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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
This collection consists of correspondence and memoranda from Jacob Baum, Business Manager of the Los Angeles Times between 1920 and 1940. The correspondence mentions such topics as The Times's land holdings, the newspaper's advertising policies, presses for the fourth Los Angeles Times building, and condemnation of the third Los Angeles Times building. Some of the correspondence was sent directly to Harry Chandler and then forwarded to Baum for handling often with Chandler's comments and recommendations. The material is arranged alphabetically by either correspondent or subject. Date range is 1927-1932.
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Approx. 12 items: bound report (blue covers), "International Business Machines - Proposal from the Tabulating Machine Division...submitted to The TImes MIrror Company," 8/24/1937 ; bound report (blue covers), "International Business Machines - "Tabulating Procedure - Times Mirror Co., for Mr. H.E. Downing ; ads, booklets and spreadsheets related to installation of tabulating equipment at TM businesses.
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Correspondence regarding the history of the Los Angeles Times, including a book proposal and requests for details. Includes correspondence from Harry Chandler. File of L. D. Hotchkiss and William Holden.
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includes Harry Chandler memoranda
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Los Angeles Times Editorial Content; Los Angeles Times Automobile content; includes Harry Chandler, R.W. Trueblood memoranda
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Approx. 55 items: letters, financial statements, handwritten notes, a blueprint and a proposal related to purchase and installation of rubber rollers for one or more presses at Times building in the 1933 - 1934 time frame. Companies mostly involved were Times-Mirror Co., Walter Scott & Co. and Niles & Nelson, Inc.
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