OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Manuscripts

Haven, Frank

Description

Approx. 45 items. Memos, letters and newspaper clippings. Subjects include: the "lost" Father Coffield story; new format for Metro; several new comics; L.A. visits by foreign and domestic correspondents; travel schedule for Williams and James Bassett related to their May-June 1965 trip to Mexico and South America; need to boost staff numbers (April 28, 1965); Sacramento task force; series on outside interests of State legislators; serialization of books by former president Eisenhower and Theodore White; end of Gene Sherman's foreign assignment; series on "the younger set"; series on major resort areas of the West; Jerry Hulse -- is it "necessary for him to travel constantly"[?] ;

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1965
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.
Find out more
View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    Haven, Frank

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 35 items. Memos, letters, newspaper clippings. Subjects include: relationship with KTTV; visit of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol; staffing of the picture desk; "manpower" shortage of City Desk; new 3-desk news system; L.A. Beautiful; promotion of Grand Prix races; broad objectives for 1965; 1965 retirements; etc.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Haven, Frank

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 15 items: collection of news clip copies, news releases, a "top ten news stories" list for 1960, many of them relating to Frank Haven ; 8-pp. speech transcript, "New roles and hazards for today's newspaper," "1969" is written in at top margin of pp. 1 - presumably Haven delivered this speech somewhere that year ; single sheet, "Frank P. Haven - biography," 3/20/1974 ; 15-pp. transcript, "This is a taping with Frank Haven, Managing Editor of The Times, on 11/3/(19)74" - subjects include: Haven describes his first weeks on the job by saying "the paper was not all I had dreamed it would be," which is rare negativity in these interviews ; Haven's memories of Pearl Harbor attack & coverage ; more memories. 19-pp. transcript, "This is a second taping with Frank Haven...(1/23/1975). Subjects include: by mid-1960s Los Angeles Times had made great strides in foreign coverage but needed to beef up local "beats" ; memories of Watts riot coverage (pp. 5) ; improving an often "dull and insular" paper of the 1950s (pp. 9) ; NOTE - this transcript has a great amount of cross-outs and editing marks all over it ; 18-pp. speech text, opening with "Thank you, Mrs. Johnstone," n.d., no other info.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Haven, Frank

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 30 items. Memos and letters. Subjects include: balance in the Opinion section; news stories mentioning members of the Chandler family or details of Times-Mirror's corporate operations; press run changes, timing of various editions; changes to Fashion and Family sections; allegations of Lyndon Johnson "swinging" work to Texas firms; reduced travel budgets; stories on thalidomide the death of Marilyn Monroe; continuation of Ayn Rand column; automated Western Union copy; upgrading the three news desks and the copy desk; out-of-state election coverage; brief profiles of "men in the news"; etc.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Employees - Hulse, Jerry

    Manuscripts

    4 items: copy LAT article, 6/28/1987, "French President honors Times Travel Editor Hulse"; clip LAT ad, 7/14/1987, "The Latest Legionnaire," citing Hulse' winning of the Legion of Honor award (and pointing out "there's only one place to find him - Los Angeles Times)"; clip of LAT article, "Hulse receives legion of honor"; LAT obit tear sheet, 1/26/2002, "Jerry Hulse, 77 - Times Travel Editor."

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Haven, Frank

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 40 items. Memos , letters, one news paper clipping. Subjects include: libel; reportage from Vietnam; Eric Sevareid essay on daily newspapers as "a needle shower of unrelated facts"; Robert Hartmann's high expense account totals; photos of Chandler family members at newsworthy events; staffers' appearances on television and radio programs; living allowances for international correspondents; itinerary for European trip of Williams, Otis Chandler and James Bassett; start of Orange County section; Olympic Games coverage; sending Gene Sherman to London; etc.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Haven, Frank

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 30 items. Subjects include: a smog series; Haven's 1961 Objectives; reform of the Electoral College; serialization in LAT of John Gunther's book, Inside Europe Today; review of policies on long-distance toll calls; etc.

    mssLAT