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
4 items: LAT article copy, 2/14/1938 [Valentine's Day], "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood" (1st-ever column for LAT); another 1938 column; LAT article copy, "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood," 12/28/1941; LAT obit, 2/2/1966, "Hedda Hopper dies at 75, ending movie era.
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8 items, some duplicates. Material includes: 1944 LAT article (2 copies) "Employee of 63 years ago tells of early Times' days; Among Ourselves article (1/1929), 2 copies, "We are mellowing"; other Among Ourselves articles from 1928 and 1931; original and 1 copy of; etc. 11/30/1937 column, "What Goes On?" by Chapin Hall; etc.
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13 item: Selection of material by and about Jordan-Smith; news article copy, 8/14/1927, "Pavel Jerdanowitch is Paul Jordan Smith"; other material on "art hoax" (a prank) of 1927 in which Jordan-Smith was a key player; rough draft of obit, 7/23/1970; LAT obit copy, "Ex-Times book editor Paul Jordan-Smith dies"; etc.
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2 items: LAT article copy, Pg. 1, 10/20/1931, "Bodies of two murdered women hid in luggage" ; LAT editorial, 10/28/1931, "The Judd Case."
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Approx. 12 items: two samples of Alma Whitaker's "Sugar and Spice" column, from 1931 and 1936; a 1941 sample of W's writing; LAT, 12/4/1941, "Feminine reporter takes baby along," memories of W's early days at LAT (original & copy in plastic sleeve); Among Ourselves, 2 copies, 6/1949, "Women who made The Times," about Whitaker; (orig. & copy in plastic sleeve) LAT obit, "Alma Whitaker, retired Times columnist, dies"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 1/1957, "Alma Whitaker lived by wit, good humor"; article tear sheet, date / publication unknown, "Veteran Newshens made history" (on Whitaker and other women journalists in L.A. during early decades of 20th century).
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9 items. Materials include: AP story, 4/20/1939, "Daro's payoff to sports scribes bared"; copy of article, 8/1980, Los Angeles (mag), "Read all about 'em, sports fans -- inside the Times' highly touted sports section..."; Among Ourselves, 8/1974, "It no longer is just fun-and-games"; LAT clip, 2/12/1961, "Members of the All-Star team"; pg. 1 of the first ever separate LAT Sports section, 7/9/1956, two related copied sheets; LAT Sports-related briefs and memos.
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