Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
5 items. Articles from: Interior Design, 3/1984, "The Los Angeles Times"; (periodical unknown) "Times vs. Times: Report from L.A."; Advertising Age, 11/30, "How three suburban newspapers have grown..." (headline & article incomplete); tear sheet of Time (mag), 4/30, "The Ten Best U.S. Dailies," which has segment on LAT, plus photocopy of same article. 1 item. Tear sheet of long article from Downtown News, 11/18/1985, "The Los Angeles Times: Heartbeat of the City for 104 years." 6 items. Four articles from L.A. Weekly: 10/3, "Drug Mania: an open letter to L.A. Times staffers"; 10/17, "The L.A. Times Urine Fund," on drug testing at LAT; 11/14, brief on firing of staffer Ron Harris for interview with Essence in which he discussed sexual technique; 10/3, brief on new LAT editor Shelby Coffey. Article from New Republic, 8/11, "And the L.A. Intellectual?", on lack of intellectual life in L.A. Finally, clipping of long letter to LAT with headline, "Likes and Dislikes from a Reader of The Times." 7 items. Two copies (1 tear sheet, 1 photocopy) of Los Angeles (mag) article, 9/1987, "'Gray Lady' at Crossroads" - about LAT. Article from Editor & Publisher, 8/15, "Promotion priorities questioned," on women and a "glass ceiling" at LAT. Brief from Los Angeles, 7/1987, "Half a Rim Shot for the Times?" Another "glass ceiling" brief from L.A. Weekly, 8/7. Finally, Jack Smith essay, "What's News?" from 12/13 Los Angeles Times Magazine. 6 items: Comments by LAT Publisher Tom Johnson on "The Next 25 Years," Los Angeles (mag), 1/1988; Los Angeles, 4/1988, "Real Power [in L.A.]; Avenue Magazine, 10/1988, "Stop the Presses"; Downtown News, 12/12, "N.Y. Times should stay with strengths"; brief from Los Angeles (mag), 12/1988, "Changing Times"; multiple reprints of USA Today article, 12/9, "L.A. Times wraps itself in late news."
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Approx. Long article from Reader ("Los Angeles' Free Weekly"), 8/8/1980, "Inking Big: the story of Los Angeles's Two Daily Newspapers"; two copies (tear sheet & photocopy) of article from Newsweek, 9/22/1980, "Fat Times in Los Angeles"; tear sheet of "Our 20th Anniversary Celebration" from Los Angeles (mag), 7/1980, which contains mentions of LAT; also from Los Angeles, (12/1980) "They're all coming together--toward The Times"; several shorter articles, some on 1980 presidential elections. 5 items. Two tear sheets of long article from Los Angeles (mag) of 11/1981, "The Gray Lady of Spring Street Hits 100"; article from Advertising Age, 11/23/1981; reprinted text of speech by Jack Smith at LAT Centennial Dinner, 12/4/1981, "Our City, Our Times"; etc. 4 items. One complete copy of California (mag) of 10/1982, with major article on LAT, "Paper Giant: thick, rich, and slightly oppressive..."; tear sheet of previous article ; tear sheet of Washington Journalism Review, July-Aug. 1982, "The L.A. Times Reaches for the Top"; tear sheet from Media International, 12/1982, showing chart, "The World's 20 most reliable business journals (English language)," with LAT at #19. 5 items: multi-page tear sheet from feed/back, Fall 1983, "Framed," by Betty Medsger ; single tear sheet from feed/back, Fall 1983, "The night the lights went out in L.A." ; single tear sheet from Editor & Publisher, 1/29/1983,"Improved news product seen as ad growth key" ; single tear sheet from Adweek, 1/31/1983, "L.A. Times Chief Bullish on Newspapers in '83" ; multi-page tear sheet from feed/back, Fall 1983, "To code or not to code."
