Manuscripts

Magazines & Supplements

Description: The Times produced various magazines and supplements, usually included with the Sunday edition. Date range is 1899-1989. See also the sub-series Newspapers from the Times History Center for a selection of copies of the Los Angeles Times magazine and West magazine.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1899-1989
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.

TV Supplement

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items. Material includes: correspondence with reps of Detroit News, Chicago Sun-Times, and other newspapers, related to costs and other issues involved in start up of a television magazine; 16-pp. spiral-bound booklet, "TV Sunday Supplement - Confidential Study"; 4-pp. financial report, "Estimated costs of proposed TV magazine (printing and paper only for 850,000"; approx. 10 proposals from Pacific Press to Times-Mirror for Weekly Supplements.

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Departments - Editorial - Television Magazine

Manuscripts

5 items. Materials include: copy of article announcing new magazine, "TV Times,", pg. 1, 2/24/1957, "Television-radio weekly magazine to begin next Sunday"; copies of covers for first issue of "TV Times," 1957 (pic of Shelley Fabares) and "TV Channels," 1960 (pic of Fred MacMurray); copy of article announcing "TV Channels," 9/18/1960, "Times' new TV magazine to make debut next Sunday"; Among Ourselves article copy, 9/1960, "Times plans new national TV magazine."

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Promotion department request - calendar idea

Manuscripts

In-house service request from Susan McRae, Director of Promotion for use of original issues of Sunday magazine for calendar to help kick off up-sized Times Sunday magazine, 1990; photocopies of Times Mirror annual reports for background material, 1899-1906; Los Angeles magazine article on the size-up of Los Angeles Times magazine, 1987.

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Sunday Magazine

Manuscripts

First appeared in late 1916 and alternatively titled Illustrated Magazine, Illustrated Weekly, and the Sunday Magazine, this weekly supplement included photography, fiction, and personal interest stories. The last issue was printed on November 24, 1940. Date range is 1899-1905, 1921-1923, 1928-1935.

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Sunday Magazine (proposed)

Manuscripts

7 items. Letters and memos. Subjects: W. memo to Otis C. reading, in part, "My opinion remains that Flourish (magazine) would be a definite addition to The Times Sunday package"; Vance Stickell's thoughts in memo to Otis C. (and W.) on Sunday or midweek magazine; thoughts of James Toland regarding proposed magazine; Otis C. memo to W. on Special Sections in general; etc.

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Los Angeles Times Magazine

Manuscripts

On October 6, 1985, the first issue of Los Angeles Times Magazine, a full-color, magazine-size publication replacing both Home and West. This was the beginning of the modern iteration of the Sunday magazine. Date range is 1981-1989.

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