Manuscripts
Aviation
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Transportation - Automobiles
Manuscripts
Approx. 45 items: a collection of text and photo material, most of it from American Automobile Association and LAT, related to the early decades of automobile travel in Southern California. Notable items: LAT article copy, 4/25/1899, "A horseless carriage...the first automobile arrives in Los Angeles..." ; 18-pp. manuscript, headed "Ocean to ocean highway trip" ("1912" added later) ; complete issue of Westways - 12/1950, "in observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Automobile Club of Southern California" ; article tear sheet, Terra (mag), Summer 1973, "The Memorial Day run in Los Angeles," on the appearance of the first automobile in this City and its inventor, James P. Erie ; article tear sheet, Westways, 6/1975, "The first 75 years...a photographic essay...featuring the auto" ; LAT article tear sheet, ?/?/1986, "Autos...100 year-old love affair rolls on," by Steve Harvey.
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San Fernando Valley
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50+ items: large collection of LAT articles and material from books and magazines including Travel & Leisure, Westways, California Historical Society Quarterly, etc., on the history of San Fernando Valley, land and water deals, etc. Notable items: 25-pp. copied from book, History of the San Fernando Valley, Frank Keffer, 1934 ; tear sheet, Westways, 4/1963, "Wheat ruled the Valley" ; tear sheet, Westways, 5/1963, "The Men who opened the Valley" ; 24-pp. copied from The California Historical Society Quarterly, 3/1968, incl. article, "Pioneering land development in the Californias..." with material on Harrison Gray Otis and Harry Chandler ; tear sheets from Westways, 4/1974, "A. Workman's Ranch," includes information of early Valley pioneers including Isaac Lankershim and Isaac Van Nuys ; tear sheet, Travel & Leisure, 8/1976, "The Valley" ; 14-pp. sheets copied from The San Fernando Valley, book, ca. 1976.
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Women
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30+ items: LAT articles on "firsts" achieved by Los Angeles and California women ; 1893 LAT editorial, "The Nude in Life," on subject of modesty and morals ; 5-pp. chronological list of LAT stories dealing with women (incl. many poems by Mrs. H.G. Otis ; 11-pp. report (connected possibly to USC) on women's achievements in and around Los Angeles, and the information covers the period up to the 1970s ; article copy, Westways, 1/1974, "Magic in Los Angeles."
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Ethnic Groups - Blacks
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Approx. 25 items: collection of LAT editorial copies, and additional citations for material on Blacks in American society relating to civil rights, incl. voting rights, and other issues, 1890 - 1987; complete issue of Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Quarterly, Winter 1969 - 70, includes article "Los Angeles Black Heritage"; tear sheet, Westways, 5/1975, "Ralph Bunche...the early years"; article copy, L.A. Historical Society Newsletter, 7/1988, "Black Angelenos...the Afro-American in Los Angeles, 1850 - 1950."
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Briefcases
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5 items: series of 1969 memos and letters involving LAT purchase of over 300 briefcases manufactured by Samsonite Corporation ; one 8 x 10" glossy color photograph of Samsonite products.
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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations - Classified Advertising Promotion
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2 items: glossy black LAT logo folder containing example of LAT "Timely Bulletin," several sheets with copies of LAT classified ads of various kinds, sample of Sunday comics pages headed with ad for Times Classifieds, etc. (all 1980); single page flyer, headed "Announce your good news today!" - providing info for LAT employees who wish to use free LAT classified space to announce births, engagements, weddings, anniversaries, reunions, etc. (1987-1988)
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