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Publishers

Description: The Publisher at the Los Angeles Times holds editorial control of the newspaper. As Times Mirror grew, the Publisher also held a Board position at that company. Otis Chandler was the last Publisher to be descended from the founder of the Los Angeles Times, Harrison Gray Otis. This series is arranged chronologically by publisher and each publisher's sub-series is divided into multiple sub-series. Date range is 1859-1993.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1859-1993
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Chandler, Otis - Tape # 2

Manuscripts

1 item: 19-pp. transcript of "Second taping with Otis Chandler," by Bassett, 7/30/1975. Subjects include: the "Jack Hart thesis" that the years when NC was publisher was an "Era of Mediocrity at Los Angeles Times was challenged by Otis Chandler (pp. 1 - 2) ; Editor Nick Williams and his Managing Editors, Frank Haven and Frank McCulloch (pp. 3 - 5) ; political "kingmaker" Kyle Palmer (pp. 6) ; Otis Chandler - in 1960s "I wanted to move The Times into a position of political independence..." (pp. 6) ; ending Los Angeles Times endorsements for President, Governor and U.S. Senate (pp. 7) ; Otis Chandler comments on those who, after the relative liberalization of Los Angeles Times editorial policies, wished for "The Times of old" (pp. 9 - 10) ; comments on the John Birch Society series and the editorial, signed by Otis, that accompanied it (pp. 10 - 11) ; the Geotek affair (pp. 17+).

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Buildings - Second

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. Articles on the new Times building constructed in 1887. Articles have been copied from LAT and Among Ourselves. One additional article is from Civic Center News (11/13/1979), and is an interview with Ernest Lindner, "descended from a family closely identified with the history of printing and typesetting in Los Angeles."

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Magazines & Supplements

Manuscripts

The Times produced various magazines and supplements, usually included with the Sunday edition. Date range is 1899-1989. See also the sub-series Newspapers from the Times History Center for a selection of copies of the Los Angeles Times magazine and West magazine.

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"Editor & Publisher" magazine

Manuscripts

1 item: issue of Editor & Publisher volume 68, number 13, dated August 10,1935. Includes an article on the Los Angeles Times.

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Publishers - Johnson, Tom

Manuscripts

Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains materials related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal. The business material is roughly organized by Times department; research material collected by the History Center to document the Times and materials related to the Otis/Chandler families are organized by subject. The records include accounting papers, legal documents, correspondence, directories, memoranda, reprints of articles, supplements to the newspaper, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, ephemera, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and objects. The collection includes a significant amount of audiovisual material, including photographs, film, and audio tapes. There are also several samples of printed newspapers that were collected by the Times History Center.

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Publishers - Chandler, Norman

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