Manuscripts

Advertiser correspondence

Description: Approx. 90 items: correspondence between "Marian Manners" or other LAT representatives, and advertising agencies or companies associated with products used in cookery or "homemaking."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1952 - 1958
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.

Advertiser correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 80 items: correspondence, the bulk of it addressed to "Marian Manners," from representatives of manufacturers of food products and household appliances. Among these manufacturers: H.J. Heinz Co. ; Norris-Thermador Corp. ; California & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corp. ; Ralston Purina Co. ; Miller Brewing Co. ; Scott Paper Co. ; Quaker Oats Co. ; California Prune Advisory Board ; The Salt Institute.

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Miscellaneous Personal Materials

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: clippings, letters, two KLM (airline) menu booklets, and related material. Notable item: booklet, approx. 35 pages., staple bound, "College of Wartime Cookery - Recipe Collection..." presented by "Marian Manners." (Marian Manners was a pseudonym for Fleeta Hoke, LAT Food Editor.)

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Reader correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 90 items: letters, handwritten and typed and postcards addressed to Marian Manners or the Home Economics Department of LAT. An attached note (probably written by Fleeta Hoke) describes the folder material as "a collection of letters selected during 1957 and 1958 from the many thousands we received and answered by personal letter..."

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Reader correspondence

Manuscripts

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Advertiser correspondence (1 of 2)

Manuscripts

Approx. 125 items: correspondence with LAT and "Marian Manners" (Fleeta Hoke). Prominent manufacturers in the correspondence include: Procter & Gamble Co. ; Campbell Sales Co. ; H.J. Heinz Co. ; General Mills, Inc. ; J. Walter Thompson Co. ; Dole Hawaiian Pineapple Co. ; National Can Co. ; General Foods Kitchens ; Dow Chemical Co. Split into two folders.

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Advertiser correspondence (2 of 2)

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