Buildings - Fourth - Murals

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  Buildings - Fourth - Mural Restoration - Logs and Memos

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  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

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  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 - Mural Restoration - Fine Art Conservation Laboratories

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  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 - Lobby

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  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

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  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

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  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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