Manuscripts

Hotchkiss, L.D

Description: 2 items: program, 12/10/1958, for a tribute (dinner?) for L.D. Hotchkiss, retiring LAT Editor-in-Chief, held at the Embassy Room of the Ambassador Hotel with Bob Hope as Master of Ceremonies ; complete issue of The 8 Ball, a publication of the Los Angeles Press Club, 12/1958, cover story and much of the issue devoted to Hotchkiss.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1958
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Employees - Hotchkiss, L.D

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: two 20 page copies of bio notes (ca. 1965), headed "L.D. (Loyal Durand) Hotchkiss..."; draft of retirement story, 1957; several newspaper clips from time of his retirement (in plastic sleeve); two copies article, ASNE Bulletin, 2/1957, "All he needs to be a tiger is a set of stripes," profile of Hotchkiss; LAT article copy, 12/11/1958, "1000 pay tribute to L.D. Hotchkiss, retiring Editor in Chief of Times"; two copies of illustration, "Mr. Hotchkiss goes to Washington"; original tear sheet and copy, LAT obit, 4/17/1964, "L.D. Hotchkiss, retired editor of Times, dies."

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Hotchkiss, L.D. - financial file

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: collection of property records for L.D. Hotchkiss and Vera Hotchkiss (La Canada residence) from Title Guarantee & Trust and War Damage Corp.

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Employees - Hotchkiss, L.D. - Editorials - Politics

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: Hotchkiss articles on the subjects listed above, between the years 1952 and 1960. In addition, there is one article copy from ASNE Bulletin, 1/1952, "Are we being shouted into a war?' features several Editors-in-Chief responding to the title question, one is Hotchkiss.

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Employees - Hotchkiss, L.D. - Editorials - Newspapers

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: 1 copy, 20-pp. bio material & co-worker interview transcripts; approx. 20-pp. of text, beginning, "I would like to discuss with you ...some of the current criticism directed at the daily press in this country"; 5-pp. text by Hotchkiss on the occasion of LAT 75th Anniversary; 4-pp. copied from ASNE Bulletin, 6/1/1957, "The 'full text' is still with us," featuring a quote from Hotchkiss; other ASNE Bulletins from 1950s, in which Hotchkiss is mentioned; tear sheet of 1951 article at the time of William Randolph Hearst's death; a selection of opinion pieces (1940s-1950s) by Hotchkiss; a profile (1948) of LAT staffer Tim Turner, "an 18th century liberal."

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Employees - Hotchkiss, L.D. - Editorials

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT clips, editorial page pieces by Hotchkiss, from the years, and on the subjects given in "Folder Title."

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Employees - Hotchkiss, L.D. - Editorials - Communism

Manuscripts

4 items: four LAT editorial page clips by Hotchkiss, on the subject of communism and the "Cold War."

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