Manuscripts
Henry, Bill Files
You might also be interested in
Image not available
Los Angeles Times newspapers
Manuscripts
Includes "Best of the Times" weekly compilation editions; first attempts at color in the Food section, 1980.
mssLAT
Image not available
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.
mssLAT
Image not available
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..."
mssLAT
Image not available
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.
mssLAT
Image not available
Best of The Times
Manuscripts
8 items: memos, a letter, a report. Notable subjects and items include: memos and other material on the start-up of a product called "Best of The Times," a free, weekly newspaper containing highlights of the daily version of The Times, which, it was hoped, would stimulate subscriptions ; 2-pp. memo, 9/28/1981, subject - "Pre-print revenue growth" ; 4-pp. financial report, "...Best of The TImes Operating Statement - Total...Final 1981."
mssLAT
Image not available
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..."
mssLAT