Manuscripts

Times Mirror Press - Commercial printing curtailment

Description: Approx. 20 items: letters, reports, lists of employee names and financial reports, all related to the status of Times Mirror Press in the 1952 to 1953 time frame. At that time, TM Press experienced a major layoff of employees due to curtailment of operations.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1952 - 1953
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Times Mirror Press - Building

Manuscripts

Approx. 50 items: memos, letters, notes, forms, financial spreadsheets and other material related to construction of a new TM Press building at 118 S. Broadway (1930 to 1933). One major item in the file is a gray folder titled "Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, Statement No. 17, Job No. 155," from J.V. McNeil Co., containing invoice forms from Gordon B. Kaufmann (architect) and J.V. McNeil Co. to various entities.

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Times MIrror Steering Committee & National Marketing

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items (incl. several long reports): memos, financial reports and other material related to TM Steering Committee and TM National Marketing. Major reports: approx. 15-pp. report, "Times MIrror National Representation Study - Steering Committee Report #1," 6/29/1983 ; 30-pp. report, "TM National Representation Study - Steering Committee Report #3," 10/8/1983 (Dallas) ; 12-pp. "(Times Mirror) Steering Committee Report," 12/8/1983 ; 20+ pp. report - handwritten note reads "from (1/17/1984) meeting" - "The Times Mirror National Marketing Company" ; approx. 20-pp. report, "...Network of Leading Newspapers," 4/11/1986.

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Times Mirror corporate operations

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: letters, memos, reports and other material related to TM corporate operations. Notable items: 20+ pp. "Times MIrror Corporate Airplane Study" (2/8/1979) ; 84-pp. staple-bound booklet, "Times MIrror Factbook - 1984," providing comprehensive information about TM "newspaper publishing, broadcast television, cable television, book pulbishing, information services, newsprint and forest products," etc.

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Times MIrror depreciation study

Manuscripts

Approx. 8 items: 6-pp. letter from H.W. Bowers, Treasurer of TM, to the U.S. Treasury Department (6/23/1952, on the subject of the depreciation costs on presses and other equipment and facilities reported by TM on its 1950 income tax return ; financial spreadsheets ; charts ; 10-pp. packet titled "Balance sheets, Years 1947 - 1950" ; spreadsheets & balance sheets ; two copies (in blue binders) "Balance sheets and supplementary data - The Times Mirror Company - Los Angeles, California - Years ended December 31, 1947 - 1950" ; more.

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Labor Stability Reports

Manuscripts

5 items: labor stability reports dated 12/31/1952 for LAT, The Mirror and Times Mirror Press ; memo, 2/14/1953, Turnover Report for 1952 ; single-sheet report, "Terminations" - 1/1/1952 - 6/31/1952.

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Department Management - Times Mirror Press

Manuscripts

3 items. Photocopies of "mug" shots of TM Press personnel: Sam A. George, Warren Anderson and Austin Weston

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Times Mirror Press - Commercial printing curtailment

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