Manuscripts

Henry, Bill Files

Description: William "Bill" Henry (1890-1970) was a sports writer and editor, working at the Times from 1912 until his death in 1970. He was best known for his weekly column, "By the Way," which ran from 1939 to 1971. Includes correspondence and items related to the Sports Headliners banquet. Date range is 1939-1957.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1939-1957
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Employees - Henry, Bill

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: clips, memorabilia, correspondence, etc. Highlights: Bill Henry bio (in plastic sleeve), dated 10/22/1928; 2 program booklets for Henry's memorial (he passed on in 1970); scrapbook in white folder labeled "The Opening of the Bill Henry Room (Occidental College), 1971; copy of LAT obit, 4/14/1970, "Bill Henry, Times columnist for 30 years, dies at age 79"; copy of LAT sidebar following Henry' death, "Text of Nixon note to Mrs. Bill Henry," in which Nixon praised Henry as "a man deeply dedicated to his profession..."

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Henry, Bill

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Subjects include: coverage of U.S.-Russian (Soviet) relations; Henry's accomplishments; letter to Henry from Williams on physical ailments of Times editors "Hotch" [Hotchkiss], "Kyle" [probably Palmer], and James Bassett; a 1970 letter from Patricia Henry Yeomans (Bill Henry's daughter) to Richard Nixon, nominating Bill Henry to receive a medal from him; 4 pp. titled, "Bill Henry - Humanitarian," outlining his lifetime accomplishments; a 2 pp. tribute to Norman Chandler by Henry titled "One In a Million"; etc. Also, other letters from Bill Henry dated February and March 1961. Henry letters from 1961 removed from Autograph File and returned to Williams Subject Files.

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Cookbooks

Manuscripts

4 items: The Cokesbury Dinner and Banquet Book, 1953 ; Presbyterian Guild Cook Book, 1951 ; (The) Guild's Favorite Recipe Book, 1957 (published by Los Angeles Chapter, California Guild) ; A Pot of Gold, 1956.

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Los Angeles Times newspapers

Manuscripts

Includes "Best of the Times" weekly compilation editions; first attempts at color in the Food section, 1980.

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Employees - Shirley, Bill

Manuscripts

2 item: single-sheet Biography from the Los Angeles Times, undated, "William E. Shirley...Sports Editor; 10-pp. transcript of undated interview, "L.A. Times -- Bill Shirley -- R#9 and R#10." The interview opens: "I'm responsible for the Sports Department. (In) newspaper parlance I'd be Managing Editor of the Sports Department. I'm responsible for approximately 32, 33 people..."

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Chronological File - June

Manuscripts

Approx. 180 items. Letters, memos. Subjects include: letter to Chester Gould, "Dick Tracy" cartoonist, a 2nd follow-up (at least) to correspondence from him on strip's cancellation (6/29/1970); as always, more "Conrad serves a useful purpose" letters; letters to readers on Black activist Angela Davis, reading in part, "It's not her avowed communism that bugs me...it is the racial hatred which she preaches (6/29/1970, et al); letters to readers who sided with Spiro Agnew against The Press; classic letter (6/29/1970) to abusive reader diplomatically putting him in his place; response to reader who felt Conrad and Interlandi were un-patriotic (or whatever) -- "(both) are veterans of World War II and fought overseas"; letter (6/25/1970) to reader who complained that LAT had run a series on lesbians--"Homosexuality has occurred throughout the history of civilization...ignoring it...has not lessened its prevalence"; letter (6/25/'70) to James Thorpe, Director, Huntington Library & Art Gallery; classic letter responding to criticisms of Conrad--"(he) grew up in the Midwest, attended a Midwestern university, served this country overseas during World War II, married and is the father of four children...." (6/25/1970); letter to Editor of Oroville (CA) Mercury-Register criticizing their editorial that held LAT had dropped two comic strips because of the "political philosophy" contained in them (6/25/1970); letter on Nixon's "Guam Doctrine," and on Vietnam policy generally; letter to Katherine Graham, Pres., Washington Post (6/22/1970); operations at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory in Livermore; storage of bound volumes of LAT "since its inception," includes discussion of microfilm material and costs; the 1970 budget; (6/16/'70) the objectivity of U.S. News & World Report and The Media and the Vietnam War; 3-pp. letter to reader in which NBW states-"I (now) believe the Vietnam war was a tragic mistake..." (6/12/1970); further explanations on low readership being the reason for canceling "Lil Abner" and "Dick Tracy," not politics; "The Times believes that in addition to private enterprise, there is such a thing as the public interest (6/12/1970); more "Paul Conrad is a social critic...serves a useful purpose" letters; LAT supports Nixon on some issues, not on others; many responses to readers who believed LAT was trying to undermine the Nixon administration; to a subscriber who cancelled - "(LAT) could now best be described as middle-of-the-road" (6/3/'70); several responses to readers who believed that LAT condoned student rioting; personal letter to Walter O'Malley, Chairman of Dodgers; response to reader who felt LAT was promoting Sen. Edward Kennedy and burying negative stories about him; (6/2/1970) response to reader who alleges that journalists are "almost 100% far left liberals"; etc.

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