Manuscripts

1984 Olympics, Part I

Description: Approx. 50 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: congratulatory messages (and Thomas' replies) from Harold Willens, Fred Taylor (Editor, Wall St. Journal), Otis Chandler's letter to Sports Editor Bill Dwyre, clip of Newsweek sidebar, "Hometown paper [LAT] makes good", material related to flap when LAT appeared to nod to Taiwanese, upsetting Peiking government, letter from Peter Ueberroth to Thomas (8/3/1984) with congrats and more, ticket lists and issues, more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1984 - 1985
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.

1984 Olympics, Part III

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: material on free tickets and "face-value" tickets for Olympic events ; guest lists ; expense lists ; Thomas correspondence with Peter Ueberroth ; materials on various aspects of LAT Olympic coverage ; 20-pp. set of reprints from LAT, 1/29/1984, on subject of steroid use and abuse ; 35+ pp. of list of "Possible invitees to Olympic Art Festival Events (2/1/1984) ; more.

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1984 Olympics, Part II

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: memo and guest list related to "Santa Barbara Party" (7/21/1984) ; 3-pp. Bill Dwyre memo attached to multi-page "Olympic Schedule" (for 7/29 - 8/12/1984) ; ticket lists and related memos ; more.

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1984 Olympics, Part V

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items, including: memos, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: 37-pp. booklet (2 cps.) "Olympic Arts Festival" ; 138-pp. magazine, "Festival - an Olympic Celebration of the Arts" ; 96-pp. booklet, "Olympic Arts Festival" ; more.

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1984 Olympics, Part IV

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: Olympic planning ; Olympic housing ; coverage ; photo pool agreement ; Olympic Arts festival ;

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Sports - 1984 Olympics

Manuscripts

2 items: LAT clip, 10/4/1984, "And now, Coliseum gets the bronze...(designated) as National, State Historic Landmark" ; single sheet (attached note to C. Strickler, 11/1/1984) with illustrations and text describing a Times Mirror commemorative enamel pin that was planned, but never produced.

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Olympics - 1984 Olympics

Manuscripts

Red baseball cap with "Los Angeles Times" and Olympic logo in white. Two 1984 L.A. Olympics banners, "Stars in Motion" design. Two small commemorative pins. "Xth Olympiad - Los Angeles - 1932" auto ornament. Two copies of special Los Angeles Times Olympic newspapers. July 29, 1984 and July 30, 1984. California Olympic-themed license plate "TIMES". Production Department scrapbook in brown folio, showing front pages of Los Angeles Times Olympic sections. Gifted to Tom Johnson.

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1984 Olympics, Part I

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