Manuscripts

Employees - Treanor, Tom

Description: Approx. 40 items: collection of Treanor articles from LAT in early years of World War II (1941 - 1942) when he wrote a column, "The Home Front"; collection of articles by Treanor from the European Theatre of war (1943 - 1944); material related to Treanor's death near the battle front, 8/1944; 10-pp. essay, "Assignment's End," by Charles C. Shaw (CBS Correspondent & colleague of Treanor); original of Spring 1981 Media History Digest, article titled "Death in the Afternoon," also by Shaw, is about Treanor's death; etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1941 - 1981
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.

Los Angeles Times Employees -- Treanor, Tom

Manuscripts

Correspondence to/from Tom Treanor, reporter who spent time in Burma and other locations in the Pacific during World War II. Also, article text. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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Employees - Bridges, Tom

Manuscripts

1 item: LAT clip, 9/7/1944, "Reporter in clown suit plays circus matinee," LAT writer Bridges takes the role of a circus clown for one afternoon.

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4 items: LAT clip, 7/23/1944, "Gene Sherman to cover Pacific for The Times"; Copy of LAT editorial, 7/19/1959, "A start on narcotic control"; 10-pp. reprint package, "Mexican monkey on our back," a series of 8 articles by Gene Sherman on narcotics traffic; single-sheet bio, "Biography -- Gene Sherman (ca. 1963).

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History - Employee reminiscences

Manuscripts

8 items, some duplicates. Material includes: 1944 LAT article (2 copies) "Employee of 63 years ago tells of early Times' days; Among Ourselves article (1/1929), 2 copies, "We are mellowing"; other Among Ourselves articles from 1928 and 1931; original and 1 copy of; etc. 11/30/1937 column, "What Goes On?" by Chapin Hall; etc.

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Employees - Seidenbaum, Art

Manuscripts

8 items: copy of 1964 LAT ad featuring photo of Seidenbaum, and caption "he offers you an aisle seat on the performance of tomorrow"; copy of NYT (?) review of Seidenbaum's book, "This is California - please keep out" (1975); article copy, Santa Barbara News Press, 5/3/1975, "Seidenbaum personifies 'California Runaways' "; single-sheet Biography from the Los Angeles Times, "Art Seidenbaum," 10/1976; ; LAT Biography, 2/ 1985 (plus another Biography version; LAT obit clip, 7/26/1990, "Art Seidenbaum - Times Columnist, writer and editor"; LAT clip, 7/26/1990, "An appreciation - Enduring memories of longtime colleague Art Seidenbaum" by Charles Champlin.

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Employees - Shaw, David

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: large selection of articles by and about David Shaw, a writer who, in the words of LAT co-worker Doug Shuit, "loves the spotlight and fights hard not to let it elude him," some of Shaw's internal LAT memos and correspondence with people at other newspapers, attorneys, and his own editors; in a 1975 response to a critical letter by a Mr. Parsons, Shaw offers that, as a media critic, "I will be criticized no matter what I do," and adds, "I have long since become inured to criticism"; 18-pp. text of Shaw's speech to the Los Angeles Times Management Conference (1/6/1988); etc.

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Employees - Treanor, Tom

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