Manuscripts

World War I

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1917 - 1919, 1976
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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World War II

Manuscripts

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.

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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations - Promotional Items - Early

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. Materials include: 2.5" x 3.5" booklet, "Who's Who and What's What in Sports (LAT); (in plastic sleeve) pink & blue satin cloth imprinted with H.G.O. picture and new building, dedicated 10-1-1912; (in plastic sleeve) envelope postmarked 1955, with note, "Enclosed badges for your historical collection," from Viola Hill of Claremont - two cloth badges reading, "The Times - San Joaquin Valley Homesteaders' Excursion, date ?; (in plastic sleeve) match book with logo "Times rental ads bring tenants quickly"; (in paper envelope) "The History of World War II as told in Headlines of The Times" - miniature versions of LAT page One through WW II; various other examples of LAT ephemera, "Bride's needle case, bookmark, napkins printed with words "The Times" or "The Mirror."

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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 Affairs - World Court

Manuscripts

6 items: editorials on US support for the World Court--LAT generally seemed to support it.

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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 Affairs - League of Nations

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. A selection of editorials and news stories on the League of Nations, including: editorial, 7/17/1917, "A needed League of Peace" ; editorial, 2/5/1933, "Fourteen years later," a summing up of the pros and cons of the League of Nations ; Santa Monica Outlook, 1/23/1975, "Ford signs treaty proposed in 1925 (at the time of Pres. Coolidge and the League of Nations).

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