Manuscripts

Ziffren, Paul

Description: Approx. 25 items: 20-pp. transcript of "Taping with Paul Ziffren," 4/26/1975 - Ziffren was a political strategist for the Democratic party for many years, in L.A. from ca. 1950 - this interview includes some discussion of LAT political editor Kyle Palmer ; collection of LAT clips mentioning Ziffren ; notes and bio material on Ziffren ; article copy, Reader's Digest, 7/1960, "Paul Ziffren...the Democrats' Man of Mystery."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1950 - 1975
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Editors - Palmer, Kyle

Manuscripts

One large green scrapbook and three companion folders. The material includes newsprint clippings of articles by Kyle Palmer. The subject matter of the clips is World War II and politics. Palmer was the "Political Editor" of LAT during that time frame.

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Employees - Scheuer, Philip

Manuscripts

4 items: 5-pp. bio packet, incl. photos, copies of clips by and about Scheuer, dated 3/2/1950; 2-pp. bio info, headed "Philip K. Scheuer - Assistant Editor, Drama Department," undated, written in first-person;LAT obit tear sheet, 2/19/1985, "Philip Scheuer, ex-Times film critic, dies"; LAT tear sheet, 2/23/1985, "Scheuer...aisle seat on history" (an appreciation by Charles Champlin).

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Employees - Nelson, Harry

Manuscripts

2 items: undated, single-sheet bio for Harry Nelson, beginning "Nelson has been medical editor of the Los Angeles Times since December 1958..."; LAT tear sheet, 9/5/1977, promotional ad for LAT headed "Signs of The Times," with text segment mentioning "Times medical writer Harry Nelson..."

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Miscellaneous - Newspaper clippings - Pulitzer Prize

Manuscripts

Approx. 80 items: 1984 news clips from newspapers, in California and nationwide, mentioning the Pulitzer Prizes won by LAT for 1983 stories. Conservation photocopies made April 2007. Originals removed.

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Employees - Drake, Waldo

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: LAT clips from 1940s and 1950s on Drake's exploits both in the Navy and as a correspondent for LAT (in plastic sleeve); multi-page packet, red paper clip, article, "The War Correspondent," being pitched to LAT in 1991 by "writer-photographer" Jack Birns; two versions of a Waldo Drake LAT bio (1962); article copy, Among Ourselves, 8/1962, "Waldo Drake, man of many parts, gets ready for leisure viewing."

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XYZ

Manuscripts

2 items: 10-pp. transcript of "Taping with former Mayor Samuel Yorty," 5/9/1977 - subjects include his feud with LAT over the years, the Watts riots, Police Chief William Parker, Yorty's role in pushing through the Music Center project, his belief that L.A. had become, in the 1970s, a "left-wing constituency", he says LAT always endorsed his political opponents ; 18-pp. transcript of "Taping with Paul Zimmerman, former sports editor (LAT)," 1/25/1974 - subjects include the fact that, ca. 1930, LAT was not a "sports-minded" paper (pp. 2), stories and memories of covering sports, which were emphasized back then, improvements needed in LAT Sports section, the "meaning of sports, athletes as role models (pp. 15 - 16).

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Ziffren, Paul

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