Manuscripts

Buildings - Second

Description: Approx. 15 items. Articles on the new Times building constructed in 1887. Articles have been copied from LAT and Among Ourselves. One additional article is from Civic Center News (11/13/1979), and is an interview with Ernest Lindner, "descended from a family closely identified with the history of printing and typesetting in Los Angeles."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1886 - 1888, 1893, 1895, 1928 - 1929, 1970, 1979
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.
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Buildings - First

Manuscripts

5 items. Several pages copied from "History of Los Angeles Times" (appears to be an in-house publication); 2 copies of an article titled "Our Original Home--the Cradle of The Times"; a reminiscence by an early LAT employee titled "Looking Backward" (previous two items from Among Ourselves); segment copied from William Andrew Spalding--Los Angeles Newspaperman, a book with material on the early history of LAT.

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Buildings - Olympic Plant

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items. Materials include: clippings and photocopies of articles from LAT and Among Ourselves; announcements of groundbreakings, building openings and tours of the facility; entire LAT Front Page section (in plastic sleeve), 3/6/1990, bearing headline, "Olympic Plant Dedicated"; 3 copies of 1990 booklet about the plant.

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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations - Tours Of Los Angeles Times

Manuscripts

7 items: 2 sheet, article, "The Old Guard...the latest new printing press is viewed by throngs of invited guests," copied from Sunday Times, 7/14/1895; 2 sheets, article copied from LAT, 12/5/1912, "New Times building is happily dedicated"; 2-pp. article + photos copied from Among Ourselves, 4/1950; 2 copies of (LAT) "Lobby Exhibit & Tours," (ca. 1993); (in plastic sleeve) tear sheet, Downtown News, 5/25/1987, "The Downtown Lunchbox - the Belly of the Beast," by Riva Rothschild, a humorous spin on a tour of the LAT building.

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Buildings - Second - Bombing - Clippings

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items. Articles about the bombing and the resulting trial, photocopied or clipped from: LAT; Oakland Tribune; The Pacific Printer; L.A. Examiner. Also LAT prepared chronologies included.

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Awards - Second Baptist Church

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: letter, 4/24/1975, from Thomas Kilgore, Jr. (Pastor, 2nd Baptist Church) to Otis Chandler informing him that Los Angeles Times would be recognized with the church's Decade Award ; LAT article copy, 5/10/1975, "L.A. church to note 90th birthday" ; the award medal in plastic sleeve ; plastic sleeve containing 90th Anniversary Dinner program, the Award Certificate (dated 5/13/1975), 2-pp. list of recipients and presenters, letter to Robert Flannes from the church, LAT memo from Flannes to William F. Thomas ; letter, 5/15/1975, from Flannes to Dr. Thomas Kilgore, Jr., expressing thanks for the award ; photo & caption copied from Among Ourselves, 7/1975, "Robert L. Flannes... at Second Baptist Church (Awards Banquet)" ; more. Note on original folder: "From Robert Flannes file."

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Articles on, 1930 - 1939

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items. Several articles from Among Ourselves (LAT in-house newsletter) and an article from Editor & Publisher (an original and a copy). Also several articles clipped from LAT.

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