Manuscripts

Employees - Scheer, Robert

Description: 2 items: copy of brief, New West, 12/6/1976, "The new left never paid like this"; article copy, Buzz, 6/1995, "Scheer madness."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1976 - 1995
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Scheer, Robert

Manuscripts

1 item: 130-pp. transcript of interview with journalist Robert Scheer. Notable names and subjects include: he describes his freelance writing career as of mid-1970s - Playboy (magazine), book contract, editing gig at New Times (pp. 1 - 3) ; Scheer hired by Los Angeles Times, 1976 (pp. 7) ; anecdotes about working methods ; writing on the "Jewish Community" ; immigration ; his thoughts on Q & A format (45 - 46) ; more on his methods ; Scheer talks about childhood in The Bronx (pp. 55 - 57) ; "my bleeding liberalism, (or whatever) the right word is" (pp. 57) ; more on youth & background, Scheer is part Jewish, part secular Catholic, and very liberal (pp. 60 - 61) ; Scheer and first wife want to "escape" her strict orthodox Jewish background by going west (pp. 65) ; his studies at UC Berkeley and acquaintance with Al Martinez, Bill Boyarsky, Oakland Tribune writers, and William Knowland, Publisher (pp. 67) ; Lawrence Ferlinghetti (pp. 71 - 72) ; Scheer makes several references throughout the interview to his 1976 interview of pres. candidate Jimmy Carter that appeared in Playboy (magazine). ; first impression on joining Los Angeles Times (pp. 84 - 86) ; his views on Jerry Brown (pp. 117).

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Scheer, Robert

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: memos, letters, clippings, tear sheets and other material related to journalist Robert Scheer. Includes: clips of articles by Scheer ; letters to Scheer from prominent persons including Richard Nixon, Edward Kennedy, Abbott Washburn (FCC Commissioner), Harold Willens (peace activist) ; KCET-tv transcript of discussion by Scheer and other observers ; tear sheet from L.A. Weekly, "The Life and L.A. Times of Robert Scheer" ; complete issue (2/24/1978) Heritage - Southwest Jewish Press ; LAT reprint - (11/11/1979) "Illegal aliens...endless cycle of..." ; article tear sheets from New West and Time with articles on Scheer ; etc.

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Scheer, Robert - Jews of Los Angeles Article Responses

Manuscripts

Letters written in response to a three part article published in the Los Angeles Times entitled "Jews of Los Angeles" by Robert Scheer.

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Departments - Editorial - Los Angeles Times Magazine

Manuscripts

4 items: article copy, Buzz, 3/1995, "Crossing the Line," criticizes LAT ; article copy, Buzz, 4/1995, "Lindsay hop," critical specifically of LAT Magazine Editorial Director John Lindsay (Note: one of the major reasons for the existence of Buzz seemed to be to pester LAT) ; brief article copy, Los Angeles (mag), 1/1987, "16 Editors in search of a Magazine" ; article copy, Writer's Digest, (ca. 1985), "Breaking new ground" (on LAT Mag).

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Employees - Nelson, Robert D

Manuscripts

4 items: letter, 5/7/1976, "From the desk of...June Duff," addressed to "John," pitching an article or news release she had written; copy of press release, Amer. Marketing Assn., 5/1976, on Robert D. Nelson receiving the 1976 Marketer of the Year Award from the L.A. Chapter of the Amer. Marketing Assn.; official Biography from the Los Angeles Times for Nelson, 7/1976, Nelson was, at that time, exec. VP and GM of LAT, plus a VP of Times Mirror Co.; 9-pp. transcript of undated interview headed "L.A. Times -- Bob Nelson -- R#10."

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Employees - Obatala, J. K

Manuscripts

2 items: article tear sheet, San Bernardino Sun-Telegram, 4/2/1975, "Editor urges fellow blacks to develop 'inner selves'," written when Obatala spoke to students at the University of Redlands; article copy, 6/3/1976?, Los Angeles Sentinel, "Times opinion editor sought."

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Employees - Scheer, Robert

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