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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. 60 items - memos, reports, speeches and articles on a wide range of subjects. Notable names and items include: Tom Johnson ; speech by Robert Erburu (cover sheet dated 12/20/1985), "Paine Webber Outlook on the Media Conference," presented 12/10/1985 in New York ; 3-pp. cover memo, 3/8/1983, attached to 25-pp. booklet, Newspaper Marketing - a time for reappraisal?" by Paul S. Hirt (Chicago Sun-Times) ; 13-pp. speech transcript, remarks by Tom Johnson to the Bakersfield Rotary, 6/17/1982 ; 5-pp. speech transcript, 3/18/1982, "remarks Tom Johnson made to a large group of security analysts today" ; Vance Stickell ; 13-pp. packet, 7/27/1977, "Tom Johnson Orientation" (there are other, shorter versions of this item).
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1 item: 13-pp. transcript of interview of Jim Murray, Los Angeles Times Sports columnist. Note: Murray later won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1990. The interviewer (unspecified) begins the transcript, writing - "These are my notes following an interview with...Sports columnist Jim Murray." Subjects include: Murray's appearance ; his childhood ; Trinity College and after graduation ; relocates to California (pp. 2) ; at Time magazine (pp. 4) ; Murray's thoughts on pro football - "I find pro football about as exciting as twin beds" (pp. 5) ; the interviewer, commenting on Murray's prose style says it is reminiscent of Ring Larder ; on Casey Stengel (pp. 9 - 10) ; more.
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Approx. 20 items - maps, reports, memos, article copies, newsletters and other material. Notable names and items include: two large, folded maps of Santiago, Chile ; 30+ pp. "Report of the Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information - Country-by-Country," General Assembly, Santiago, Chile, 11/1987 ; shorter report related to previous Santiago Gen. Assembly. - "Conclusions" ; 2-pp. speech transcript, 7/30/1987, "comments... by Dr. German E. Ornes during meeting of the Committee on the Future" ; "Report on the United States to the Freedom of Information Committee, Inter American Press Assn., San Antonio, Texas" (3/1987) ; information booklet, 11/1987, for 43rd Gen. Assembly, IAPA ; 6-pp. - "Notes from the IAPA Future Committee Meeting in Miami..." (7/30/1987) ; 16-pp. "Background Notes" from U.S. Dept. of State on Argentina and Brazil, 6/1986 ; 15-pp. (IAPA) XLIII General Assembly, Santiago, Chile, 11/1987 - "Resolutions" ; more.
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Approx. 40 items: memos and reports related to the transition from old Home magazine to new Los Angeles Times Magazine. Notable items: 2-pp. speech by Stickell, 10/3/1985, "Remarks...to the Sales Departments..." ; exchange with Moritz Market Research ; Marketing Research trend charts, 6/5/1986 ; 6-pp. article copy, Columbia Journalism Review, "Sunday magazines - do they deserve to survive?" ; 9-pp. "1987 Magazine proposal" ; approx. 12-pp. package, "November Hall's Editorial Analysis," 2/3/1987 ;25+ pp."PIB/LNA Competitive Magazine Analysis," 6/1987 ; approx. 20-pp. packet (clear plastic cover).
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2 items: 3-pp. transcript of "Welcome remarks...Jim Boswell," undated, delivered to the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles County ; 14-pp. transcript of "Speech by Narda Zacchino - delivered Saturday (9/26/1987) at Women's Coalition of Orange County, Political Women III Conference
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Approx. 15 items. Materials include: 6 Management Bulletins, 1987 - 1990, related to LAT service awards and service anniversaries; 22-pp. transcript of 1981 Service Award program remarks, 2/17/1981, by Tom Johnson (LAT Publisher), which take the form of a quick history of LAT and its previous publishers; 2 copies, (blue) program booklet for LAT Service Awards Presentation, 1981; LAT event name badge of "Carolyn Strickler - Archives - 5 Years"; copy of invitation and other items related to 1985 LAT Service Awards, held January 1986; 1989, 1990 LAT Service Awards folders, containing gift catalogs showing gifts available for various service anniversaries
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