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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
1 item: transcript, approx. 130-pp (headed "Tape I," "Tape II," "Tape III"), of "Los Angeles Times Executive Conference - 'Editorial Excellence' (5/17/1969), CONFIDENTIAL. This copy was issued to Vance Stickell. Those whose comments are seen on the transcript: Otis Chandler ; Nick Williams ; Frank Haven ; Robert Lobdell ; William Thomas ; Ed Guthman ; Robert Flannes.
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Approx. 25 items. Materials include: copied examples of LAT "Society" page, 1910 - 1940 (at least one prior to 1900); 1-pp. chronology which opens, "Here's a history of The Times "features" sections..."; clip, Among Ourselves, 10/1976, YOU debuts in The Times; 6-pp. typed, [by Nick B. Williams? - 1961] analysis of progress of "Family" section; 3-pp. memo, Dick Dunkel to Nick Williams, 10/13/1961, subject "Family Section Fashions; clip from Los Angeles magazine, ?/1966, "The new girls of Section IV," on Maggie Bellows and Joyce Haber taking on re-vamp of 'Section IV'"; copy of brief, 6/4/1994, Editor & Publisher, "(LAT) improves its lifestyle section"; analysis of LAT "women's pages" over the decades from various sources, including "25 Years of women's pages in L.A.," by academic Dorothy Stotsenberg (UCLA); other related memos.
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2 items: 27-pp. transcript of interview with Robert Flannes (Director of Personnel), 2/25/1981. 16-pp. transcript of interview with Robert Flannes. Subjects include biographical information on Flannes and memories of his career with Times Mirror.
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Approx. 50 items. Material includes: packet of correspondence (stapled), 1966, between Philip Corwin of Barron's Weekly, and Otis Chandler, Nick Williams, Robert Nelson and others at LAT, related to Corwin's research for a story on the newspaper industry; article, The Certified News, 12/1966, article, The Review (of So. Cal. Journalism), "One of the world's great {good} newspapers"; 6-pp. report (several versions), "Basic Times Editorial Page Policies," 1964 - edited by Nick Williams; summary of 1962 series growing out of California's achieving No. 1 ranking in population among the 50 states--stories were written on religion, real estate, government, social welfare, labor, transportation, agriculture, sports, etc.; 2 cps. of 1961 booklet containing two essays, "A Statement of Principle," by Norman Chandler, and "An Octogenarian and Still More Growth Ahead"; various LAT articles dealing with press freedom, etc.; multi-page info. packet headed "Jan. 1991 - re: Persian Gulf War"; "OC's (Otis Chandler) comments - Oct. 12, 1961," specifying "Those against us..." and "Things in our favor..."; 8/9/1982, "On Editorial Policy," by Tom Johnson; LAT tear sheet, 8/2/1976, "The ups and downs of a bail bondsman," by Al Martinez, which has had all the quoted profanity/obscenity underlined (but w/o comment); articles, LAT and others, on newspaper editorial policy; columns by Nick B. Williams, 9/26/1971, "They don't horsewhip editors, do they?" (plus other columns) and James Bassett (no date), "The battle of the analysts"; LAT article on staffer jailed briefly for refusal to answer a question in court, (1987); tear sheet from The Review, 12/1972, "It can happen here; ask Bill Farr"; duplicate material.
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Approx. 20 items. Single typed sheet, names of key Editorial personnel; b/w photocopies of head & shoulders photos of William F. Thomas (2), Richard W. Smith, Frank P. Haven (2), Anthony Day, James Bassett (2), George Cotliar, Edwin Weegar (2), John Foley, Mark Murphy, Matt Goree, Robert Gibson, Ed Guthman, Jean Sharley Taylor, James W. Toland, Charles Champlin, Hayden Reece, James Bellows.
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"1) A seventeen page transcript entitled "The Quality of our Environment: Responsibility of the News Media" by Irving S. Bengelsdorf, which was presented at The Conference on the Pediatric Significance of Peacetime Radioactive Fallout, San Diego, CA, March 15, 1966. 2) A seven page transcript given by Nick B. Williams at the Annual Ralph L. Crosman Memorial Lecture, at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado on April 15, 1966. 3) A seventeen page transcript entitled "The Los Angeles Times and the Newspaper Industry Presentation at Times Mirror Company Executive conference with Robert D. Nelson and Nick Williams." This speech was given my Otis Chandler on Wednesday, May 11, 1966."
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