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Los Angeles Civic Center
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Theaters - Music Center of Los Angeles County
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Approx. 40 items: selected clips from LAT, Downtown News, Time (magazine), various brochures and booklets. Notable items: 10-pp. report from (LAT staffer) Ed Ainsworth to "Mrs. [Dorothy] Chandler," 12/9/1957, "Civic Auditorium Memorandum" ; brochure, (8/1963?) "An invitation to become a founder of The Music Center - a living memorial to peace" ; brochure, "Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - The Music Center...1964-1965 Inaugural Season" ; cover & article tear sheets, Time, 12/18/1964, story on The Music Center and Dorothy Chandler ; souvenir booklet, The Music Center, 1968 ; 2 copies of booklet, LA Edition - Fall/Winter 1984, with articles on The Music Center and on Dorothy Chandler ; LAT tear sheets, 5/10/1987, Calendar cover story, "The Music Center - What lies ahead?"
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Theaters - Los Angeles
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Approx. 12 items: a selection of clips on the history, operation or restoration of classic theaters in Los Angeles. Notable items: small theater "programme," 7/1910, "Olympic Theatre - Main St. between 4th & 6th" ; booklet, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony Magazine, 3/1962 ; tear sheet, Westways, 7/1961, "Theaters under the stars" ; reprint from Southern California Quarterly, 9/1965, "Requiem for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Auditorium" ; tear sheet, LAT?, 1967?, "Movie theaters seemed like palaces back in 1917" ; clip, Downtown News, 12/2/1985, "Some old Playbills, a few gags, the B&Ws" ; LAT reprint, from 5/14/1981 edition, "Theater in Los Angeles...the roots run deep" ; gold folder w/ sunburst on cover, contains promotional material and news clips on the refurbishment of the Mayan Theater and adjacent entertainment venues, 1991.
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Los Angeles - Anniversaries - Bicentennial - Clippings
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Approx. 20 items: collection of LAT clips ; complete issue, Civic Center News, 9/2/1980 ; complete issue, California Historical Courier, 10/1980 ; complete issue, Southern California Business, 12/17/1980 ; complete issue, Civic Center News, 9/1/1981 ; Section One of Reader, 9/4/1981 ; booklet from Auto. Club of Southern California, 200 Treasures of Metropolitan Los Angeles, 1980 ; related material.
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Los Angeles - Growth (1 of 2)
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40-plus items: collection of clips, tear sheets and copies of material from LAT, Downtown News, and other sources on many aspects of the city's growth from its founding in 1781 into the 1980s. The materials range from population charts, to historical information and discussions of city planning to straight promotion of L.A.. Split into two folders.
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Los Angeles - Growth (2 of 2)
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40-plus items: collection of clips, tear sheets and copies of material from LAT, Downtown News, and other sources on many aspects of the city's growth from its founding in 1781 into the 1980s. The materials range from population charts, to historical information and discussions of city planning to straight promotion of L.A. Split into two folders.
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Articles
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6 items: tear sheet, Newsweek, 5/25/1970, "Newsday notice"; article, Highway News Bulletin, June-July 1970, "On its way...beautiful Downtown L.A."; LAT article copy, 7/2/1970, "Times Mirror completes Dallas merger"; tear sheet, California Business, 8/4/1970, "The new Times Mirror layout (p. 12); tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 10/17/1970, "Newsday has plans only for Long Island"; cover + tear sheet, Business Week, 12/26/1970, on Times Mirror, "They found newspapers best after all."
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