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Approx. 40 items: a selection of Harry Carr columns from the 1920s and 1930s; letters written by Carr; correspondence about Carr after his death. Carr's column went by the name "The Lancer" for a number of years. Included in this folder is a definitive profile of Carr which appeared in the "Men who made The Times" column of Among Ourselves, 3/1948.
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1 item: scrapbook of Harry Carr's "The Lancer" column from Los Angeles Times.
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L.A. County form, "Full Reconveyance," made by "Harry C. Carr and Alice E. Carr," 1930 ; two copies, "Notice to Trustee of Assignment of Deed of Trust Note" (same names as above), 1933 ; list signed by Harry Carr, "Received of The Times MIrror Company the following documents," 1935.
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4 items: (in plastic sleeve) cardboard box with label on top reading "To Will Rogers: Vaya Con Dios," by Harry Carr; (in plastic sleeve) a copy of To Will Rogers: Vaya Con Dios, with a interwoven twine binding; brief letter, addressed "Dear Myra," from Carolyn Strickler, 5/13/1987, thanking her for the donation of the Harry Carr tribute to Will Rogers; LAT Certificate of Gift, to Myra Sawyer, (for the Will Rogers Tribute book mentioned above), 5/16/1987.
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4 items. Material includes: tear sheet, a brief from ADWEEK/West, 11/16/1981, on LAT joining with CompuServe in a "test program in which highlights (from LAT) are programmed for access by home computer users" (program partner was CompuServe); 1-pp. (undated), headed "Famous columnists," lists Charles Lummis, Harry Carr, Bill Henry, Ed Ainsworth and Kyle Palmer; Front page announcement, 10/29/1961, "* noted columnists join Sunday Times feature parade"; copy of The Wine Investor, 1/18/1988, article, "L.A. Times labors mightily and produces a...Danberger?" (article is very critical of LAT and their selection of new wine columnist, Dan Berger.
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Jimmie Freiden worked in advertising for the Times. Bessie, his wife, donated the material in his collection. The Freiden collection includes journals, rate information, procedure manuals, and copies of the Times. Date range is 1926-1966.
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