Manuscripts

Garland, William May

Description: 6 items: two copies of transcript headed "Story of the origin of the Xth Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California, in 1932, as written by William May Garland, one is 33 pp., the other ends with pp. 28, ; letter, 6/6/1983, to Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist, from Lee Whitney, Editor of You (mag) ; LAT sports tear sheets for 12/10/1983, and misc. copies of same.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933 - 1983
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Employees - Tennyson, Al -- Autobiography

Manuscripts

2 items: cover letter with autobiography, from Tennyson to Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist, 12/14/1983; 83-pp. manuscript (plus 14-pp. Addendum), "An expose' of newspapering -- really a homespun autobiography..." titled, The Prevailing Spirit, by A. Tennyson.

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Employees - Hutchinson, Glen R

Manuscripts

3 items: one T-M business card for "Glen R. Hutchinson, Production Manager, Newspaper Division..."; tear sheet of photo & caption for "Times old timers," LAT, 5/6/1934; 2-pp. handwritten letter from Mrs. Glen R. Hutchinson to Lois Markwith (LAT Archivist), 9/4/1978.

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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations - Junior Club

Manuscripts

3 items: page copied from Among Ourselves, ca. 1929, featuring article, "Times Junior Club"; examples of LAT Junior Club membership cards, filled out in 1929 and 1930; 2-pp. handwritten letter, 11/1983, to Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist, from Jonathan Raymond Bishop (the 1929 cardholder), related to being a member of Junior club, saving the membership card, a brief sketch of his life and experiences, etc.

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Departments - Editorial - Spanish Language Column

Manuscripts

4 items. Examples of Spanish-language material in LAT - 1922, 1932,1933. Alternately titled "The World's News in Spanish" and "Noticias en Espanol." Notes by Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist, attached to two of the copies.

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Departments - History Center

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Materials include: 3 Management Bulletins, 1978 - 1990, on Lois Markwith's appointment as LAT Archivist, 12/1986 memo on name change from Archives Department to LAT History Center (effective (1/1987), organizational changes involving many departments including History Center; one copy of 16-pp., Times Mirror (mag.), Spring 1988; 2 copies of LAT History Center holiday greeting card (1984) by So. Calif. artist Ben Abril; one complete issue of Among Ourselves, 6/1984; one copy, "Guide to the Los Angeles Times History Center" (no date), other ephemera related to History Center.

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Employees - Tennyson, Alfred

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items: various pieces of correspondence betw. Tennyson and Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist; several copies of Al Tennyson articles from The Pacific Printer and Publisher, early 1950s; 3-pp. of informal memoirs signed "Al. Tennyson"; 2-pp. report, "Reasons for a new composing room," on oversized, sturdy paper, and signed "al tennyson"; multi-page, text & photo essay from Amer. Newspaper Publishers Assn., Mechanical Bulletin, 2/28/1950, "Composing Room short-cuts." Tennyson was clearly a vital cog in the smooth operation of the composing room. He retired 1/1/1968, after a 47-year association with LAT, and consulted for some time after that.

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Garland, William May

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