Manuscripts

Chase, Charles

Description: 1 item: 52-pp. transcript of interview with Charles Chase, 9/3/1980. Subjects include: unionization issue ; retention of employees in the face of automation trend ; explanation of "hot type" vs. photocomposition ; the Composing Room ; Orange County Plant ; unionization issue revisited ; memories of Norman Chandler and Otis Chandler ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1980
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Newspaper Personnel Relations Convention

Manuscripts

Speech given by Otis Chandler at the Newspaper Personnel Relations Conference in Los Angeles on June 28, 1962. Also in this folder is a clipping from the Los Angeles Times, Part 1, Friday, June 29, 1962 entitled "Automation Necessary, Otis Chandler Asserts," which is a short paragraph about the speech and the conference.

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Publications - Market Data Reports

Manuscripts

"Home Computer Systems Consumer Trend Analysis" ; "Los Angeles: A Leading Consumer Market" ; "Major Amusement Centers or Attractions Consumer Trend Analysis" ; "Beer/Wine/Champagne/Distilled Spirits Consumer Trend Analysis" ; "Shopping Traffic at Major Discount Stores Consumer Trend Analysis" ; "Semiannual Reports - Consumer Trend Analysis"

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Publications - Market Data Reports

Manuscripts

"Drugstore Patronage Consumer Trend Analysis" ; "Refrigerated/Frozen Yogurt Consumer Trend Analysis" ; "Shopper Traffic at Specified Specialty Department Stores Consumer Trend Analysis"

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Chandler, Otis - Tapes # 13 - 14

Manuscripts

1 item. 60-pp. transcript of Marshall Berges' taped interview with Otis Chandler, 12/6/1979. Subjects include: avoiding the draft in 1945 ; starting at Los Angeles Times after World War II ; working in the composing room ; Olympic trials for shot put and discus ; U.S. Air Force ; Los Angeles Times apprenticeships - pressroom, composing room, carpenter shop, etc. ; Otis' family budget was limited by his low wages 1953 - 1958 ; working as a reporter for Los Angeles Times and The Mirror ; closing down of The Mirror (1962) ; working with Nick Williams ; (on working with his uncle, Philip Chandler) "a nice person...(but) he wasn't very bright" ; Norman Chandler's decision to tap Otis as publisher over Philip Chandler.

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Civil War records - July

Manuscripts

34 items: Monthly Return form, receipts of issue, invoice form, explanation of reasons for lost articles, envelopes with notes, and other forms.

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Civil War records - June

Manuscripts

12 items: Monthly Return form, receipts of issue, invoice form, explanation of reasons for lost articles, envelopes with notes, and other forms.

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Chase, Charles

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