Manuscripts
Government Assistance - Welfare - George McLain
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Government Assistance - Welfare
Manuscripts
Approx. 40 items: pp. 303 - 324 copied from book, A Mirror for Californians, by Oliver Carlson, 1941, a chapter titled "Revolt of the Aged"; tear sheets from Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly, pp. 303 - 318, "State welfare administration in California, 1930 - 1945"; no date seen; a 3-pp. vote analysis chart for the California General Election of 11/1938; a selection of LAT articles, charts and ephemera related to the "ham and eggs" $30 per week pension plan proposed by liberal political forces in California in the late 1930s.
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Los Angeles - City Government
Manuscripts
Approx. 12 items: LAT article copy, 6/10/1931, "Fifth official city flag proposed" ; LAT editorial, 9/14/1964, "Time for a charter change?" ; LAT edit., 10/25/1966, "Reforming Los Angeles' City Charter" ; LAT edit., 11/21/1969, "Charter reform debate" ; LAT edit., 2/23/1970, "Hollywood faces...harsh facts" ; a 1973 exchange of letters betw. Samuel Leask, ex-City Administrative Officer and James Bassett of LAT ; article copy, Los Angeles (mag), 12/1980, "His dishonor, the Mayor" (on A.C. Harper, L.A. mayor 1906 - 1909) ; LAT tear sheet, articles on new City Council District (1st), 1/18/1987 ; LAT article tear sheet, list & brief bio sketch of L.A. mayors, 1850 to 1988, 9/6/1988 ; article copy, Times Mirror (mag), Summer 1989, "A tale of two cities" (L.A. and N.Y.).
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Government Assistance - Welfare - Thesis
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1 item: a portion (pp. 11 - 82) of a thesis written at the University of Redlands by George V. Erickson (Thesis title above), date of thesis not apparent, first sheet headed "Chapter Two - Historical Development of Pension Movements, 1931 - 1941...'Townsendism'."
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Government Assistance - Medicare
Manuscripts
8 items: a collection of LAT editorials, 1961 - 1969, on the subjects of medical waste, the American Medical Assn., Medicare, etc.
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Newspapers - Daily News
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items: selection of newspaper stories, from LAT and other area newspapers, as diverse as California Publisher and Temple City Times, on the history and final closing of the Daily News (L.A.) in 1954. Notable items: original letter, 7/18/1924, from Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. to Cordelia St. Clair of Hollywood, on subject of common stock in the newspaper ; article copy, Frontier (mag), 2/1955, "The Daily News and why it died" ; article copy, Journalism Quarterly, Winter 1970, "No news today...how Los Angeles lost a daily" ; original tear sheet and one copy, Westways, 12/1974, "Daily News folds! ; LAT tear sheet, 12/26/1984, featuring article on Daily News by Patt Morrison, "After 30 years, an EXTRA!" ; LAT tear sheet, 12/11/1985, "Jack Kent Cooke buys Daily News for $176 million" ; ?/1986 tear sheet, Los Angeles (mag), "The Return of Jack Kent Cooke" ; LAT clip, 8/21/1990, "Editorial employees picket Daily News."
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Employees - Jacobs, Jody
Manuscripts
4 items: LAT tear sheet, 6/20/1974, "Eyeball to eyeball with Rex Reed," by Jacobs; clip from Los Angeles (mag), 1/1975, on Frank Sinatra feud with LAT; clip from Los Angeles (mag), 2/1975, brief in "What's Up" column providing more on Frank Sinatra feud with LAT; LAT tear sheet of Jody Jacobs last column for the paper (date not included).
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