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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
Approx. 10 items: ih-house correspondence related to Pegler ; flyers and booklets prepared by National Maritime Union of America, criticizing Pegler's writings ; letter copy, 5/25/1943, from Franklin Roosevelt to Joseph Curran, Pres., National Maritime Union ; Notice run in LAT, 9/7/1944, opens "Westbrook Pegler will cease writing for The Times Sept. 9 ... His departure, however, is NOT the result of any disagreement between him and this newspaper," and closes "The Times wishes Mr. Pegler well (the complete notice runs approx. 400 words of explanation). Pegler's attitudes were considered by some to be right-wing, even to the degree that he sympathized with Nazism.
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Approx. 12 items: a collection of letters and one Pegler column transcript. The bulk of the material deals directly with "the discontinuance of Westbrook Pegler's column in the Times..." but there are no letters, as such, to or from Pegler. All the correspondence deals with reaction to Pegler's shift to a new distributor. He had been with the Scripps - Howard syndicate, he joined King Features Syndicate in September 1944.
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9 items: 3 programs for LAT Bowling League banquets, 17th (1944), 26th (1953) and 27th (1954); LAT tear sheet, 5/6/1934, "Times old timers," with group photo and name list of long-time employees; "1958 Times-Mirror Softball League Circulation Statistics"; description of three 1958 TM Softball League Playoff games; one Management Bulletin, 10/30/1989.
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Correspondence, clippings, and other items related to the editorial policy of the Los Angeles Times. Correspondents and subjects include Philip Chandler; Norman Chandler; R.W. Trueblood; L.D. Hotchkiss; William Holden; Harry Carr; Grace Kingsley; Westbrook Pegler; Miles, Marvin; Gilbert espionage; Dick Hyland; L. Frank Baum; Southern Californians Inc.; Charles Owens; Sylvia Weaver; China correspondents; Irvin S. Cobb; and John Anson Ford. File of R. W. Trueblood, L. D. Hotchkiss, and William Holden.
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Approx. 45 items. Materials include: memos, form letters and other LAT tactics to persuade pressmen to reject unionization in 1962. One item, a mock-up of a newspaper is labeled "Los Angeles Times PRESSMAN," 4/9/1962, with Pg.1 headline, "Union is seeking control of Times pressroom jobs." The election was held 4/13, and an LAT story for 4/15/1962 ran the headline "Pressmen vote for union in Times election." The National Labor Relations Board sponsored the election. The LAT pressmen had rejected the union's representation in 1944, 1957 and 1959.
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1 item: LAT clip, 9/7/1944, "Reporter in clown suit plays circus matinee," LAT writer Bridges takes the role of a circus clown for one afternoon.
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