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
8 sheets of legal-size paper with clippings pasted on them. Clippings all seem to be from LAT, though only one actually has logo included. Subjects include: "a new daily paper, called the Tribune"; H.H. Boyce files a libel suit against LAT; LAT "sets a trap" and the Tribune falls for the hoax; testimony from the trial, etc.
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Approx. 15 items. Several publications of IPI are in folder: 1965, 1968 Membership List(s), booklet titled "Two Years in Africa: a report on IPI's training in Africa, Constitution of IPI." Subjects of correspondence include: IPI editor asks Williams about racial problems in Times' circulation area, about number of "Negro" reporters, about mentions of race in crime stories; libel laws; Otis Chandler instructs Williams to cancel LAT membership in IPI; reporters as opposed to specialists; etc.
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Approx. 10 items: several LAT clips about syndicated columnist Art Buchwald, whose column (has) appeared in LAT for many years, including news briefs and a letter to the Editor in which B. jokingly complains that cartoonist Paul Conrad is stealing his ideas.
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Approx. 10 items. Materials include: LAT-produced information and PR brochures related to SFV Edition; marketing booklet, 12/1990, titled "Los Angeles Times Valley Edition"; clips from LAT and "Among Ourselves" on SFV Edition; news release, 4/19/1993, on "EXPANDED, REDESIGNED VALLEY EDITION...; a "Valley Edition History" by Craig St. Clair (4/20/1993), etc.
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Approx. 50 items: LAT clips and reprints plus tear sheets from Time and Wall St. Journal on press freedom. Notable items: complete issue, The Review of Southern California Journalism, 12/1972, lead story - "It can happen here - ask Bill Farr" (the LAT reporter jailed for refusing to reveal a source to a judge) ; reprint, Time, 7/8/1974, "The Press..fair of foul" ; LAT, bound reprints, 4/1976, series title, "Free trial and free press...on a collision course."
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3 items. Materials include: 3-pp. (small tan-colored sheets) random info and notes, typed 1944, on "Junior Times" and "Home Service," LAT sections that existed in 1891; memo from Tom Johnson to Exec. Comm. Group, 12/18/1979, opens "...proceed on plans to split our Daily VIEW section into two parts, VIEW and an arts-entertainment section, effective Jan. 21"; tear sheet, Among Ourselves, 2/1975, "A paper needs more than hard news: specialized sections are the answer."
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