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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
1item: 3-pp. "Los Angeles Times Technology Fair" memo (6/24/1993), addressed to "All hands." Two forms are attached to the memo - "Editorial Development Volunteer" and "Proposal for Editorial Development Project."
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Otis Chandler memo on annual rate increase, 5/20/1970 ; Chandler memo on Robert J. Donovan promotion, 7/27/1970 ; Robert Flannes memo on new security methods, 10/7/1970 ; 2-pp. memo from Flannes on "tighter plant security measures" ; Flannes memo on dress policy (strongly discouraging jeans at work).Red Cross Bloodmobile ; various credit union memos ; free tickets for Times Grand Prix ; promotions in Production ; Otis Chandler memo of 2/9/1971 (after major earthquake) reporting that the buildings in TM Square were inspected and found safe ; wage and salary issues ; Bulletin on appointment of William Thomas to be Executive Editor of LAT. 2-pp. Otis Chandler memo on Company (pay) Rate Increase, 5/16/1972 ; Robert Flannes memo about an LAT news story on a complaint filed against The Times with the Fair Employment Commission. Memos on recurring subjects such as Company Rate Increase, profit sharing info, newsprint costs, conserving electricity, the energy crisis, etc. ; stapled packet, approx. 20-pp., on affirmative action and equal employment opportunities. Many memos on recurring subjects - Company Rate Increase, reports on LAT's national ranking, parking issues, invitation to holiday reception or luncheon ; commuter computer service ; a new layout for the paper unveiled 12/1974. Memos on recurring subjects such as street sales, home delivery sales & service, LAT educational programs, service awards, holiday cards & invitations to holiday events, retirement dinner announcements, staff retirement parties, credit union announcements.
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8 items. Materials include: "Draft" Mission statement for LAT, dated 6/20/1989; 1957 memo from Norman Chandler to Department Heads on policy planning; complete Rotogravure Supplement; LAT - "Four Key Strategic Objectives" (11/1993); a 12-6-'93 NYT story about LAT - "Reporter (Michael Hiltzik) disciplined for reading his co-workers' electronic mail"; 1975 memo on LAT "Conflict of Interest" policy; 1995 memo on "Alcohol and Drug Policy"; undated 5-pp. LAT "Alcohol & Drug Policy."
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1960 vacation announcement, 1/26/1960 ; 2-pp. Norman Chandler memo on increased benefits, 2/18/1960 ; positions approved for four vice-presidents for TM Company Corporate Staff, 7/7/1960 ; renaming The Mirror-News as The Los Angeles Mirror, 7/29/1960 ; issues raised by "public appearances and outside writing, radio and television assignments undertaken by various members of our newspaper staffs," 8/5/1960 ; 2-pp. memo on the subject of dismissals, 10/25/1960 ; memo with 5-pp. attachment on California Fair Employment Practice Act, 11/21/1960 ; related forms. Dedication of new auditorium at TM Square ; "Mirror subscribers to receive Sunday Times as part of their Mirror subscription" ; approval of the appointments of Otis Chandler and Robert M. Allen as Corporate Vice Presidents (OC assuming overall responsibility for the newspaper division) ; general pay rate increase ; new employee orientation ; employees with recurring credit problems - garnishments ; antitrust laws ; initial employment applications. Appointments and promotions ; attempts to unionize LAT ; TM stock option plan ; shareholders meeting ; employee tickets to Rams-Redskins game ; use of the Harry Chandler Auditorium ; "rotation assignments" ; computer composition program ; improved retirement benefits and profit sharing ; "Everywoman's Family Circle - Fact Sheet" ; employee travel ; payroll vouchers ; bomb threats to TM Square. Robert D. Nelson memo to "Management Personnel" announcing change of name from "Stenographic Bureau" to "Secretarial Services," 6/1/1964 ; cover memo and 2-pp. news release on TM acquisition of The Sun Company of San Bernardino.
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Approx. 25 items. Material includes: memos containing data on "media records linage"; data on LAT total advertising linage, 1948-1960; photocopies of LAT stories (and other sources) on the paper's top rankings in ad linage from 1920s through 1960s; detailed memo (7-pp.) on "Rate Analysis," dated 10/14/1981'; 11-pp. report headed "Full run classified comparison - versus prior year [1982-1983, some 1970s and 1960s data incl.]; etc.
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Cover letter to "All Times employees" from Otis Chandler plus booklet on "improved group insurance plan," 2/12/1965 ; letter to "Times employees and their families" from Otis Chandler on $1 million TM contribution to the profit sharing plan, 12/28/1965. Otis Chandler memo, 1/7/1966, on new secretarial assignments within his office ; 4-pp. stapled packet on Company rate increases plus a one-page chart comparing these rate increases with "cost of living" increases, 1960 - 1966, 5/1966 ; 5-pp. Management Conference Bulletin, 9/1966. Two memos stapled, one to Management, one to all Times employees, announcing "22nd consecutive Annual Company Rate Increase," 5/12/1967 ; memo from Robert Bills' Office to Blanche Saulsberry on Desk Bulletins for Suburban Offices ; bomb threats memo from Otis Chandler, 6/26/1967, stapled to 5-pp. Plant Security Manual. Otis Chandler cover memo and attached news story of 2/17/1968 on changes in the top tier of TM involving Norman Chandler, Albert Casey, Franklin Murphy and Otis Chandler ; Otis Chandler memo, 3/7/1968, on promotions and changes at LAT ; Otis Chandler memo, 5/15/1968, on the 23rd consecutive annual rate increase for LAT-TM Press employees (with chart). LAT Management Bulletin from Otis Chandler, 9/15/1969, on "the proposed merger of the Times Herald Printing Company of Dallas and Times Mirror ; Management Bulletin, 12/8/1969, from Robert D. Nelson on the promotion of James B. Grider to the position of General Manager of Times Mirror Press as of 1/1/1970.
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