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Roosevelt, Eleanor
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Roosevelt, Franklin D
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Approx. 25 items: LAT news tear sheet, 3/6/1933, "Roosevelt closes all banks...Congress meets Thursday" ; LAT editorial copy, 9/15/1940, "Are we still a democracy," LAT uses the word "dictatorship" in reference to FDR's seeking of a third term" ; LAT Page One copy, LAT editorial copy, 11/6/1940, "Mr. Roosevelt wins again" ; LAT Page One copy, 4/13/1945, "President Roosevelt dies...Harry S. Truman sworn in..." ; more.
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Employees - Palmer, Kyle
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Approx. 25 items: a selection of LAT clippings by and about Palmer; copy of American Legion Resolution, 5/17/1957, commending Palmer for "good citizenship and patriotism"; a number of editorial and opinion pieces authored by Palmer; LAT editorial, 4/20/1960, "Au revoir to the Good Shepherd," is a farewell upon Palmer's retirement; LAT obit, several pieces from 4/1962, including Palmer's obit and news story about his funeral, "Cardinal presides at rites for Kyle Palmer - Richard Nixon among pallbearers at funeral of retired Times political editor."
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Hoffa, Jimmy
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2 items: LAT editorial, "Jimmy Hoffa's road to power," 3/2/1961 ; LAT editorial, "A crisis of a free society," 12/27/1962.
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Roosevelt, Theodore
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Approx. 10 items: LAT news stories, cartoons and editorials (copies), many of them critical of Roosevelt's 3rd party run for president in 1912 (Bull Moose Party). The last item chronologically is an editorial, 6/27/1916, "Roosevelt's return," which states "The Times has no apologies to offer for criticism of Col. Roosevelt it has deemed its duty...to print," but nevertheless welcomes him back into the Republican Party for the 1916 campaign.
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Employees - Russell, Bruce
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Approx. 15 items: several examples of Russell's editorial art, Soviet Bear vs. American Eagle (plus photo of artist working on the illustration), original and two copies of caricature of Franklin Roosevelt, 1940; LAT clip, 1/9/1943, "Bruce Russell's works displayed"; plastic sleeve contains more illustrations from 1950s; poster showing Russell's "Barbed wire cutters," and used to promote National Foreign Language Week in 4/1962; LAT obit, 12/19/1963, "Bruce Russell, noted Times cartoonist, dies."
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Employees - Palmer, Kyle - Interview
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1 item: 94-pp. transcript of "Interview of Kyle Palmer by Robert L. Knutson," recorded Jan. - Mar. 1962. Palmer's 40-yr. long career with LAT (beginning in 1920) included political coverage, editorial writing, and much more. He became a powerful individual with the resources of the LAT behind him. He was known as "the Little Governor" in the days before television, to give an indication of his influence. He could make or break the political career of almost anyone. There are many underscorings in red ink, plus some marginal notes
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