Manuscripts

McWilliams, Carey

Description: 6 items: undated note (no year), from Harry Carr to Carey McWilliams on a writings about L.A. ; letter copy, 6/6/1931, from Carr to McWilliams related to Mc writing for LAT ; letter copy, 6/29/1931, same writers, same subject ; letter copy, 10/20/1931, same writers, same subject ; 3-pp. letter, 9/8/1975, from Carey McWilliams to James Bassett of LAT, relating some of M's experiences working for LAT in the 1920s ; LAT brief copy, "Newsmakers...Carey McWilliams has resigned as editor of The Nation (after 20 years)..."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1931 - 1975
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Ethnic Groups - Hispanics

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: major item, pp. 189 - 259 copied from book, North from Mexico, by Carey McWilliams, 1961; LAT clips & copies (plus one from Wall St. J.) on Hispanics in southern Cal. and USA.

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Approx. 20 items: LAT article copy, 3/11/1980, "Times Mirror names 5 senior vice presidents"; WSJ, same day, same topic; LAT clips in plastic sleeve, same as previous story; LAT clip, 3/6/1980, "Two (Tomas Rivera, Alfred E. Osborne, Jr.) named directors of Times Mirror Co."; LAT clip (in sleeve), 3/28/1980, "FCC approves Times Mirror purchase of 5 TV stations"; article copy, Financial World, 6/15/1980, "Digestion time--has Times Mirror bitten off more than it can chew? Don't bet on it"; LAT tear sheet, 10/23/1980, "Times Mirror agrees to buy Denver Post"; article copy, Time, 11/3/1980, "Thunder in the Rockies"; LAT clip, 11/5/1980, "Times Mirror profits decline - firm seeking cable TV system; tear sheet, Women's Wear Daily, 12/3/1980, "A sign of The Times," photo essay on reception given at TM Square by Buff Chandler; Wash. Post covered the same party; Beverly Hills People ditto; article copy, Herald Examiner, 12/5/1980, Ben Stein's column, "Mr. Reagan - your real friends don't eat veal piccata"; related notes and clips.

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Judd, Winnie Ruth

Manuscripts

2 items: LAT article copy, Pg. 1, 10/20/1931, "Bodies of two murdered women hid in luggage" ; LAT editorial, 10/28/1931, "The Judd Case."

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Correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: memos and letters on subjects such as: a (very) brief history of LAT advertising; Editor & Publisher article, 2/6/1971, "(LAT) news staff doubled... in 10 years" ; flurry of communications relating to controversial "Doonesbury" comic strip ; opinion writers ; more.

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Employees - Trumbo, Taylor

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT article copy, 3/31/1959, "Taylor Trumbo new managing Editor of Times"; 8-pp. letter from Trueblood to Robert Gottlieb (who was writing Thinking Big, the Story of the Los Angeles Times...) containing memories of his years with LAT; article copy, (Honolulu) Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, 6/20/1982, "Road to Siberia led to Paradise, warm memories" on Trueblood's life experiences; LAT obit clip, "Georgia Fifield, ex-radio actress" (T's wife); LAT obit copy, "Z.T. Trumbo, ex-managing Editor of The Times, dies at 85."

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Civil Disobedience - Campus Unrest

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT editorial copy, "Dissent on the campuses," 9/29/1968; LAT editorial copy, "Verdict in the Valley State Case," 11/20/1969; LAT article copy, "Kent State...the lessons of Orangeburg were ignored," 5/10/1970; LAT editorial copy, "College unrest and the public," 6/21/1970; LAT article copy, "Study of a college massacre," 10/23/1970.

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