Manuscripts

Production Practices vs. contract

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1962, 1968
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Departments - Production

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items. Materials include: 1-pp. (photos) illustrated instructions, "How to make a pressman's hat': several Among Ourselves articles(1927, 1928, 1967) on various aspects of Production; 12-pp. report, "(LAT) Production Department Information," (rev. 2/1972)8-pp. report, "(LAT) Orange County Facility Production Department Information," (rev. 2/1972); two Bulletins, 1985, 1990, on promotions and organizational changes; tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 3/15/1980, "2nd Satellite Plant-Expansion at L.A. Times set at $215 million"; etc.

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Departments - Production - Pressroom - Policies and Practices Reports

Manuscripts

6 items: 33-pp. report, "Pressroom policies & practices (preface)," draft, 8/1/1983; 25-pp. report, "Pressroom practices and policies (first draft) 8/28/1985; segments of various reports, loose.

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Public Relations

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Collection of LAT article copies related to TM public relations activities: 1951, "Bloodmobile unit visits Times-Mirror"; 1955, Times-Mirror Co. among donors of scholarships";: 1955, "...cancer parley series set..."; 1956, "Drive seeks $36,000 for diabetes aid"; 1957, "...Oxy students win Times-Mirror grants"; 1959, "$400,000 fund given to Caltech"; 1960, "Times-Mirror Co. gives $25,000..."; 1961, "Fund aids faculty salaries"; 1962, "Heirs of Harry Chandler give Stanford $100,000"; 1962, "Private gifts to pay for art museum galleries"; 1968, "10 outstanding youths will get awards May 18"; 1970, clip on art student scholarships from TM and others.

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240 S. Hill St. - "Contract for elevator installation, garage building..." Times Mirror Co

Manuscripts

1 item: approx. 12-pp. - "Contract documents for elevator installation for garage building at 240 S. Hill Street for Times-Mirror Company..."

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Departments - Production - Production - Format and Style Changes

Manuscripts

6 items. Materials include: brief copied from New York (mag), 11/13/1989, "L.A. Times look riles staffers"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 1/1966, "Greater readability - Times to introduce 6-column format on all clear pages"; tear sheet, newspaper?, scribbled date appears to be from 1941 or 1947, "[LAT] Has best front page, finest type display, is university finding"; LAT article copy, 10/23/1886, "The Times in its new dress" (on new typeface and new machinery); LAT tear sheet, 7/7/1980, (ad) headed "Times Change"; copy of Pg. 1 Masthead for 2/22/1914.

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Labor Stability Reports

Manuscripts

4 items: labor stability reports dated 12/31/195 for LAT, The Mirror and Times Mirror Press ; memo, 2/14/1952, Turnover Report for 1951.

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