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Approx. 12 items. Several news clippings on women in media jobs--hiring, promotions, salaries. Two copies--1 tear sheet, 1 photocopied--of long Wall St. Journal article, "Illusory Monopoly," on LAT. Clips on Times executives Norman Chandler, Tom Johnson, David Laventhol, Shelby Coffey. NY Times article, "Soul Searching at Los Angeles Times," 8/10, on LAT "killing" a negative story about Mayor Tom Bradley. Long article from L.A. Business, 4/1989, on L.A. Daily News "taking on" LAT. 7 items. Several news clips on LAT circulation and Times Mirror profits. Photocopied article from Smart (mag) on LAT Editor Shelby Coffey. Multi-page photocopy of article from New Yorker, "Letter from Los Angeles," on the history of the Los Angeles Times and the Chandler family. 4 items: long article from L.A. Weekly, 8/9, "Times A-Changing--veteran reporters sent down to the sticks"; article from California (mag), 5/1991, "L.A.'s Troubled Times--when a bad month happens to a good paper"; article from Time (mag), 4/15, "Hello, Sweetheart! Get Me Remake," on David Laventhol, Shelby Coffey and a "refurbished" LAT; Time article, 2/11, mentioning LAT. 2 items: Article tear sheet from Los Angeles Magazine (date ?), highly critical of LAT; article from USA Today Money section, 3/13, "Turbulent Times in L.A.--Suddenly, costs, morale are problems."
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4 items: reprint from Traders Graphic, 8/1961, "Keeping up with The Times"; one tear sheet & one copy, LAT article, 1/21/1962, "Times-Mirror Co. streamlines top management to match growth"; article tear sheet, Investor's Reader, 11/21/1962, pp. 7-10, "Publishing - Times-Mirror Circulation."
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3 items. Two copies (1 tear sheet, 2 reprints) of article from Los Angeles Magazine, title "The Changing Direction of The Times. Also, one tear sheet copy of Time (mag.) article titled "Enterprise in Los Angeles," on LAT coverage of Watts riots, the resulting Pulitzer, Otis Chandler and the philosophical evolution of LAT. Attached to the Time article is a humorous note, hand-written by Otis Chandler. 7 items. Two tear sheets of Newsweek article, "How to Build an Empire" (1/2/1967) about LAT and the Chandlers--attached is color cover photo of Otis Chandler. One tear sheet and two photocopies of Saturday Review article (9/23/1967), "New Winds in the South, New Splash in the North, in part, about LAT. 4 items. Photocopy of chapter titled "The Times: Los Angeles and New York," from The Elite Press by John C. Merrill, 1968. Photocopy of chapter titled "Expanding Empire of a Newspaper," from Los Angeles--a Profile, by W.W. Robinson. Complete issue of The Nation, 1/15/1968, containing article "Los Angeles Times: Most Likely to Succeed," by Phil Kirby, and a tear sheet of same article. 5 items. Two copies of Harper's Magazine article of 12/1969, titled "The Los Angeles Times," by John Corry. Two news clippings, one titled "Pulitzer Prize Winner Pays Tribute to Times," the other "How Soviet Journalists Rate U.S. Newspapers." Clipping from L.A. Free Press, dated only "1969," titled "Los Angeles Times as Underground," giving the leftist newspaper's reaction to "the L.A. Times editorial of June 1st." The writer concludes, "Considerable changes must have taken place in the editorial offices of the Times...(noting) the increased liberal format of the new L.A. Times."
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6 items: LAT clip, 9/1/1989, "David Laventhol named Publisher of The Times" ; article from Manhattan, inc (mag), 2/1990, a profile of Laventhol, "The quiet newspaper warrior, pp. 82 ; tear sheet from Los Angeles (mag), "The 30 Most Powerful People in Los Angeles," with Laventhol at #3 ; 15-pp. article copied from Buzz (mag), 2/1994, "Who was David Laventhol?" with introductory blurb describing Laventhol as having "the manners of a recluse and the soul of a salesman" ; 9-pp. packet with LAT, L.A. Daily News, N.Y. Times, Wall Street Journal and O.C. Register articles of 12/3/1993 on the resignation (citing illness) of Laventhol ; American Society of Newspaper Editors press release, ?/1994, "ASNE announces two new $10,000 prizes for deadline reporting," Laventhol mentioned etc.
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