Manuscripts

Employees - Taylor, Jean Sharley

Description: Approx. 12 items: two informal notes betw. Taylor and "Jim" (Bassett?); clip, N.Y. Daily News, 12/15/1974, "Changing of the guard," a piece critical of LAT and Taylor--Rex Reed's?; 2-pp. copy of "Private" letter from "Chuck" (Champlin?) to "Rex" (Reed?) setting him straight about Jean Taylor--"far from the militant and ambitious liberationist you make her out to be"; Management Bulletin, 12/19/1974, reads in part, "Taylor has been named an associate editor of The Times"; various media clips on Taylor from late 1970s; 20-pp. transcript of interview, "L.A. Times -- Jean Sharley Taylor -- R#7", undated; LAT Biography, 9/1988," Taylor joined LAT in 1971; LAT clip, 5/2/1989, "Jean Taylor retires as Times associate editor"; invitation, 1989, "Please join us at a reception marking the retirement of ...Jean Sharley Taylor"; etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1974 - 1989
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Taylor, Jean Sharley Files

Manuscripts

Jean Sharley Taylor (1924 - ) began work at the Times in 1971 as the women's editor. She edited the View section, and oversaw Calendar, the Book Review, and the Los Angeles Times Magazine. She was associate editor for feature sections from 1975-1989. Includes correspondence, photographs, and clippings. Date range is 1970-1989.

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Taylor, Jean Sharley

Manuscripts

Approx. 50 items: memos and letters of Jean Sharley Taylor and other materials related to her work at LAT. Includes: memos, letters and clips on staffing and staff changes, security (including crank caller scare) and honors for Taylor.

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Taylor, Jean Sharley

Manuscripts

1 item: 16-pp. (numbered pp. 127 - 142) transcript of interview of Jean S. Taylor by Marshall Berges. Taylor was an editor with several of LAT's "soft" news sections over the years, and an organizer of a Woman's Caucus at the newspaper. Notable names and subjects include: LAT Book Review section ; financial status of Book Review section ; more memories.

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Taylor, Jean Sharley

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A two-tape interview by Marshall Berges comprising of 126 transcribed pages detailing the life of Jean Sharley Taylor, before and during her employment at the Los Angeles Times.

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Employees - Trumbo, Taylor

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT article copy, 3/31/1959, "Taylor Trumbo new managing Editor of Times"; 8-pp. letter from Trueblood to Robert Gottlieb (who was writing Thinking Big, the Story of the Los Angeles Times...) containing memories of his years with LAT; article copy, (Honolulu) Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, 6/20/1982, "Road to Siberia led to Paradise, warm memories" on Trueblood's life experiences; LAT obit clip, "Georgia Fifield, ex-radio actress" (T's wife); LAT obit copy, "Z.T. Trumbo, ex-managing Editor of The Times, dies at 85."

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Employees - Murphy, Mark

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3 items: LAT clip, undated - ca. 1970, "Mark Murphy appointed Times Metropolitan Editor"; single-sheet, "Biography from the Los Angeles Times," for Mark Murphy, 7/1977 (started at LAT in 1964); 24-pp. transcript of interview, headed "L.A. Times -- Mark Murphy -- Tape R#12 and R#13."

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Employees - Taylor, Jean Sharley

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