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1151 Oxford Road
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
Approx. 40 items: collection of memos, reports, clips and other material filed by Stickell's office relating to circulation plans and operations. Major items include: 29-pp. stapled, "Circulation growth recommendations - a report prepared for Vance Stickell, Executive Vice President, Marketing by The Circulation Growth Committee" (5/14/1982) ; 9-pp. memo titled "Distribution System," from Bert Tiffany on 9/12/1978 ;6-pp. memo (plus attachaments) titled "Circulation Growth" from Tiffany dated 11/22/1985 ; more.
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Approx. 25 items: many loose, 1-pp. reports on circulation; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1960-1989"; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1955-1983"; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation"; 9-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1976-1980 and Jan. - Sept. 1981"; 9-pp. report, "(LAT) Net Paid Circulation, - 1981-1984 and Jan. - Sept. 1985"; 10-pp. report, "LAT) Net Paid Circulation, 1955-1984"; 10-pp. report, "LAT) Net Paid Circulation, 1959-1988"; (incomplete) "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation," - 1955-1979 and Jan. - March 1980"; 5-pp. report, LAT, "Circulation and Classified,"Circulation Gains and Losses since 1931"; 10-pp. report, title handwritten at top of page 1 - "Street Sale Circe. Stats, selected months, 1990-94." Compiled by Marketing Research department.
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Approx. 12 items: assorted memos related to circulation growth ; 36-pp. report - "Circulation Growth Recommendations," 5/1982.
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5 + items (one edge water-damaged on entire stack, no text lost): 4 Audit Reports (by Audit Bureau of Circulations) "for 12 months ending March 31, 1959," for Herald & Express (L.A.), Examiner (L.A.), Mirror News (L.A.), and Times (L.A.); additional 10-pp. with columns of figures related to circulation for the same newspapers. Audit Bureau of Circulations, "Newspaper Publisher's Statement - for 6 months ended Sept. 30, 1994 - Los Angeles Times." Report provides information on total circulation, and on many different aspects of the newspaper's sales, promotion, marketing and distribution.
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Approx. 8 items: reports, charts and other materials related to Circulation marketing strategies and circulation numbers.
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Approx. 15 items: memos, notes and bulletins related to the subject of circulation growth ; 38-pp. report, "Circulation growth recommendations - a report prepared for Vance Stickell, Executive Vice President, Marketing, by The Circulation Growth Committee," 5/1982 ; more. Promotional package (in white folder with inside pockets) for Los Angeles Times Magazine (1985). Two copies of the prototype and other related information.
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