Manuscripts

Cresmer, Woodward, O'Mara & Ormsbee

Description: 80+ items: correspondence in the 1956 - 1970 time frame between advertising execs (mainly Vance Stickell) of LAT and the advertising firm of Cresmer, Woodward, O'Mara & Ormsbee in New York City. This correspondence relates to agreements between LAT and CWOO, and much of the material involves that firm's president, John W. Eggers.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1956 - 1970
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Cresmer, Woodward, O'Mara & Ormsbee, Inc

Manuscripts

Correspondence with and about Cresmer, Woodward, Mara & Ormsbee, Inc., a national newspaper representative

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Classified Advertising

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Approx. 50 items: letters reponding to complaints about various aspects of LAT advertising, from content to cost. Most of the response letters were signed by Don Dlark and Paul Mahoney, assistant classifeid advertising directors, and by Vance Stickell, VP of (Advertising) Sales.

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Employees - Stickell, Vance

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20 items: selection of clippings on Stickell; copies of LAT obit, 10/20/1987, "Vance L. Stickell, executive VP of Marketing for The Times, dies"; two copies of program for "Retailer of the Year" awards for 1985 at Cal. State Los Angeles; 17-pp. transcript of interview, "L.A. Times -- Vance Stickell -- R#6"; booklet, "Advertising Hall of Fame, Luncheon Honoring...Vance Stickell (et al), March 29, 1988, Waldolf-Astoria Hotel, New York City."

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: correspondence between Stickell and other newspaper advertising and marketing executives around the US.

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Bureau of Advertising - November Group, Inc

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Approx. 12 items: letters and memos exchanged between Vance Stickell and representatives of the Bureau of Advertising and November Group, Inc.

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Newspaper Preprint Corp

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items - letters, memos, reports and other material related to preprints for LAT. Notable names and items include: Vance Stickell ; exchange of letters with John L. Kaufman (Pres., Newspaper Advertising Bureau) ; exchange of letters with William Fitzhugh, Jr. (Pres., Newspaper Preprint Corp.) ; Minutes of Executive Committee meeting, Newspaper Preprint Corp. ; 54-pp. (gray cover) "Newspaper Advertising Study of Retailer Preprinted Sections," 4/1970 (Bureau of Advertising - American Newspaper Publishers Assn.) ; more.

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