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Otis, Harrison Gray - Los Angeles Times Memos
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Otis, Harrison Gray - Notes on Los Angeles Times Composition
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"Clippings of headlines and other composition aspects of the Los Angeles Times, annotated by Otis. **Encapsulated with tape."
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Otis, Harrison Gray - Notes on Katharine Tingley Libel Trial
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"Notes in Otis's hand made in preparation for the trial Tingley v. Otis and the Los Angeles Times, claiming the LA Times published libelous articles. **Encapsulated with tape."
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Otis, Harrison Gray
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General Harrison Gray Otis (1837-1917) was born in Ohio and moved west after fighting with the Union Army in the Civial War. In 1876, Otis moved his family to Santa Barbara, California, where he purchased the Santa Barbara Press. From 1889-1891, Otis was the special treasury agent for the Northern Seal Islands off Alaska. He became editor of the Los Angeles Daily Times in 1882 and purchased the paper in 1886. In 1898, Otis volunteered to serve in the Phillippine-American War, which is when he was appointed brigadier general. Otis remained publisher until his death. Date range is 1859-1979.
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Otis, Harrison Gray - Daily Times and Weekly Mirror mortgage
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Mortgage for assets and building of the Los Angeles Daily Times and Weekly Mirror newspapers. Also, modern transcript of the document.
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Publishers - Otis, Harrison Gray
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Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains materials related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal. The business material is roughly organized by Times department; research material collected by the History Center to document the Times and materials related to the Otis/Chandler families are organized by subject. The records include accounting papers, legal documents, correspondence, directories, memoranda, reprints of articles, supplements to the newspaper, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, ephemera, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and objects. The collection includes a significant amount of audiovisual material, including photographs, film, and audio tapes. There are also several samples of printed newspapers that were collected by the Times History Center.
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Publishers - Otis, Harrison Gray
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Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains materials related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal. The business material is roughly organized by Times department; research material collected by the History Center to document the Times and materials related to the Otis/Chandler families are organized by subject. The records include accounting papers, legal documents, correspondence, directories, memoranda, reprints of articles, supplements to the newspaper, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, ephemera, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and objects. The collection includes a significant amount of audiovisual material, including photographs, film, and audio tapes. There are also several samples of printed newspapers that were collected by the Times History Center.
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