Manuscripts

Kissinger, Henry A

Description: Approx. 85 items. Letters, article clips, and other material related to Kissinger's column for LAT. Notable names and items include: complete issue, Times Mirror (mag.), Summer 1987, article on K., p. 3, "Wielding the Blue Pencil" ; examples of drafts of columns, etc. ; cordial notes between Day and Kissinger ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1986 - 1989
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Los Angeles - City Government

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: LAT article copy, 6/10/1931, "Fifth official city flag proposed" ; LAT editorial, 9/14/1964, "Time for a charter change?" ; LAT edit., 10/25/1966, "Reforming Los Angeles' City Charter" ; LAT edit., 11/21/1969, "Charter reform debate" ; LAT edit., 2/23/1970, "Hollywood faces...harsh facts" ; a 1973 exchange of letters betw. Samuel Leask, ex-City Administrative Officer and James Bassett of LAT ; article copy, Los Angeles (mag), 12/1980, "His dishonor, the Mayor" (on A.C. Harper, L.A. mayor 1906 - 1909) ; LAT tear sheet, articles on new City Council District (1st), 1/18/1987 ; LAT article tear sheet, list & brief bio sketch of L.A. mayors, 1850 to 1988, 9/6/1988 ; article copy, Times Mirror (mag), Summer 1989, "A tale of two cities" (L.A. and N.Y.).

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Articles

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT clip, 2/12/1987, "Times Mirror profit rises..."; two tear sheets, Los Angeles (mag), 7/1987 showing TM as #2 on Fortune's "15 richest publishing companies in the US" and 8/1987 showing TM at #1 on list of the "12 biggest stockholders in the city (L.A.)"; LAT copy, 7/23/1987, "Times Mirror operating profit up 20% in quarter"; LAT copy, 7/24/1987, Times Mirror operating income jumps,,"

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"Articles on, 1989 - 1992 "

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Several news clippings on women in media jobs--hiring, promotions, salaries. Two copies--1 tear sheet, 1 photocopied--of long Wall St. Journal article, "Illusory Monopoly," on LAT. Clips on Times executives Norman Chandler, Tom Johnson, David Laventhol, Shelby Coffey. NY Times article, "Soul Searching at Los Angeles Times," 8/10, on LAT "killing" a negative story about Mayor Tom Bradley. Long article from L.A. Business, 4/1989, on L.A. Daily News "taking on" LAT. 7 items. Several news clips on LAT circulation and Times Mirror profits. Photocopied article from Smart (mag) on LAT Editor Shelby Coffey. Multi-page photocopy of article from New Yorker, "Letter from Los Angeles," on the history of the Los Angeles Times and the Chandler family. 4 items: long article from L.A. Weekly, 8/9, "Times A-Changing--veteran reporters sent down to the sticks"; article from California (mag), 5/1991, "L.A.'s Troubled Times--when a bad month happens to a good paper"; article from Time (mag), 4/15, "Hello, Sweetheart! Get Me Remake," on David Laventhol, Shelby Coffey and a "refurbished" LAT; Time article, 2/11, mentioning LAT. 2 items: Article tear sheet from Los Angeles Magazine (date ?), highly critical of LAT; article from USA Today Money section, 3/13, "Turbulent Times in L.A.--Suddenly, costs, morale are problems."

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Employees - Casey, Albert

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: 1-pp. "Biographical Data," on Casey, 2/1974; various LAT clips from 1960s, 1970s and 1980s on the occasions of Casey's promotions at TM, and American Airlines; LAT obit of Eleanor Casey (wife), 11/30/1989; clips on Casey's tenure with First Republic Bank and the U.S. Postal Service; cover story and sidebar on Casey, Forbes, 11/15/1974; letter, 2/16/1971, from Casey to the Editor of Printing Management (mag), protesting "wrong impressions" he believed an article on his role with Times Mirror created;

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Ranches/Ranchos

Manuscripts

2 items: article copy, Sherman Library & Gardens Newsletter, Summer 1985, "The Tejon Ranch" ; article copy, The Lens, 7/1987, "50 Years (and more) of Arcadia County Park Recalled."

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Departments - Editorial - Los Angeles Times Magazine

Manuscripts

4 items: article copy, Buzz, 3/1995, "Crossing the Line," criticizes LAT ; article copy, Buzz, 4/1995, "Lindsay hop," critical specifically of LAT Magazine Editorial Director John Lindsay (Note: one of the major reasons for the existence of Buzz seemed to be to pester LAT) ; brief article copy, Los Angeles (mag), 1/1987, "16 Editors in search of a Magazine" ; article copy, Writer's Digest, (ca. 1985), "Breaking new ground" (on LAT Mag).

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