Manuscripts

Buildings - Fourth - Murals

Description: Approx 10 items: collection of articles on restoration of the murals in the LAT "Globe" Lobby. Among the publications represented are Los Angeles Conservancy, Society of Architectural Historians News, etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1934 - 1990
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.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Buildings - Fourth - Mural Restoration - Logs and Memos

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: project logs, memos and other material related to the restoration of the Ballin murals in LAT Globe Lobby.

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Buildings - Fourth - Globe

Manuscripts

6 items. Materials include: 1-pp. report, "The Globe," with detailed description of the construction and design of the globe, including the metals, paints, and lacquers used in the project; 1-pp. report (dated 5/29/1980) based on information provided by Mary Sheridan of Los Angeles, who had been in charge of a "rejuvenation" done on the glove in the early 1960s; 1-pp. report titled "Facts about the Los Angeles Times Globe (no date); "Among Ourselves" clip, 5/1981, on LAT "Superwalk" fundraiser for March of Dimes; 1-pp. photocopy from Editor & Publisher, 8/10/1935, describing new LAT building (poorly cropped - no title or author seen); booklet, "The Murals of The Times," with illustrations of the Globe in the lobby, the south and north sections of mural, eight paragraphs of text.

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Buildings - Fourth - Lobby

Manuscripts

Approx. 16 items. Materials include: Event sheet for Lobby Re-opening, January 25, 1999; 2 "Lobby Exhibit & Tours" booklets (1981); exchange of memos (9/4/1981) between Lois Markwith & Franklin D. Murphy, information related to Shakespeare quote (and other inscriptions ?) used in lobby decor; memo from Markwith to Robert Flannes (11/1981); other correspondence related to determining origin of the quotations; LAT story 10/17/1934 on carved inscriptions at LAT building; letter (4/1/1981) from Mary Sheridan, designer, about complete refurbishment of the Globe; 1962 LAT Women of the Year entry for Mary Sheridan; blueprint copy, "Details Main Lobby Plans & Elevations & Miscellaneous Scale Details," (9/22/1933); blueprint, "Main Lobby Remodeling, Times Mirror Company (4/25/1961); etc. Both blueprint copies moved to Reference File - Oversize. 2 photographs: "Magic Stylus" exhibit display in the lobby, undated?

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Buildings - Fourth - Mural Restoration - Fine Art Conservation Laboratories

Manuscripts

1 item: "documentation packet for the Globe Lobby mural project..." - includes letters, project proposal, financial bid, conservation treatment summary - approx. 15 pp. plus plastic sheets with b/w photos and photographic slides enclosed. The packet was prepared by Scott Haskins of Fine Art Conservation Laboratories. Binding removed.

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Buildings - Fourth

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items. Materials include: 5 copies in plastic sleeves, Editor & Publisher article reprint, 8/10/1935, "Los Angeles Times New $4,000,000 Home Combines Beauty and Efficiency"; photocopy of article from Advertising Age, 1/30/1984, "By their buildings shall ye know them: behind every newspaper home office is a bit of history"; 1-pp. report, "The Globe," with detailed description of the construction and design of the globe, including the metals, paints, and lacquers used in the project; 1-pp. report (dated 5/29/1980) based on information provided by Mary Sheridan of Los Angeles, who had been in charge of a "rejuvenation" done on the glove in the early 1960s; brief booklet, "The Murals of The Times," w/ illustrations of two sections of Lobby mural, 8 graphs of text; various "Among Ourselves" articles on Globe Lobby (various years); artist's rendering of 1935 LAT building; 2 copies of a 2-pp. description of the 1934 laying of the cornerstone for the building; various text items related to cornerstone laying; material related to selection of items to place in the cornerstone; 2 copies of illustrated cross-section/chart of departments and activities in various sections of building; 2-pp. "Transcription of a record[ing] made at the laying of the cornerstone of the Los Angeles Times [building] in 1934"; etc. Reprints of "Editor and Publisher" article moved to Reference File - Oversize.

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Buildings - Fourth - Mural Restoration - Reception

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: several versions of guest list for mural reception - "a celebration of rediscovery," according to the invitation ; 5-pp. text of "David Laventhol remarks" for delivery at the reception ; memos and other material related to the planning for the reception of 5/30/1990.

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