OPEN TODAY: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.

Tickets

Manuscripts

Employees - Torgerson, Dial

Description

6 items: LAT article, 6/22/1983, "2 U.S. journalists killed in Honduras - L.A. Times' Torgerson and free-lancer die in grenade attack..."; LAT article, 6/23/1983, "Road led to a nowhere village - and to death"; article copy, 6/23/1983, "Torgerson's legacy..."; article copy, Among Ourselves, 7/1983, "Dial Torgerson - 1928 - 1983"; tear sheet and copy of "Letters to the Editor" on Torgerson, 6/27/1983.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1983
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.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
Find out more
View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in

  • Image not available

    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.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Employees - Adams, Richard G

    Manuscripts

    6 items: article/photo copy, Among Ourselves, 10/1941, 4 grafs on Richard Adams, attorney on LAT staff; article/photo, Among Ourselves, 5/1944, "One Man's Job - Dick Adams"; Adams' story updated in AO, same column, 10/1959; copy of LAT obit for Adams, 7/14/1989; memo following obit publication - provides corrected information for, as memo states, "obit contains incorrect information..."

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Employees - Hogue, S. Fred

    Manuscripts

    2 items: LAT obit copy, 6/28/1941, "S. Fred Hogue of 'Times' dies"; Among Ourselves article copy, 12/1948, "Men who made The Times," on S. Fred Hogue.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Employees - Pfaffinger, Frank X

    Manuscripts

    8 items: photo & article copy, undated, "Handsome double dwelling (of) F.X. Pfaffinger at Nos. 219-221 North Hope St"; LAT article copy, 3/26/1927, "Forty years of service celebrated (Pfaffinger"; LAT article copy, 3/27/1937, Honor given Pfaffinger"; LAT obit copy, 2/5/1940, "Pfaffinger, treasurer of Times, dies"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 2/1940, "Frank Pfaffinger known as friend-in-need to coworkers"; article copies (2), Among Ourselves, 7/1948, "Men who made The Times," on Pfaffinger; "keepsake" book, "Perpetual Membership in the Marianist Spiritual Alliance," conferred on Pfaffinger, undated.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Employees - Davis, Glenn W

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 12 items: copies of cover and a single page from Elizabeth Taylor - a biography in photographs, with photo and text related to brief dating relationship between Taylor and Glenn Davis; article copy, Among Ourselves, 8/1954, "Glenn Davis has new role in gridiron classic"; various items of correspondence related to Davis' - incl. "Mayor's Certificate of Appreciation" signed by Mayor Yorty, 1964; various information sheets on Davis; tear sheet, Civic Center / Downtown News, 9/9/1980, "Bird's eye view of the Claremont Comet" (Glenn Davis); Metro. News section, LAT, 6/19/1960, "Schissler to resign as Times' events director - Glenn Davis, star of gridiron, will take over..."; article copy, Weekend Desert Post, 6/26/1987, "Mr. Outside (Glenn Davis) still known as one of Army's best"; LAT tear sheet, 11/20/1983, "The glory of yesterday," article on Glenn Davis and his teammate at West Point, Felix Blanchard.

    mssLAT

  • Image not available

    Employees - Whitaker, Alma

    Manuscripts

    Approx. 12 items: two samples of Alma Whitaker's "Sugar and Spice" column, from 1931 and 1936; a 1941 sample of W's writing; LAT, 12/4/1941, "Feminine reporter takes baby along," memories of W's early days at LAT (original & copy in plastic sleeve); Among Ourselves, 2 copies, 6/1949, "Women who made The Times," about Whitaker; (orig. & copy in plastic sleeve) LAT obit, "Alma Whitaker, retired Times columnist, dies"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 1/1957, "Alma Whitaker lived by wit, good humor"; article tear sheet, date / publication unknown, "Veteran Newshens made history" (on Whitaker and other women journalists in L.A. during early decades of 20th century).

    mssLAT