Opening Hours
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
50+ items: selection of LAT news stories on strikes at the Herald-Examiner, the closing down of the Herald-Examiner, etc. ; tear sheet, Los Angeles (mag), 1/1968, "Where does the Herald-Examiner go from here?" ; article copy, Los Angeles (mag), ?/1977, "The Her-Ex...George Hearst's secret money-making machine? ; tear sheet, Downtown News, 11/18/1985, "Herald Examiner Building--Mr. Hearst's First Castle" ; multiple tear sheets, LAT, 11/2/1989, incl. pg. 1 story, "Herald Examiner will halt publishing today" and editorial headlined "End of the Herald-Examiner."
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Eight items comprising fourteen pages pertaining to the Herald Examiner, containing memos, letters, newsletters, and both original and photocopies of clippings.
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30+ items: collection of news stories, commentary, bulletins, and other items related to the operations and finally, the closing of the Herald - Examiner in 1989. Notable: full page tear sheet, Her-Ex, 12/2/1972, "ON STRIKE" is the banner headline ; a number of items are duplicated in other files ; LAT Employee Bulletin, 11/2/1989, from David Laventhol, which reads in part, "the Herald - Examiner is being closed....This...can only bring sadness to all Southern Californians, and to all of us at The Times in particular."
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Approx. 55 items - memos, letters, reports, clippings and other material. Includes material originating in the offices of Tom Johnson, Vance Stickell, and other LAT executives reflecting the attention The Times gave to the #2 newspaper in town, Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. Included are readership and sales competitiion, rumors of the Herald's impending demise over a long period (finally took place in 1989), 2-pp. list, 1/23/1984, of top management positions at Her-Ex, "...Readership Demographics, 1973 - 1982" for Her-Ex, "Wingo," a contest run in Her-Ex to stimulate sales in 1983 and more.
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Approx. 75 items: correspondence to or from persons or organizations starting with the letter "D." Significant individual correspondents include: Mary Ann Dolan (L.A. Herald-Examiner), John Gregory Dunne (writer), Lt. Gov. Mervyn Dymally, etc.
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In 1962, both the now Mirror-News and the Hearst-owned Herald-Examiner ceased publication. All dated 1962.
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