "Frank P. Haven, ex-Times managing editor [dies]."

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Employees - Chase, Charles

Manuscripts

3 items: text of interview with Charles Chase, Vice President, Production (LAT), 15-pp., undated ; LAT clip, 11/1/1983, "Times names Charles Chase Executive VP"; 5-pp. letter from Tom Johnson to "Charlie" Chase, 4/10/1982, on the occasion of his 45th Anniversary at The Times, which serves as both a review of his LAT career and a personal bio.

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Employees - Kerby, Phil

Manuscripts

1 item: 37-pp. transcript of interview, headed "L.A. Times" -- Phil Kerby -- R#1." Undated, from internal evidence, it seems likely the interview took place during the early to mid-1960s.

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Employees - Shirley, Bill

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