Manuscripts

History - Comments About

Description: 2 items. One photocopied letter to the editor (humorous), headlined "What The Times will be like by the year 2001," (dated only "Spring 1984). Transcript of Alistair Cooke's "Letter from America" program on the BBC (12/12/1986) which have several sentences of praise for LAT. Attached on top of Cooke's comments is a memo from Tom Johnson to LAT's Executive Incentive Group (2/6/1987) with the notation, "High praise from Alistair Cooke."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1984, 1986-1987
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 - Critics

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: selected Jack Smith columns (1970s), and other LAT materials on the lifestyles of Los Angeles ; a 1974 New Yorker review of "Earthquake," a film in which L.A. is destroyed ; 2-pp.(yellow sheets) about L.A. transcribed from Alistair Cooke's book, America, 1973 ; 2 copies of article from Smart Set (mag), 3/1913, "Los Angeles -- the chemically pure, by Willard Huntington Wright (S.S. Van Dine) ; related material.

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Visitors - VIP Letters

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: letters from various visitors to LAT - most in journalism or politics. Included are letters from: Rupert Pennant-Rea (Editor, The Economist) ; Alistair Cooke (BBC) ; George P. Shultz (Sec. of State) ; Peter V. Ueberroth (Commissioner of Baseball) ; Elizabeth H. Dole (Sec. of Transportation) ; Alexander Haig (ex-Sec. of State).

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Long-term Incentive Plan

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: reports, charts and other material related to the Times MIrror Long-term Incentive Plan, 1994.

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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations - Tours Of Los Angeles Times

Manuscripts

7 items: 2 sheet, article, "The Old Guard...the latest new printing press is viewed by throngs of invited guests," copied from Sunday Times, 7/14/1895; 2 sheets, article copied from LAT, 12/5/1912, "New Times building is happily dedicated"; 2-pp. article + photos copied from Among Ourselves, 4/1950; 2 copies of (LAT) "Lobby Exhibit & Tours," (ca. 1993); (in plastic sleeve) tear sheet, Downtown News, 5/25/1987, "The Downtown Lunchbox - the Belly of the Beast," by Riva Rothschild, a humorous spin on a tour of the LAT building.

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Employees - Isinger, Bill

Manuscripts

2 items: two memos, both 2/1995, from Dick Schlosberg to Combined Incentive Groups, on Bill Isinger's heart attack, a subsequent operation, and his recovery.

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Los Angeles Times Communication Package

Manuscripts

Los Angeles Times Communications Package for the Combined Incentive Meeting, October 12, 1992, Jesse Foster and Lucy Yee's names are written in pencil on front page.

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