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
Approx. 65 items. Letters, memos, news clippings. Subjects include: exchange of letters with a Porterville, CA., physician, James Williams, Jr., who complains, "For the past year...your news characteristics of reporting have changed, leaning definitely...to the left." Williams implies that W. might be a communist dupe. W. replies, "My intentions are to see that the news is printed as factually as...possible."; exchange of letters on Editor & Publisher questionnaire, "...New Directions in Journalism"; exchange of letters with John Wayne related to the film, "The Alamo," Americanism, and other topics; the ups and downs of the Space program ; letter typical of early 1960s from Lee Wright (Canoga Park, 1964) complaining of LAT's shift from conservatism and canceling his subscription; ads taken by opponents of Vietnam war; exchange of letters with James Brady, editor of WWD, in which B. complains that Joyce Haber (LAT) has plagiarized from Women's Wear Daily, W. responds; LAT cookbook; popularity of various LAT segments, including advertising; phosphates in laundry detergent; letter from A. L. Wirin and response; etc. A. L. Wirin correspondence removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.
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Approx. 60 items. Letters. memos, copies of LAT material. Subjects include: exchange of letters related to LAT judges for Spot News Category of the Texas Gridiron Club Contest; air-mailing daily copies of LAT to U.S. Senate members in DC; W. gives Paul Sheehan permission to use excerpts from LAT stories in a book; congratulatory letters to William Thomas on promotion; letter from Scientific American requesting consideration; handwritten note from Pierre Salinger; several of W.'s articles following his retirement from Editor's post, including one--"Love Letters Don't Begin: 'Dear Editor'"--that is a sort of post-mortem for decades of newspaper work; many letters from readers commenting on his post-retirement articles; etc.
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Approx. 20 items. Memos, letters, handwritten notes. Subjects include: The Masquers dinner-- column by Joyce Haber; National Averages for Humor Panels (comic strips); columnist Burt Prelutsky; Ivy Baker Priest and the office of State Treasurer; Picasso's "Imaginary Portraits"; L.A. Convention Center; Chuck Powers request for a raise; etc.
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Approx. 10 items: several LAT clips about syndicated columnist Art Buchwald, whose column (has) appeared in LAT for many years, including news briefs and a letter to the Editor in which B. jokingly complains that cartoonist Paul Conrad is stealing his ideas.
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Approx. 40 items. Memos, notes, and letters, both typed and handwritten. Includes: in response to a comment in a column on nutrition, a Los Angeles woman warns, "My friends and I are planning to boycott your paper until (Dr. Stare's) column is removed"; exchange of letters with Jesse Robinson, Co-Chairman, Greater Los Angeles Urban Coalition, in which Robinson complains about lack of coverage of the Los Angeles Brotherhood Crusade dinner to honor Muhammad Ali (1/15/1971); syndication of Lurie cartoons from the Ben Roth Agency; comics pages in general; a typical letter of the period alleging that the newspaper is "changing rapidly to a more liberal point of view"; letter from reader upset about the "Pentagon Papers" issue; the death penalty; letters congratulating Williams on his retirement; etc.
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Approx. 12 items. Materials include: booklet, ca. 1985, "Los Angeles Times Suggestion System"; booklet (blue), "Getting ahead with ideas," (ca. 1965); in 1957 employee Maxine Caywood wrote a letter suggesting a bridge column be added to LAT. The suggestion was rejected, and Caywood was informed in a letter form Spence Price of the Suggestion Committee; memo on cost containment, 1988, and a flyer for the "Pull Together Sweepstakes (related to cost containment); an example of the "What is your suggestion?" form (in triplicate); other memos and material on the suggestion system.
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