Manuscripts

Griffith, D.W

Description: Approx. 20 items. A collection of LAT material on Griffith, including appreciations and other features and the 1948 article at the time of his death.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1930 - 1976
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.

Parks - Griffith Park

Manuscripts

6 items: original brochure, "Corner Stone Laying - Griffith Observatory, Griffith Park (7/12/1934) ; memo from "Meredith" (staff writer) to "Mr. Hawke" (editor) defending an element that had been included in a story about the ceremony related to laying observatory cornerstone ; booklet, Griffith Observatory and Planetarium, Los Angeles, 5/1939 ; bio sheet (on onionskin paper), dated 10/20/1938, headed "Van M. Griffith" ; LAT article copy, 12/26/1967, "Donated in 1896, Griffith Park--the City's biggest Christmas gift."

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Griffith, Griffith J

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: LAT clip copies on Griffith's philanthropy (donated the land for vast Griffith Park), his business dealings, an attempt on his wife's life--which is went to prison for--and his eventual work for penal reform. Also included is a chapter (pp. 119-134) from the book, Take the Witness (1934), focusing on Griffith's personal history.

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Employees - Hotchkiss, L.D. - Editorials - Newspapers

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: 1 copy, 20-pp. bio material & co-worker interview transcripts; approx. 20-pp. of text, beginning, "I would like to discuss with you ...some of the current criticism directed at the daily press in this country"; 5-pp. text by Hotchkiss on the occasion of LAT 75th Anniversary; 4-pp. copied from ASNE Bulletin, 6/1/1957, "The 'full text' is still with us," featuring a quote from Hotchkiss; other ASNE Bulletins from 1950s, in which Hotchkiss is mentioned; tear sheet of 1951 article at the time of William Randolph Hearst's death; a selection of opinion pieces (1940s-1950s) by Hotchkiss; a profile (1948) of LAT staffer Tim Turner, "an 18th century liberal."

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Times and Times-Mirror Procedure on Stories

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: memos relating to procedures when LAT, Times Mirror or a member of the Chandler family will be mentioned in an LAT article.

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Ballin, Hugo

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: 20+ pp. copied from the book, The Murals of Griffith Observatory, which the author dedicated to the memory of muralist Hugo Ballin ; LAT articles and obits on Hugo Ballin and his wife, Mabel Ballin, an actress.

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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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