Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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
5 items. Materials include: LAT memo (8/22/1960) from Edw. Reap, Promotion, to James Toland, Sunday Editorial, on the soon to be published "first issue of the new entertainment tabloid CALENDAR..."; copy of article from Among Ourselves, 10/1966, "Calendar has new look, new columnist"; tear sheet of "Calendar - Letters" for 6/28/1987, featuring a selection of letters critical of the "Calendar" section; 3-pp. report headed "Sunday Calendar Redesign," 7/1994; article copied from Lifestyle Media-Relations Reporter, 9/5/1994, "Los Angeles Times Calendar Eds: Home Entertainment, Family Fun," mentions staffers Sherry Stern, Susan Freudenheim, Anne Hurley and John Lindsay.
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2 items: copy of Page 1, 9/15/1957, with announcement at top, "New Family Section to make debut in Times next Sunday"; copy of "Younger Set" page, from Pt. 1 of LAT, 9/21/1957, featuring articles of interest to teens, etc.
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Approx. 12 items. Materials include: LAT clip, 9/10/1989, to give example of "Home Price Guide" feature; LAT clip, 2/26/1989, "Expanded section, new editor (Dick Barnes) to debut"; packet (clipped) of several items related to the "doodles" President Franklin Roosevelt did during his presidency that decades later were used as a "guide" to the design of a Naval Medical Center in Maryland (includes 4 glossy photos of Roosevelt), received from Dick Turpin of Real Estate Section in 1975; several LAT articles on re-vamp of Real Estate section, 1989-1990; 10-pp. booklet, (LAT 23rd) Annual Survey of Residential Builders in Southern California (1994). copy of 1st Real Estate Section (Pt. 2, Pg. 1), 6/23/1901, "House and Lot - The Times Weekly Review of Real Estate and Building."
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6 items. Materials include: two promo/marketing packets (in red folders) announcing "You," a new tabloid-sized section to be inside LAT every Tuesday; LAT clip, 9/19/1976, "New weekly magazine to appear in Times Oct. 5," describes YOU (tab.) as being designed to provide readers with information on "where to find bargains, how to manage personal finances, how to find interesting...places to go," etc.; clip from Advertising Age, 10/4/1976, on LAT's new YOU; copy of article from New West, 9/27/1976, "YOU can always get what you want"; clip, Advertising Age, 9/6/1976, mentioning YOU.
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6 items. Material includes: note on blue card, "Cookbooks in file cabinet in reception room"; Pg. 1 of Food Section, 8/29/1963, lead story headline, "Labor Day work savers"; 2-pp. news release, "Times introduces redesigned food section"; copy, Among Ourselves, 10/1931, of (first page only) article, "New demonstration kitchen for cooking class," note attached, "see...AO for rest of article"; Pg. 1, LAT Food Section, 4/5/1962, copies, Pg. 1, Pt. 1 announcement and Pg. 1 of "FOOO for the Family" section, 4/5/1962.
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Approx. 60 items: memos, reports, tear sheets, lists and other material related to LAT Sports section and its coverage. Includes: stinging 4-pp. memo from Sports Editor Bill Dwyre to his staff on "Sports Section Errors" (3/16/1984) ; memo and package, "Proposal for Monday Special Sports Section" (9/21/1984) ; collection of USA Today Sports sections (3/1983) ; other issues - "outside writing, Olympics planning, etc.
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