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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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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
2 items: 27-pp. transcript of interview with Robert Flannes (Director of Personnel), 2/25/1981. 16-pp. transcript of interview with Robert Flannes. Subjects include biographical information on Flannes and memories of his career with Times Mirror.
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4 items: three copies of "Biography from the Los Angeles Times - Robert L. Flannes," one draft and two dated 2/1982; two clips of a 9/15/1982 "Personal" ad in classified, (at the time of Flannes retirement) "To my many friends at The Times, thank you."
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Approx. 12 items. Materials include: 8.5" x 11" booklet, "What your newspaper means to you and your family" (ca. 1962); info packet (inside paper envelope) copies of historical page ones, etc.; miniature "plates" for "Walk on Moon," 1969, and 1984 Olympics Special Sections; other LAT ephemera.
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6 items: 12-pp. columnar report (info. for 1960 - 1962), headed "Drivers - Union contract and Times-Mirror Company policy comparison, Teamsters Local No. 396 and Hillbro Newspaper Printing Company"; multi-page columnar report, titled "Summary of Times Production Practices compared with L.A. Contract Provisions," prepared by Wage & Salary Section of Personnel - 12/1962; memo, 1/10/1963, "Production Practices vs. Contract Booklet"; exchange of letters, 4/1968, between Otis Booth, Operations Dir., LAT, and Thomas Corcoran, Miami Herald, on "premium pay" for printers; letter, 4/26/1968, from Robert Flannes, LAT, to R.S. Robinson, on the Adolph Spina arbitration case.
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Two copies of the booklet, "What Your Newspaper means to you and Your Family."
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30+ items: selection of LAT editorials, news stories, and material from other sources, on Hoover Dam. Notable items: letter copy, 6/1/1926, from Sen. Hiram Johnson to Franklin Hichborn of San Francisco, mentioning Harry Chandler's "assault upon me," and his push for an "entirely different scheme for the control of the Colorado River" ; a reproduction of Boulder Dam bill (H.R. 5773) passed by House of Representative," the booklet is 22-pp. ; several tear sheets. The Bulletin (S. Fran.), month of 6/1928, articles on dam plans, with criticism of Sen. Hiram Johnson ; original preprint, The Magazine of Wall Street, 1/12/1929, "What Boulder Dam really means to the nation" ; undated brochure, "Boulder Canyon Dam," describing "Eighth Wonder of the World," prepared by National Bank of Commerce ; map, Department of the Interior, "Boulder Canyon Reservoir Site," 1930 ; map/informational brochure, "Hoover Dam," 1931, produced by Union Pacific System ; 30+ pp. booklet, "White Gold - the Story of Hoover Dam," 1931, produced by American Steel & Wire Co. ; LAT tear sheet, 9/22/1985, ""50-year-old Hoover Dam fulfills a massive promise."
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