Manuscripts

Kynette, Earle

Description: Approx. 25 items: LAT article copies following the indictment and conviction of Earle Kynette, an L.A. Police Department captain for the killing of private detective Harry Raymond by bombing.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1938
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.

Watts Riots

Manuscripts

3 items: 2-pp. letter from L.A. Mayor Sam Yorty to Ed Ainsworth at LAT ; 5-pp. report, described as "the timetable of major phone calls to and from (Police Chief Parker's) office" related to riot response ; news clipping, Santa Barbara News-Press, 9/8/1965, "L.A. riots backlash seen as issue in governor race" ; news clipping, LAT, 11/10/1965, "Brown offers to help L.A. in crime battle."

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Buildings - Second - Bombing - Clippings

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items. Articles about the bombing and the resulting trial, photocopied or clipped from: LAT; Oakland Tribune; The Pacific Printer; L.A. Examiner. Also LAT prepared chronologies included.

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Bradley, Tom

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: LAT news stories and editorials, internal LAT reports, about the career and life of Tom Bradley, mayor of L.A. from 1973 until 1993. LAT opinion on Bradley seemed to be mixed.

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XYZ

Manuscripts

2 items: 10-pp. transcript of "Taping with former Mayor Samuel Yorty," 5/9/1977 - subjects include his feud with LAT over the years, the Watts riots, Police Chief William Parker, Yorty's role in pushing through the Music Center project, his belief that L.A. had become, in the 1970s, a "left-wing constituency", he says LAT always endorsed his political opponents ; 18-pp. transcript of "Taping with Paul Zimmerman, former sports editor (LAT)," 1/25/1974 - subjects include the fact that, ca. 1930, LAT was not a "sports-minded" paper (pp. 2), stories and memories of covering sports, which were emphasized back then, improvements needed in LAT Sports section, the "meaning of sports, athletes as role models (pp. 15 - 16).

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Media Spot Scripts - Radio - April

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: transcripts of LAT promotional ads. Subjects: Rob Deer (baseball), architect Frank Gerry, Japan, yachtsman Dennis Conner, oysters, (L.A.) freeways, etc. These subjects highlight material soon to appear in LAT.

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Politics - Los Angeles County

Manuscripts

4 items: clip, 1932 LAT article, "(Eugene) Biscailuz swamps five opponents" ; copy LAT editorial, 7/17/1934, "Beauties of the recall" ; LAT letter-to-editor clip, "A fine series of articles" ; LAT article clip, 12/3/1972, "Committee of 25--L.A.'s super government?"

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Kynette, Earle

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