Manuscripts

Olympics - 1932 & 1984

Description: Oversized items related to the 1932 and 1984 Olympics, held in Los Angeles. Some items from the Elke Corley Collection. "Certificate of Appreciation" presented by Councilman Gilbert W. Lindsay to the Los Angeles Times for its work in the 1984 Ninth District Clean-Up Campaign - signed by Lindsay and Mayor Tom Bradley. 1932 Olympics scrapbook with news clips. Copy of Los Angeles Times Comics section. Sunday Morning, July 24, 1983. Home Magazine. July 24, 1983. With wrapper showing list of Olympic-themed Home Magazine and encouraging advertisers. Olympic Games promotional kit in Home Magazine folio. Three rack cards promoting Home Magazine Olympic pieces. Los Angeles Times Olympic-themed folio.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1932, 1984
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
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Olympics - 1984 Olympics

Manuscripts

Red baseball cap with "Los Angeles Times" and Olympic logo in white. Two 1984 L.A. Olympics banners, "Stars in Motion" design. Two small commemorative pins. "Xth Olympiad - Los Angeles - 1932" auto ornament. Two copies of special Los Angeles Times Olympic newspapers. July 29, 1984 and July 30, 1984. California Olympic-themed license plate "TIMES". Production Department scrapbook in brown folio, showing front pages of Los Angeles Times Olympic sections. Gifted to Tom Johnson.

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Olympics - 1984 Olympics

Manuscripts

Copies of HOME Magazine which include Olympic-themed articles. July 25, 1982 - "The Legacy of the Olympics." July 24, 1983 - "Olympic Spotlight: The Dreams, The Hopes & The Memories." August 21, 1983 - Olympic Supplement I, "Olympic Heritage." September 18, 1983 - Olympic Supplement II, "City of the Olympics." October 23, 1983 - Olympic Supplement III, "Grow with the Olympics." November 20, 1983 - Olympic Supplement IV, "Going for the Gold." December 18, 1983 - Olympic Supplement V, "Olympic Memories." January 22, 1984 - Olympic Supplement VI, "The 1984 Olympics Arts Festival." February 19, 1984 - Olympic Supplement VII, "The Olympic Venues." March 20, 1984 - Olympic Supplement VIII, "In the Winners Circle." May 20, 1984 Olympic Supplement IX, "In The Winners Circle." June 10, 1984 - Olympic Supplement X, "Olympic Countdown." July 8, 1984 - Olympic Supplement XI, "The People Who Make the Games." September 16, 1984 - Olympic Supplement XII, "Thank You, Los Angeles."

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Sports - 1932 Olympics

Manuscripts

7 items: 2-pp. report, titled "Chronological development of the building of the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum [sic] and the funding of the Games of the Xth Olympiad" ; LAT article copy, 4/29/1932, "Let's blow our horn" (Olympic Games in L.A.) ; original program, "Fifty Years of Olympic Gold, 1932 - 1982" (American Lung Assn.) ; two issues of You (TransAmerica Occidental Life newsletter), May and June 1983 - both issues have an article on the 1984 L.A. Olympics ; LAT article copy, 12/10/1983, "Rookie wins '32 Olympics for L.A." ; LAT tear sheet, 6/4/1984, "The '32 Olympics...a view of the way they were."

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1984 Olympics, Part V

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items, including: memos, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: 37-pp. booklet (2 cps.) "Olympic Arts Festival" ; 138-pp. magazine, "Festival - an Olympic Celebration of the Arts" ; 96-pp. booklet, "Olympic Arts Festival" ; more.

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1984 Olympics, Part IV

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: Olympic planning ; Olympic housing ; coverage ; photo pool agreement ; Olympic Arts festival ;

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Olympics - 1932-1984

Manuscripts

Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains materials related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal. The business material is roughly organized by Times department; research material collected by the History Center to document the Times and materials related to the Otis/Chandler families are organized by subject. The records include accounting papers, legal documents, correspondence, directories, memoranda, reprints of articles, supplements to the newspaper, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, ephemera, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and objects. The collection includes a significant amount of audiovisual material, including photographs, film, and audio tapes. There are also several samples of printed newspapers that were collected by the Times History Center.

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