Manuscripts

Departments - Production - Production - Newsprint Shortage

Description: 3 items: tear sheet, Among Ourselves, 8/1974, "World faces newsprint pinch, Chandler says"; tear sheet, Among Ourselves, 11/1974, "Times' new format begins in January..."; tear sheet, Wall Street Journal, 3/25/1975, "Newspapers shrink page size as cost of newsprint soars."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1974 - 1975
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Departments - Production - Production - Newsprint

Manuscripts

4 items: article copy, Among Ourselves, 9/1949, "How newsprint reaches the press"; newsletter, 10/19/1973, "Keeping up with The Times" on production processes; tear sheet, Winston-Salem Journal (NC), 11/27/1974, "Paper cost is dilemma"; personnel bio, dated 8/15/1977, for newsprint handler Leonard Schneider (incl. photo);

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Departments - Production - Automation - Articles

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. Materials include: Among Ourselves article copies, 1960 - 1980, on various aspects of automating the Production Department; tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 10/6/1973, "Recyclable plastic printing plate invented by L.A. Times."

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Departments - Production

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items. Materials include: 1-pp. (photos) illustrated instructions, "How to make a pressman's hat': several Among Ourselves articles(1927, 1928, 1967) on various aspects of Production; 12-pp. report, "(LAT) Production Department Information," (rev. 2/1972)8-pp. report, "(LAT) Orange County Facility Production Department Information," (rev. 2/1972); two Bulletins, 1985, 1990, on promotions and organizational changes; tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 3/15/1980, "2nd Satellite Plant-Expansion at L.A. Times set at $215 million"; etc.

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Departments - Production - Production - Format and Style Changes

Manuscripts

6 items. Materials include: brief copied from New York (mag), 11/13/1989, "L.A. Times look riles staffers"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 1/1966, "Greater readability - Times to introduce 6-column format on all clear pages"; tear sheet, newspaper?, scribbled date appears to be from 1941 or 1947, "[LAT] Has best front page, finest type display, is university finding"; LAT article copy, 10/23/1886, "The Times in its new dress" (on new typeface and new machinery); LAT tear sheet, 7/7/1980, (ad) headed "Times Change"; copy of Pg. 1 Masthead for 2/22/1914.

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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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Departments - Production - Composing Room Museum

Manuscripts

3 items. Materials include: 3-pp. list, "Composing Room Inventory, undated; 8-pp. handwritten list, headed "A corner of the composing room, 1884 - 1974," 7/25/1991; article copy, Among Ourselves, 7/1977, photo caption begins - "A corner of the Composing Room--about the way it looked from 1881 to 1974, when The Times converted to 100% photocomposition--is now open."

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