Manuscripts

Special letters from readers

Description: Approx. 30 items: letters from readers, some sending recipes or requesting recipes, some just praising the Food Section . Among the more amusing letters (possibly one reason Hoke's staff saved them) are those asking "Marian Manners" how to get rid of bugs. One letter asks for a menu to feed 100 "important people connected with business." The writer, "Mrs. Hohm," explains that "they will arrive... drink for about two hours," then "it is very necessary that they are completely overwhelmed with my food."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1957 - 1962
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.

Civil Defense Special Section

Manuscripts

4 items. Multi-page report, with many illustrations, titled "We Can Protect Against the Blast and Fire of 100-Megaton Bombs!" Letter to Williams on Civil Defense (report and letter both by Carl E. Hendel, Univ. of California. Also, Williams reply to Hendel and a letter from U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, praising LAT civil defense special section.

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Recipe and Course Packets

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: Home Economics Department bulletins from 1940s into 1950s. These consist of recipes and other information about food preparation.

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Hoke, Fleeta Files

Manuscripts

Fleeta Hoke (1901-1995), better known as "Marian Manners," was the earliest food editor of the Times. From 1939 to 1964, Hoke edited the food articles and demonstrated recipes and cooking techniques at the Times's "College of Cookery." Includes recipe cards, correspondence, photographs, publications, and objects. Date range is 1931-1970s.

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Anniversaries

Manuscripts

3 items: letter, 11/1/1949, from Norman Chandler to "Fellow Employees" of Times-Mirror, noting that "October 11th (was) the first anniversary of the birth of The Mirror," and praising that publication ; two invitations to "Mirror 40th Reunion," which was scheduled for 10/9/1988, at Hollywood Studio Museum, one is clean, one has the handwritten note, "C.S. - Sure hope you make it. - Best, Delmar (Watson).

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Articles on, 1940 - 1949

Manuscripts

6 items: newspaper clips (generally praising LAT).

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From Readers

Manuscripts

Twenty-two letters comprising 66 pages, pertaining to reader's correspondence. Some of the topics include newsprint quotas, editorial policy regarding race (ethnicity), suburban section regarding San Bernardino, business section, crossword puzzles, Charles Owens, Daniel Shaw, Bill Hazlett, Watergate, Bill Farr, Vietnam (MIA), Comics (Grin & Bear It, Doonesbury, Love is.... and Dick Tracy, including a letter from the artist Chester Gould), Matt, Weinstock, Pasadena local news recording, "After the Revolution" column by Patte Wheat Mahan, "Billy Casper Says" sports feature, Paul Conrad, Art Buchwald, and letters to the editor.

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