Manuscripts

Employees - Chapin, Will

Description: Approx. 15 items: LAT article (several copies) 5/26/1937, "Friends greet Will Chapin, cartoonist, on [80th] birthday"; a selection of undated copies of his illustrations; correspondence between Douglas Dodds of Walnut Creek, CA. and LAT writer Ruth Ryon, related to Chapin's works of sculpture; unbound proofs for Cartoons by Will E. Chapin, a collection of approx. 90 Chapin illustrations (published 1899); article copy, Among Ourselves, 5/1948, "personality sketch" on Chapin for the occasional column "The Men who made The Times."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1899 - 1948
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.

Employees - Hall, Chapin

Manuscripts

7 items: single-sheet, "Obituary for W.R. Farrell, by Chapin Hall," stamped 1/7/1937; Among Ourselves, brief bio in "Strictly Confidential" column, 4/1942; LAT obit, 1943, "Chapin Hall dies suddenly"; tribute LAT, 7/13/1943, "Chapin Hall, newspaperman to the last"; 2 copies, Among Ourselves, "Men who made The Times, 11/1948, on Chapin Hall; 3-pp. rough draft for 1943 tribute after Chapin's death.

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Employees - Andrews, Harry

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Materials include: various bios of Andrews prepared by LAT; four sheets copied from LAT History by Ed Ainsworth; pages copied from The Times-Mirror Company, 19th Annual Report; copy of 1922 article upon occasion of Andrews' being hospitalized for an operation; copy of 1926 obit and columns memorializing Andrews; copy of 1948 LAT article ("personality sketch") of Andrews.

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History - Employee reminiscences

Manuscripts

8 items, some duplicates. Material includes: 1944 LAT article (2 copies) "Employee of 63 years ago tells of early Times' days; Among Ourselves article (1/1929), 2 copies, "We are mellowing"; other Among Ourselves articles from 1928 and 1931; original and 1 copy of; etc. 11/30/1937 column, "What Goes On?" by Chapin Hall; etc.

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Employees - Trueblood, Ralph

Manuscripts

Approx. 22 items: 6-pp., typed bio information and impressions of Trueblood given by co-workers, headed "Ralph Waldo Trueblood (m.e., 1926 - 1934) - [Managing Editor]; booklet, (ca. 1925), "Directions for sing the Telephotograver... News Pictures by Wire"; LAT and Among Ourselves articles by and about trueblood from 1920s - 1940s; article, Among Ourselves, 1/1945, "Editor Ralph Trueblood retires after 35 years"; two copies LAT obit, "Retired Times Editor Ralph Trueblood dies"; LAT editorial page article copy, 5/8/1954, "Passing of a great newspaperman"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 5/1949, "Men who made The Times," on Trueblood; etc.

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Employees - Andreson, John

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: several versions of Andreson bio with personal and professional information; 3-pp. article, "Written by Tom Giuffrida for Among Ourselves, but not used"; various tear sheets and article copies related to Andreson's LAT career and outside activities.

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Employees - Cugat, Xavier

Manuscripts

3 items: copy of a page of illustrations, 5/20/1928, created by musician (and cartoonist) Xavier Cugat for LAT under the pen name "De Bru"; LAT article copy, 6/15/1953, "Cugat recalls his days as cartoonist for Times"; tear sheet of the lengthy obituary for Cugat, LAT, 10/28/1990,

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