Manuscripts

Knowland, William

Description: Approx. 25 items: LAT articles and other material related to William F. Knowland, U.S. Senator, one-time gubernatorial candidate, later Oakland Tribune publisher. Notable items: LAT editorial copy, 8/15/1945, "The naming of Sen. Knowland" ; article tear sheet, California - the Magazine of the Pacific, 12/1950, "The shifting sands of American foreign policy" by William F. Knowland ; 22-pp. copy of manuscript of speech delivered 10/17/1961, to Freedom Club of Los Angeles, title "1961 - the Year of Decision" (on "China/Russia") ; 20-pp. transcript of "Taping with Senator William F. Knowland on June 12, 1973" ; LAT article 2/24/1974, on "William F. Knowland...ex-Senator," which opens with "William Fife Knowland...killed himself Saturday with a single bullet wound in the temple, authorities said..."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1945 - 1976
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)

Brown - Knowland Material

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: handwritten notes, n.d. ; 4-pp. of typed notes from Inside USA, by John Gunther, 1947, on the Cameron - Chandler - Knowland Axis in California politics ; letter, 3/24/1960, to Norman Chandler from Edmund G. Brown, Governor of Calif. ; an Associated Press profile of Edmund G. Brown, 3/22/1968 ; 3-pp. typed / handwritten notes on William F. Knowland from the book Dancing Bear, by Gladwin Hill (publ. 1968) ; several pieces of correspondence, 1977, between Bassett and the Knight-Brown Project representative at UC Berkeley ; related material.

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Newspapers - Oakland Tribune

Manuscripts

6 items, including: 3-pp. (undated report or transcript of article? - on green paper) headed "The Harry Chandler - Joseph R. Knowland loan" ; LAT article copy ?, 4/23/1951, "U.S. business good, publishers report...MacArthur [firing by Truman] is biggest story, say newspaper executives in N.Y." ; LAT ? article copy, 2/2/1966, "Death takes Joseph R. Knowland."

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Knowland, William C. / Knight, Goodwin Election

Manuscripts

Correspondence regarding the William C. Knowland/ Goodwin Knight election for California Governor, including letters and photocopies from Knowland, Knight, and Hotchkiss. Original Knowland letter dated March 10, 1958 and Knight letter dated April 29, 1957 removed from Autograph File and returned to Hotchkiss files. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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Knowland, William - Oakland Tribune Loan

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Approx. 35 items: legal documents related to a loan by TM to the Oakland Tribune, and correspondence between representatives of TM and representatives of The Tribune, including Publisher J.R. Knowland and Asst. Publisher William Knowland. Also circulation statements, lineage and rates (1935 - 1937) and dividends paid.

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Departments - Information Systems

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Materials include: memo, 3/25/1977, reading, in part, "Effective today, the name of the Data Processing Department has been changed to Information Systems Department"; two LAT brochures, "Information Systems," (3/1978); memo, 9/17/1975, "Organizational Changes" (on name changes w/i Systems & Programming department; tabloid-sized issue, 12/6/1975, The Pac-Times Presenter, a joint publication of Pacific Telephone and LAT, describing the development of "a complete telecommunications system" by PacTel for LAT; article, Among Ourselves, 12/1949 (copy), "Tabulating Department's Mechanical Brains know all the answers"; article copy, 10/1977, Among Ourselves, "New Computer Center in Service"; booklet, 24-pp., 11/1961, The Corner Cut, L.A. Chapter National Machine Accountants Association, lead article, "History in Headlines," on LAT; Information Systems bulletin, 3-pp., 6/13/1989, "Personal Computer Security," 10-pp. sheaf, "Information Systems Bulletin--In-house personal computer software training"; 2-pp. memo, "Communications Services," 9/11/1990; memo, 11/7/1990, "Special Services Mail."

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Anniversaries, 1932 - 1981

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Approx. 12 items. Material includes clippings and photocopies of LAT "birthday" articles from various years, including 1941, 1956 (75th), 1959, and text of speech given by U.S. Sen. William F. Knowland at LAT 75th Anniversary luncheon, 12/4/1956. Also in the folder is one copy of "Some Famous Firsts in Los Angeles," an insert published by LAT in 1956.

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