Manuscripts

"Frontier of Change"

Description: Box containing form letter from Tom Johnson to (in this case) Otis Chandler, Chairman of the Board, TM, touting California as an exporter of change. Three booklets included in the box spotlight Pasadena's Rose Bowl, the L.A. district of Westwood and "Westwood Hills," the last being a facsimile of an issue, circa 1935, of a local Westwood newspaper.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1981
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.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

"Frontier of Change"

Manuscripts

Box containing form letter from Tom Johnson touting California as an exporter of change. Booklet included in the box is "Tournament of Roses - Pasadena, California, 1923."

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Box containing form letter from Tom Johnson to (in this case) CEO of ABC Company, R.B. Hollingsworth, touting California as an exporter of change. Several items in the box relate to aviation developments spawned in California.

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Change orders - Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

5 items: proposed change orders and change orders in memos of TM Co. and P.J. Walker Co.

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Format Change

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items. File contains a selection of "pro" and "con" letters and postcards responding to the format change instituted in February 1966 and a selection of Williams' responses to these communications. Readers' opinions ranged from "new format terrific" to "What have you done to our newspaper?"

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Correspondence - Norman Chandler

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: letters and memos on a wide range of subjects to and from the office of Norman Chandler over a long period (1936 - 1960s). Notable items: 12-pp. "(TM Co.) 1967 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders ; 2-pp. memo on "Antitrust Compliance" (1966) and related material ; form letter / invitation over NC's signature for "an event of historic significant in the 79 years of the Los Angles Times... a luncheon on Monday, April 11th [1960]... in the Bowl of the Biltmore Hotel" (at this luncheon Otis Chandler's appointment as Publisher was announced) .

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Corporate Bulletins

Manuscripts

1960 vacation announcement, 1/26/1960 ; 2-pp. Norman Chandler memo on increased benefits, 2/18/1960 ; positions approved for four vice-presidents for TM Company Corporate Staff, 7/7/1960 ; renaming The Mirror-News as The Los Angeles Mirror, 7/29/1960 ; issues raised by "public appearances and outside writing, radio and television assignments undertaken by various members of our newspaper staffs," 8/5/1960 ; 2-pp. memo on the subject of dismissals, 10/25/1960 ; memo with 5-pp. attachment on California Fair Employment Practice Act, 11/21/1960 ; related forms. Dedication of new auditorium at TM Square ; "Mirror subscribers to receive Sunday Times as part of their Mirror subscription" ; approval of the appointments of Otis Chandler and Robert M. Allen as Corporate Vice Presidents (OC assuming overall responsibility for the newspaper division) ; general pay rate increase ; new employee orientation ; employees with recurring credit problems - garnishments ; antitrust laws ; initial employment applications. Appointments and promotions ; attempts to unionize LAT ; TM stock option plan ; shareholders meeting ; employee tickets to Rams-Redskins game ; use of the Harry Chandler Auditorium ; "rotation assignments" ; computer composition program ; improved retirement benefits and profit sharing ; "Everywoman's Family Circle - Fact Sheet" ; employee travel ; payroll vouchers ; bomb threats to TM Square. Robert D. Nelson memo to "Management Personnel" announcing change of name from "Stenographic Bureau" to "Secretarial Services," 6/1/1964 ; cover memo and 2-pp. news release on TM acquisition of The Sun Company of San Bernardino.

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