Manuscripts

La Follete, Robert M

Description: 3 items. LAT clippings illustrating the heavy-handed "spin" in stories about politicians who disagreed with the heads of LAT: editorial, 9/18/1924, "Shall we commit national suicide?" (by supporting La Follette) ; news story, 10/19/1924, "La Follette...who he is, what he has done," includes references to La Follette as "traitor," "radical" and "foe of the constitution" ; in his obit, 6/19/1925, LAT's most generous comment was that La Follette "will probably be remembered as a sincere advocate of many false policies."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1924 - 1925
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
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Douglas, Helen Gahagan

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. LAT news stories - headlines and dates include: "Actress defends migrants before Congressional hearing," 9/25/1940 ; Mrs. Douglas' view on Reds challenged," 8/30/1950 ; "Nixon gave her pink tint, Mrs. Douglas says," 9/21/1956 ; "Old Nixon foe (Douglas) still works against him," 10/19/1970. Also in the file is the original of a 10/25/1950 letter from Henry Rich of David S. Hillman Advertising, who had Douglas as a client, to the Advertising Dept. of LAT, indicating his appreciation for the "wonderful cooperation...in placing advertising, in spite of the fact that, editorially, LAT opposed her election.

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Younger, Evelle

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Approx. 10 items. Letters from Evelle Younger to Williams, Otis Chandler and William Thomas. Younger states that he believes the LAT endorsement of him was a major factor in his election. Younger's earliest letter in this file (1964) thanks LAT for its "generous editorial support...during the primary campaign," (when he was first elected) and one of the last (1971) to William Thomas of LAT is addressed to "Bill," and closes with "Warm personal regards, Ev."

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Storke, Thomas M

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1 item: LAT editorial copy, 11/7/1961, "Honor to a true Conservative," reading in part, "The honored conservative is Thomas M. Storke, 84, editor-publisher of the Santa Barbara News-Press. He (has) received the 1961 Lauterbach Award of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University for his vigorous insistence that 'public issues be discussed with decency and sanity'." LAT described how he stood up against influential Santa Barbara residents who supported the John Birch Society.

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La Opinion

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6 items: memos and letters related to joint ventures between LAT and La Opinion.

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Employees - Kirsch, Robert

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2 items: LAT obit, 8/17/1980, and "in memoriam" article, 8/19/1980, on Robert Kirsch.

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Departments - Editorial - Columns - Features

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. Materials include: copy of LAT article (7/20/1941), "'Front door ballot box' starts in Times next Sunday," asking for public opinion on issues, plus 6 sheets of "Forum" questions with the dates they ran in LAT; copies of 5 "Dear Abby" columns, or LAT articles mentioning "Dear Abby" (1962); LAT article copy, 1/17/1926, "Politeness reporter is arrested four times...", LAT staffer say that, generally, LA traffic officers are more polite than those in Chicago and elsewhere; tear sheet, LAT 9/7/1989, "Genetic maps leading us into unknown..."; copy of LAT crossword puzzle, 11/27/1924.

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La Follete, Robert M

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