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
Approx. 20 items: 11-pp. position description and evaluation (1947) ; reports, memos and other material related to the position and duties of the Editorial Library Supervisor ; in the 1979 - 1980 time frame material related to increases in salary for library positions.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 20 items. Materials include: article copy, Among Ourselves, 4/1960, "Times, Mirror news libraries are key information centers"; 1-pp., copied from a history of LAT, the writer seems to be Harrison Gray Otis, because, in referring to the aftermath of the 1910 explosion and fire at LAT, the text reads, "I have been gradually collecting books...for a reference library, and...am keeping them at 'The Bivouac' [Otis's home on Wilshire Blvd.], (rather than) the temporary editorial rooms of The Times."; 3-pp. memo, 2/23/1954, "Defendant's pre-trial memorandum - The Times-Mirror Co. vs. U.S. of America"; 46-pp. spiral-bound report, "Editorial Library - User Survey," by Cecily J. Surace, 11/1980; 19-pp. report by graduate students in library / information science (Livia Di Mare/Glenn Johnson-Grau) on the Edit. Lib., 1992, recounting the history, services, resources, and research practices, and describing departments within the library; articles on the library from AO, 1927, 1976; info on LAT database's availability on Nexis; 11-pp. booklet, 12/1982, "Guide to the (LAT) Editorial Library"; article copy, CD-ROM Professional (mag), "Searching Los Angeles Times DIALOG OnDisc: The Times Editorial Library Experience," by Dorothy Ingebretsen and Steven Tice; plus assorted brief reports on aspects of the library.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 70 items: various versions, dated between 1979 and 1993, of a newsletter put out by the Editorial Library. It was headed with several different names over the years, including Information Notes, Editorial Library Information Notes, Editorial Library - New Library Materials, Flash - from Editorial Library, and New Resources - Los Angeles Times Editorial Library. The last two included bibliographic cites for newly acquired books and other materials.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 65 items: memos, letters and reports, related to Editorial Library operations and its interface with Editorial at large. Items include: 39+ pp. report titled "A management and functional review of the Los Angeles Times Library" ; many memos and other material related to upgrading the library and its staff ; etc. Split into two folders.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 65 items: memos, letters and reports, related to Editorial Library operations and its interface with Editorial at large. Items include: 39+ pp. report titled "A management and functional review of the Los Angeles Times Library" ; many memos and other material related to upgrading the library and its staff ; etc. Split into two folders.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 10 items:Approx. memos, letters, lists, entry forms and other material related to the 1973 Editorial Awards.
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