Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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
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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Copies of "Classified Times," correspondence, and other items related to the Classified Advertising department's work for and during the 1984 Olympics.
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9 items: clipping, Downtown News, 12/12/1988, "Times opens parking structure" (213 S. Spring); LAT clipping (photocopy), "Broadway building losing skylights and top floors" (9/?/1970); letter from Tom Johnson to Carolyn Strickler of LAT History Center, inviting her to ceremony marking completion of 213 S. Spring parking structure; memo announcing opening ceremony for "213" garage on 12/9/1988; LAT article (2 photocopies), 11/1972, "Times Mirror Square garage slated for January opening" (2nd & Broadway facility); 7 copied sheets with historic photos of downtown L.A.; photocopy of LAT article, 1/21/1988, "(Parking garage) builders dig up a piece of L.A.'s Jewish history"; Downtown News article (1/30/1989), on LAT "213" parking structure's sculpted murals.
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Approx. 30 items. Materials include: 2 copies of a tabloid-sized newsprint section (undated) titled "The New Orange County Home of The Los Angeles Times; management bulletins; reports and memos about the (Orange County) Satellite Plant; two photocopied Editor & Publisher articles on LAT Orange County plant (3/1/1969 & 6/6/1970) - headlines "New concept in expansion..." and "How Los Angeles Times produces satellite paper"; article from Printing Production magazine, 8/1968, "Satellite plant pioneers"; other magazine clippings, including LAT and Among Ourselves; Management Conference Bulletin about a tour and barbecue dinner at the Orange County Satellite Facility; etc.
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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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Single sheet titled "Biography from the Los Angeles Times: James Bassett." Also 1961 memo from Otis Chandler announcing the reorganization and expansion of the Los Angeles Times Editorial Department.
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