Manuscripts
Employees - Day, Anthony
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Day, Anthony
Manuscripts
2 items: 101-pp. transcript of interview with "Tony" (Anthony) Day, 8/16/1979 ; 9-pp. transcript of interview with Day, undated. Subjects include: Day describes his duties as Editor of the Editorial Page ; describes the Editorial Pages planning meetings ; describes ways in which the Editorial writers interact ; letters to The Editor ; responsibilities of various staffers ; anecdotes illustrating people and operations at Editorial Pages and Los Angeles Times ; describes his youth and education ; majoring The Classics, Greek and Latin, at Harvard ; Army years, 1955 - 57 ; Philadelphia Bulletin--Washington Bureau ; visiting Los Angeles Times, joining Los Angeles Times ; what Day reads at home (p. 68-69) ; evolution of Los Angeles Times into a nonpartisan paper ; "the paper should stand for...certain fundementals--equal rights...I think that is becoming more important as the top...of society gets richer and richer" ; the pressure to fire cartoonist Paul Conrad (Watergate era) and Day urging Otis C. not to fire him. From pages marked 201 - 209: Day's answer to the suggestion that Los Angeles Times policy was shaped by TM business side ; Southern California water issues.
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Speeches
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Approx. 15 items: 7-pp. speech transcript, "...to the University of California, Berkeley," 3/14/1984, opens, "Who made Gary Hart?" ; 6-pp. speech text (and attached material), "...to the New Mexico Judicial Conclave," 6/15/1984 ; 12-pp. speech transcript, "Why Justice Black was right--an absolutist's view of the First Amendment," 6/7/1975 ; 8-pp. speech transcript, Pepperdine University--Los Angeles commencement, "remarks by Anthony Day," 4/12/1974 ; 9-pp. speech transcript, "American Jewish Committee, remarks by Anthony Day," 5/21/1975 ; 2-pp. speech text, "Remarks by Anthony Day at the dinner for Pepperdine Univ. Associates for Will and Ariel Durant," 11/8/1977 ; 9-pp. speech text, "Speech to the Caltech Y," n.d. ; 7-pp. speech text, "Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation Council," 1/299/1981 (two copies) ; 14-pp. speech transcript, "International Press Institute Symposium - Toronto, Canada," 11/23/1981 ; preview copy of John F. Kennedy's inauguration speech (1/20/1961), from Pierre Salinger of the Kennedy Press Office - someone (Day?) jotted stars on the sheets to "mark applause" at the time the speech was delivered.
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Employees - Mosher, Leroy
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6 items: article copy, L.A. Daily Times, 2/24/1904, "Lay down on sands to die -- Suicide of L.E. Mosher at Santa Monica"; same day, Editorial, "The stranded bugle"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 8/1931, "A literary heritage," about Mosher and his relationship to HGO -- Note, this article refers to Mosher as having "passed away" twenty-seven years before; 3-pp. yellow sheets, "Jim Bassett written history notes on Mosher" ; 3-pp. of "Leroy E. Mosher" bio notes, many facts about his LAT career plus quotes from co-workers, incl. HGO.
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Shuster, Alvin
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1 item: 55-pp. transcript of interview with Alvin Shuster, Chief Editorial Writer (later Foreign desk editor and other posts) at LAT - interview subjects - his duties in the Editorial Pages (pp. 1 - 3) ; his typical day (pp. 4 - 7) ; his childhood through high school in Washington, DC and employment by NY Times when he finished high school circa 1947 (pp. 11 - 16) ; to Harvard as a Nieman Fellow in 1966, same class as LAT colleague Anthony Day (pp. 19) ; foreign correspondent for NYT (pp. 24 - 28) ; joins LAT ; contrasts NYT and LAT (pp. 34 - 40) ; more memories and thoughts.
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Employees - Haven, Frank
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Approx. 10 items: article clip, Among Ourselves, 11/1963, "Frank Haven named Times managing editor"; bio sheet, 7/21/1964; bio sheet, 3/20/1974; several rough, undated bio sheets; 1-pp., official, Biography from the Los Angeles Times - Frank P. Haven (undated); tear sheet and one copy, LAT obit, 2/28/1995, "Frank P. Haven, ex-Times managing editor [dies]."
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Employees - Owens, Charles
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5 items: article copy, Among Ourselves, 12/1942, "Strictly Confidential" (thumbnail bios), incl. one on Owens; article copy, Among Ourselves, 12/1955, "Charlie Owens sees own work each day"; LAT obit copy, 3/4/1958, "Charles Owens, retired artist of Times, dies"; Among Ourselves article copy (3 or 4/1958), Artist Charles Owens ends sketching saga"; 2-pp. letter to Editor, 7/31/1989, from John Spriggs, with questions about Owens' pictorial map of the Panama Canal."
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