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Description: 7 items: 12-pp. speech text, "The state of the university," a commencement address by Chancellor Murphy at UCLA, 6/14/1968; 4-pp. text, headed "Shareholder Meeting, 1969," and "Following Dr. Murphy's talk" (there was a question and answer session); booklet, text of an address in 1971 to the 25th National Conference of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, titled "Over 50 looks at under 30"; 6-pp. transcript of "Address to Shareholders" at TM Annual Meeting, 5/26/1976; 38-pp. transcript of Dr. Murphy's speech at Times Mirror Luncheon, 3/27/1979 (incl. intro by Ellen Sacher of Paine Webber, et al.), with handwritten notes in pencil making changes; 9-pp. text headed "Draft #3 [Franklin D. Murphy speech, 1980] to TM meeting; 3-pp. stapled, no date, no heading, and pages are numbered 4 o 6;booklet, "Pluralism...Hallmark of American Society," being "Remarks by Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chairman of the Board, Times Mirror," upon the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Richard Gilman as president of Occidental College; 3-pp. reprint from Financial Executive, 10/1975, "Government, education and the economy," by Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chairman and CEO of The Times Mirror Co.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1968 - 1980
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.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.); Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.); Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.); Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.); Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-); Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations: Los Angeles Times (Firm).; Los Angeles Times History Center.; Times Mirror Company.
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