Manuscripts

Diehl, Digby

Description: 3 items: letter, 8/1/1973, from Jane Kolb, Account Executive, Harshe-Rotman & Druck, to Vance Stickell of LAT, with a copy of DIgby Dieh'sl library list for the cruise ship, Island Princess ; letter, 8/3/1973, from Vance Stickell to Jane Kolb, thanking her for sending the list ; 8-pp. list of "200 books for the Island Princess Library - selected by Digby Diehl."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1973
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.
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Diehl, Digby

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A congratulatory letter from Otis Chandler to Digby Diehl, Book Editor, regarding his ABA's Irita Van Doren Award.

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Approx. 20 items - letters, surveys, reports, handwritten notes and other material related to the work of the Plans Committee of the NAB. Notable names and items include: 9-pp. "Plans Committee Survey - A Summary" ; 4-pp. "Supplementary Plans Committee Survey (Non-members of Plans Committee)" dated 1973 ; various versions of the surveys ; Vance Stickell ; 8-pp. "Plan of Action," 5/31/1973 ; correspondence between Stickell and marketing & advertising executives at other publications ; more.

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Employees - Stickell, Vance

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20 items: selection of clippings on Stickell; copies of LAT obit, 10/20/1987, "Vance L. Stickell, executive VP of Marketing for The Times, dies"; two copies of program for "Retailer of the Year" awards for 1985 at Cal. State Los Angeles; 17-pp. transcript of interview, "L.A. Times -- Vance Stickell -- R#6"; booklet, "Advertising Hall of Fame, Luncheon Honoring...Vance Stickell (et al), March 29, 1988, Waldolf-Astoria Hotel, New York City."

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Suggestions to LA Times

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8 items: these items are all memos either to or from Vance Stickell on the subject of suggestions to LAT.

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Herald-Examiner operations

Manuscripts

Approx. 55 items - memos, letters, reports, clippings and other material. Includes material originating in the offices of Tom Johnson, Vance Stickell, and other LAT executives reflecting the attention The Times gave to the #2 newspaper in town, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Included are readership and sales competitiion, rumors of the Herald's impending demise over a long period (finally took place in 1989), 2-pp. list, 1/23/1984, of top management positions at Her-Ex, "...Readership Demographics, 1973 - 1982" for Her-Ex, "Wingo," a contest run in Her-Ex to stimulate sales in 1983 and more.

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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations - Golf Tournament

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2 items: 8-pp. program, "19th Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament," $13,333.33 All War Bond Purse, Jan. 5-8, 1945, Riviera Country Club, Prize money guarantor - LAT; handwritten note from "Vance Stickell" notepad, related to "the size of the purse..."

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