Manuscripts

Petree, Neil

Description: 2 items: original booklet, Traffic - Los Angeles' No. 1 problem and its solution, an address by Neil Petree, Chairman, Metropolitan Traffic and Transit Committee, Chairman, Board of Directors, Downtown Business Mens' Assn., presented at The Los Angeles Chapter of American Institute of Banking, 5/17/1946 ; LAT clip, 10/26/1950, "Petree speaks for committee opposing recall."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1946, 1950
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.
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Petree, Neil

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: collection of news clip copies related to Neil Petree and his activities in the field of rapid transit planning, 1948 - 1972 ; complete issue (4-pp.) of AAA News Review, 2/1973, two pp. 1 stories marked, "AAA...buses" and "AAA supports urban transit..." ; two copies of 22-pp. "Taping with Neil Petree," 3/20/1973 ; two letters, to Bassett from Petree related to the interview and the transcripts.

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Politics - Los Angeles County

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4 items: clip, 1932 LAT article, "(Eugene) Biscailuz swamps five opponents" ; copy LAT editorial, 7/17/1934, "Beauties of the recall" ; LAT letter-to-editor clip, "A fine series of articles" ; LAT article clip, 12/3/1972, "Committee of 25--L.A.'s super government?"

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Trade Associations - Spring Street Association

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3 items: booklet, Spring Street Association - St. Patrick's Day Parade & Festival (3/1985) ; sheaf of papers bound with plastic marginal clip, "The Great White Way of Los Angeles," [1986?] ; green folder w/ pockets containing promotional materials for Spring St. Assn., 1987.

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Articles

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6 items - clips in plastic sleeves; LAT clip, 2/13/1985, "Times Mirror profits hit record $232 million in '84' "; LAT clip, 3/7/1985, "Times Mirror names Erburu chairman to succeed Otis Chandler"; LAT clip, 3/23/1985, "Gannett bids for 13.8% of Cowles," TM mentioned; LAT clip, 5/23/1985, "Times Mirror cautious on plans for media purchases"; LAT clip, 7/2/1985, "Times Mirror considering reincorporation"; 3-pp. article copy, Business Week, 11/4/1985, "Times Mirror wakes up with a throbbing hangover...paying dearly for ill-advised diversification."

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Articles

Manuscripts

6 items: LAT article copy, 4/23/1968, "Supreme Court upholds ruling on San Bernardino newspapers"; tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 6/1/1968, "Newspaper groups are growing"; article clip, Among Ourselves, 8/1968?, Norman Chandler announces he will become the chairman of the Times Mirror Executive Committee"; two tear sheets, Fortune, 9/1/1968, "Times Mirror's ambitious acquirers," long article with photos; article copy, Editor & Publisher, 10/5/1968, "Times-Mirror to sell Sun papers to Gannett for cash."

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Wirin, A.L

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Approx. 15 items: 19-pp. transcript of "...taping of an interview with A.L. Wirin, retired general counsel for the Southern California Division of the American Civil Liberties Union," 12/6/1973 ; 15-pp. transcript of "...second taping with Mr. A.L. Wirin on 12/12/(19)73" ; collection of news clip copies relating to Wirin, 1935 - 1966 ; LAT news clip, 11/16/1968, "Growing problem," by Charles Maher, in which ACLU counsel became involved in a man's constitutional right to wear a beard (etc.) ; ACLU news release, 5/1/1970, "Biography of A.L. Wirin" ; multi-page booklet (tan) "Fifty Years of the American Civil Liberties Union" (ca. 1973) ; 25-pp. document copy, "Some important cases in the 50 year history of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California."

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