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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
1 item: LAT clip, 3/25/1955, "Mrs. Franklin Booth, Gen. Otis daughter, dies." Mabel Otis Booth had been a director of The Times from 1917 until her death.
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3 items: LAT clipping, 2/29/1968, "Otis Booth Jr. Named VP of Times Mirror" (mounted on sheet of paper); clipping, 8/1968, Western Printer & Lithographer, "Otis Booth, Jr., named"; 2-pp. "Biographical Data" for Franklin Otis Booth, Jr. - personal and professional information, dated 5/1972.
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Two copies of a speech given by Otis Chandler at the Times Mirror Company Annual Meeting on May 10, 1966. One of the copies has handwritten notes. Other items in this folder include two invitations, one sent out by Norman Chandler and the other by Otis Chandler; a two page check list for the meeting; an itinerary for the meeting; a note card with the agenda of the meeting printed on it; a fifty-three page three ring bound summary of the meeting; a seven page document entitled "Opening of the Meeting"; two copies of a memo from Freddie Miller to Walter Africa regarding the Annual Meeting preparations; a three page memo from Albert V. Casey to Otis Chandler regarding the Annual Meeting and the Executive Conference which includes the two day schedule; a one page fact sheet for Norman Chandler with a photocopy of an article attached; a nine page fact sheet for Otis Chandler; a memo from Freddie Miller to Otis Booth regarding the Annual Meeting Preparation; a memo from Otis Chandler to Nick Williams regarding the Times Mirror Company Executive Conference; six letters and three memos sent out by Otis Chandler requesting attendance to the Annual Meeting; a page of thirteen questions of possible floor questions asked of Otis Chandler; a two page outline of the Report to Directors to be given by Otis Chandler; a one page summary of what was covered in last year's speech; the first page of Otis Chandler's speech; and a four page transcript of the article the Los Angeles Times printed about the Annual Meeting, attached to it is a copy of the newspaper article.
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Approx. 25 items: correspondence with pressroom managers at The Lincoln Star (NE), Miami Herald, and the Trade Commissioner of New Zealand related to pressroom machinery; memos on pressroom practices, pressroom crew assignments, 59-pp. copy, top sheet headed "Index," with "Otis Booth" written in at top, Agreement between Times Mirror Co., and International Printing Pressmen...etc.; etc. Several pieces of correspondence in the time frame center on the characteristics of the Cutler-Hammer ink-mist suppression system for presses.
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1 item: memo, 10/31/1940, from Loyal Durant Hotchkiss, Los Angeles Times Editor, to Norman Chandler on the subject of the Otis Art Institute.
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7 items. Letters and memos. Subjects: W. memo to Otis C. reading, in part, "My opinion remains that Flourish (magazine) would be a definite addition to The Times Sunday package"; Vance Stickell's thoughts in memo to Otis C. (and W.) on Sunday or midweek magazine; thoughts of James Toland regarding proposed magazine; Otis C. memo to W. on Special Sections in general; etc.
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