Manuscripts

Labor Clippings

Description: Approx. 15 items: collection of LAT articles and material from other sources on the relations [antipathy) between labor and the "open shop" LAT of the era. Of note are: 16 yellow sheets with a chronology of LAT articles, with quotes, relating to labor activities, strikes, etc.; a copy of a reprinted letter, 1892, from M.H. de Young of San Francisco to Harrison Gray Otis; related material.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1883 - 1909
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.

Labor Clippings

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: LAT clips and copies, reports and timelines on labor issues in Los Angeles, California and the nation. Items of note: 16-pp. (yellow sheets) headed "SG Chron labor 1911-33 (post-bombing), appears to be headlines and quotes from news stories and editorial comments; 3-pp. stapled, "S.F. Chronicle" (9/9/1914), "Otis tells of the open shop...Los Angeles publisher takes stand..." ; 14-pp. copy of Thesis presented to Claremont Colleges, 1929, by John Homer Williams, "The Los Angeles Times and Public Opinion" ; booklet reprinted from LAT material originally published 10/1/1929 (the 19th anniversary of the Times Building bombing), titled "Lest we forget...the Forty-year war for a Free City, a history of the open shop in Los Angeles."

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Labor - Mexican Farm Labor

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Approx. 15 items: collection of LAT editorials and news articles--1942 - 1970--on Mexican farm workers, labor leader Cesar Chavez, union tactics, union-business relations, boycotts, strikes, etc.

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Labor Clippings

Manuscripts

30-plus items: clips and copies of news stories and editorial from LAT, California Labor-Herald, Liberty (mag) Los Angeles Guildsman, Business Week etc.

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Labor

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: stapled, multi-page reprint from LAT headed, "Lest we forget...The Forty-year war for a Free City," originally published during the month of 10/1929 ; article tear sheet, The American West, 3/1970, "The case of the very American militants" ; approx. 15-pp., interview of Seth Brown (labor rep.) by Dr. Corrine Gilb, material headed "The Los Angeles Times and the I.T.U. Local 174 (typographical union), 5/1957; cover and articles copied from The Californians, 7/1984, several articles on labor agitation in L.A. area, especially San Pedro in 1920s; 60-pp. copied from a book, Los Angeles, by Morrow Mayo in 1932.

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Sports - Horse Racing

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: LAT articles, material prepared by Arcadia Chamber of Commerce (late 1930s), brief notes with information on turf activities, etc. Notable items: two 1938 brochures produced by California Anti-racing Assn., "Who beats the pari-mutuel machine?" and "Turf gambling" ; an Arcadia Chamber of Commerce 1-pp. report, dated 5/10/1939, and addressed to "the Chambers of Commerce of Southern California" containing positive material on horse racing, summarized with the quote - "A canvass of Arcadia business men has been made (revealing) that 95% believe Santa Anita is a benefit to Arcadia and the surrounding community..." ; 2-pp. chronology headed "The Times and Horse-racing," dated 10/25/1976, featuring headlines and quotes from LAT editorials expressing opposition to horse racing, 1932 - 1935 ; related material.

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Subjects - Labor - Local 10N

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items: memos, reports, lists and other materials related to LAT "anti" efforts and Local 10N. Some material deals with LAT salaries comparative to union scale ; 12-pp. report from LAT Archivist Craig St. Clair to Jim Boswell, 10/24/1990, "(LAT-) Organized Labor History" ; material produced by Newspaper Pressmen's Local 10-N or other union entities ; material produced by LAT to counter union efforts ; internal LAT correspondence related to pro or anti union moves.

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