Manuscripts

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Description: Approx. ?? items: correspondence and related material with "L" individuals and organizations. Notable names: Anthony Lewis (NY Times), Los Angeles County Bar Assn., Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1986
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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L - Miscellaneous Correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items. Memos and letters. Subjects include: agreement with LIFE Picture Service; Williams' meeting with Western Developers Council; discussions with California Trial Lawyers Assn. about "no-fault insurance; Chicano Moratorium (1971); letter of reaction from Judge Charles Loring following publication of editorial titled "Court Gags Jeopardize Public Rights"; commercial interests and "news" scoops; etc.

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Employees - Coffey, Shelby

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: tear sheet, Herald-Examiner, 4/5/1988, "L.A.Times appoints Shelby Coffey to new executive editor post"; tear sheet, NY Times, 4/6/1988, "Los Angeles Times names heir apparent to the Editor's job"; Employee Bulletin, 4/5/1988, with Tom Johnson's announcement of Coffey selection; various publications' reporting on above appointment and other career moves, incl. L.A. Weekly, The American Editor, etc; multi-page tear sheet, Esquire, 12/1988, "Shelby Coffey, Oozing Charm"; approx. 25 -pp. transcript of Coffey's remarks, including Q&A, at LAT Washington Bureau, 6/10/1988;

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R

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: correspondence and related material exchanged with "R" individuals and organizations in 1986. Notable names: William Ruckelshaus (former head of Environmental Protection Agency) ; James Reston (NY Times) ; Mort Rosenblum (Exec. Editor, International Herald Tribune).

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Times Mutual Benefit Association - Organization papers

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: memos, letters, forms, reports meeting minutes and a brochure related to the Times Mutual Benefit Assn. Including: a blank Prudential Insurance Company of America policy form ; 7-pp. brochure, "Group Insurance Plan - Times Mutual Benefit Assn. (from Prudential) ; more.

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Job applicants and resumes

Manuscripts

Approx. 65 items - letters, memos, article copies, resumes and other material. Notable names and items include: selected cover letters and resumes from job seekers ; Archbishop Roger Mahony ; Robert McFarlane (Nat. Security advisor, White House) ; Dana Rohrabacher (Reagan speech writer) ; Archbishop Timothy Manning ; producer Norman Lear ; Anthony Lewis (N.Y. Times) ; Tom Plate (Edit. Page Editor, New York Newsday) ; Kim Dae Jung (Korean Institute for Human Rights) ; more. Resumes removed.

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"Contempt" Case

Manuscripts

Approx 95 items - letters, memos, teletype messages and other material related to LAT contempt case, 1938 - 1941. Notable names and items include: Harry Chandler ; correspondence with various law firms (Cosgrove & O'Neil... Bailie, Turner & Lake... Hanson, Lovett & Dale... etc.) ; correspondence with Robert R. McCormick (Publisher, Chicago Tribune) ; material from Los Angeles Bar Assn. ; 7-pp. transcript of "Radio broadcast of Mayor Fletcher Bowron, Station KEHE, " 2/7/1939 (mention of LAT situation not seen in transcript - ?) ; numerous items of correspondence with publishers and others related to journalism expressing support for The Times in the contempt case.

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