Manuscripts

World War II

Description: Approx. 45 items: LAT editorials and news stories covering the period from the early 1930s, when German and Japanese aggression against both neighbouring countries and their own citizens came to light, also material on many aspects of the lead-in to World War II for the USA.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933 - 1941
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.

World War II

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: LAT editorials and news stories on various wartime issues, starting with the February 1942 "air raid" on Los Angeles which turned out to be a false alarm, ending with last year of war ; LAT front page, 2/26/1942, "Army says alarm real...Roaring guns mark blackout" ; Los Angeles (mag) story about "1941," a Steven Spielberg film about the previously mentioned air raid - article ran 11/1979.

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World War II - Japanese Relocation

Manuscripts

Approx. 75 items: LAT news stories and editorials, letters, memos and other material on the Federal Military Zones created along US coast, Japanese-Americans being sent to internment camps, justifications of these, plus calls for recognition of the civil rights of Japanese-Americans.

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World War I

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: plastic sleeve containing news stories and editorials on World War I and American participation in that conflict ; 103-pp. copy of a Stanford University thesis, 1953, "The California Press and the World War--March 1, 1917 - May 20, 1917" ; other material on LAT coverage of WW i.

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World War II - Censorship

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Telegrams, reports, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other information related to censorship of the media during World War II. Correspondents and topics include L. D. Hotchkiss; the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army; the federal Office of Censorship; the federal Office of War Information; and Japanese balloons. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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World War II - Censorship

Manuscripts

Correspondence, publications, public proclamations, and other material related to censorship of the media during World War II. Correspondents and subjects include L. D. Hotchkiss; the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army; the federal Office of Censorship; the federal Office of War Information; Hedda Hopper; and Senator Downey. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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World War II - Censorship

Manuscripts

Transcripts, correspondence, press releases, reports, and correspondence related to censorship during World War II. Correspondents and topics include Archibald MacLeish; L. D. Hotchkiss; W. M. Mendenhall; National Broadcasting Company; subscribers; and the Foreign Service.. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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