Manuscripts

Initial proposal to Otis Chandler

Description: Memos and reports leading up to and including the proposal to establish historian and/or company archivist positions and appropriate related departments (proposal approved by Otis Chandler in 1978).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1972-1978
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.

Department mandate by Otis Chandler

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Handwritten statement of purpose; copies of Otis Chandler's Times Mirror management bulletin announcing the appointment of Lois Markwith as Archivist for the Times (and thus the establishment of the Times Archives).

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Chandler, Otis

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Fifteen items comprising twenty-four pages pertaining to Otis Chandler, containing a booklet, memos, letters, a copy of the November 1978 The Executive magazine, and a copy of the Chandler Family Tree from 1836-1979.

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Chandler, Otis - Remarks

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"Presentation to Times Mirror Board of Directors by Otis Chandler. Wednesday, December 6, 1978" Copies of presentation given by Otis to Times Mirror Board regarding the Press Project.

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Chandler, Otis

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Approx. 80 pages of transcripts from tapings with Otis Chandler, 7/1975 and 8/1975. Subjects include years at Stanford, duty in U.S. Air Force, apprenticeships in Los Angeles Times departments and early years as Publisher. Copies of these transcripts with notations and additional material are in this collection, box 577, folders 3 through 8.

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Chandler, Otis - by Ann Martin

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1 items: 28-pp. transcript of interview of Otis Chandler by ABC-TV newscaster Ann Martin, 10/26/1979. Based on header material, it is unclear whether the actual interview took place in 1978 or 1979. Notable names and subjects include: race car driving (pp. 2 - 5) ; "a working newspaper publisher" (pp. 6) ; Otis kids actor Jack Nicholson about "Chinatown," a film loosely based on the water and land dealings of Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler, Otis' grandfather (pp. 8) ; Otis Chandler refers to Los Angeles Times' editorial policy as "militant centrist" (pp. 15) ; editing, layout and printing of the paper will soon be completely computerized (pp. 16) ; his big game hunting (pp. 17 - 19) ; his answer to critics of his paper and his policies (pp. 26 - 27).

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Management Training Reports - Otis Chandler (3 of 3)

Manuscripts

1954 manual which belonged to Otis Chandler, materials are tab indexed with topics such as "Press Room,"Engraving Department," etc. Appears to be reports for Management Training Program on different departments within the LA Times. Otis Booth is listed as co-author on some reports. Split into three folders.

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Initial proposal to Otis Chandler

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