Manuscripts

Accounting Department

Description: The full range of Times Mirror's financial activities during this period are documented in this series. The series constitutes the central files of the times Mirror Accounting Department and describe the affairs of Times Mirror, the Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Press, Harry Chandler and his descendants, and the Chandis Securities Company. The material dates from the founding of the corporation in 1884 through 1966, but was compiled and maintained by the accounting department between 1925 and 1960. Material after this date was collected by the Times History Center.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1884-1966
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)

Alphabetical File

Manuscripts

Central files from the Times Mirror Accounting Department, arranged alphabetically by subject. The files, which range in date from 1884 to 1966, are most complete between circa 1925 and 1960 and detail the financial activities and real estate holdings of Times Mirror, the Los Angeles Times, Times Mirror Printing and Binding House, Chandis Securities, and the Chandler Family. Of particular importance are copies of Times Mirror's Articles of Incorporation in 1884 with amended versions to 1938. Date range is 1884 - 1967.

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Tax returns

Manuscripts

Local, State and Federal tax returns for Times Mirror, Chandis Securities, individual Chandler family members, and Times Mirror executives. The series contains tax return forms and related accounting papers. The files are arranged alphabetically by taxpayer in five boxes; the date range is 1911-1958.

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Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

Correspondence, reports, spreadsheets, tax schedules, and other items from various accounting departments. Also included are a copy of the 1935-1938 Times Mirror Company Standard Accounting Procedures and items from Ben Berger, longtime Accounting Department employee of Times Mirror. Two boxes total; the date range is 1916-1978.

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Articles

Manuscripts

4 items: original and one copy, New York Times, 2/19/1984, "A Times Mirror headache"; clip, LAT, 3/28/1984, "Times Mirror loses cross-ownership issue"; tear sheet, Dun's Business Monthly, 12/1984, "Times Mirror's media blitz."

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Departments - Accounting, Credit and Finance - Reports

Manuscripts

3 items, stapled together: 2 letters from the California Division of Labor Statistics and Law Enforcement to Times-Mirror Co. (1937); one "Volume of Employment - Manufacturing" form from (Calif.) Department of Industrial Relations, with entries made for June - December, 1937.

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Accounting Department - Miscellaneous

Manuscripts

Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains materials related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal. The business material is roughly organized by Times department; research material collected by the History Center to document the Times and materials related to the Otis/Chandler families are organized by subject. The records include accounting papers, legal documents, correspondence, directories, memoranda, reprints of articles, supplements to the newspaper, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, ephemera, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and objects. The collection includes a significant amount of audiovisual material, including photographs, film, and audio tapes. There are also several samples of printed newspapers that were collected by the Times History Center.

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