Manuscripts

Environment

Description: Approx. 35 items: two very early clips on the environment, 1895 and 1901; two batches of article copies in plastic sleeves, labeled 1923 - 1929 and 1930 - 1934 ; approx. 20 reprints of LAT articles and editorials on subjects relating to the environment (ecology) written between 1968 and 1974; other LAT article copies, some by Times Science Writer Irving Bengelsdorf, written between 1969 and 1971.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1895 - 1974
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Environment - Smog - Clippings

Manuscripts

Approx. 65 items: approx. 10 reprints of LAT editorials, 1969 - 1976, on topic of smog ; article copies, LAT, Westways, Southern California Quarterly, & other sources, on contribution to smog by industry, autos, buses, and on possible solutions to the serious air pollution problems of southern California. Also included is a booklet of LAT reprints from 1/8/1961, "Where we stand on Smog problem, what's been done, what's ahead."

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Employees - Chapin, Will

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: LAT article (several copies) 5/26/1937, "Friends greet Will Chapin, cartoonist, on [80th] birthday"; a selection of undated copies of his illustrations; correspondence between Douglas Dodds of Walnut Creek, CA. and LAT writer Ruth Ryon, related to Chapin's works of sculpture; unbound proofs for Cartoons by Will E. Chapin, a collection of approx. 90 Chapin illustrations (published 1899); article copy, Among Ourselves, 5/1948, "personality sketch" on Chapin for the occasional column "The Men who made The Times."

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Employees - Andreson, John

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: several versions of Andreson bio with personal and professional information; 3-pp. article, "Written by Tom Giuffrida for Among Ourselves, but not used"; various tear sheets and article copies related to Andreson's LAT career and outside activities.

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Bengelsdorf, Irving

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Approx. 12 items: letters complaining of the termination of Dr. Irving Bengelsdorf and the disappearance of his column from the pages of LAT. Also included are several variations on the standard letter to readers about this situation.

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Background, Planning and Prototypes (1 of 2)

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Approx. 30 items: research material, correspondence, reports, article copies and magazine prototypes related to the planning and launch of a new LAT supplement which ultimately became Los Angeles Times Magazine. Split into two folders.

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Background, Planning and Prototypes (1 of 2)

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