Manuscripts

This Week

Description: Approx. 30 items. Letters and memos tracing the decision to drop This Week magazine, a Sunday supplement published in NY City, in favor of "us(ing) all our resources for an intensified improvement of those parts of the Sunday Times which we create ourselves, and which are basically designed for Southern Californians"; etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1963 - 1964
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people: Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.); Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.); Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.); Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.); Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-); Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations: Los Angeles Times (Firm).; Los Angeles Times History Center.; Times Mirror Company.
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