Manuscripts

Imperial Valley

Description: 9 items: LAT article, 4/17/1901, "Salton Desert soon to be converted into fertile farms"; LAT article copy, 12/21/1905, "The clouds over Imperial," on the canal ruptures that led to the creation of the Salton Sea; copies of selected pages of A History of Imperial Valley, by Otto ?, no date seen; 2-pp. citations from LAT for Niland, CA., 1914 - 1921; LAT article copy, 5/21/1940, "Imperial's courage" ; LAT brief copy, 3/28/1941, "First cantaloupes sell for $1 each."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1901 - 1941
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.

Civil Disobedience - Campus Unrest

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT editorial copy, "Dissent on the campuses," 9/29/1968; LAT editorial copy, "Verdict in the Valley State Case," 11/20/1969; LAT article copy, "Kent State...the lessons of Orangeburg were ignored," 5/10/1970; LAT editorial copy, "College unrest and the public," 6/21/1970; LAT article copy, "Study of a college massacre," 10/23/1970.

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Articles

Manuscripts

4 items: LAT article copy, 1/15/1963, "Times Mirror agrees to sell station KTTV"; article copy, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8/16/1963, "Times Mirror to buy World Publishing"; LAT article copy, 8/16/1963, "Major Times Mirror acquisition planned"; photo & long caption tear sheet, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 12/13/1963, "(Times Mirror) gains World for $12 million."

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Kaufmann, Gordon

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: LAT news stories on the career of architect Gordon Kaufmann. Notable items: LAT article copy, 9/14/1938, "Medal for Times building design presented [to Kaufmann] at meeting" ; LAT article copy, 1/21/1948, "G.B. Kaufmann elected Boy Scout area chief" ; LAT obit copy, 3/2/1949, "Gordon B. Kaufmann, 61, famous architect, dies." (folder includes LAT obit on widow Elsie Kaufmann, 6/10/1968)

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Sawtelle

Manuscripts

1 item: LAT article copy, "Police seizure of City Hall starts Sawtelle on exit path," the article describes the 1918 takeover of small town of Sawtelle by "imperial" Los Angeles.

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Employees - Donovan, Robert J

Manuscripts

4 items: ; LAT article copy, 2/1/1970, "Robert J. Donovan appointed associate editor of The Times"; Among Ourselves article, 2/1970 (same event as previous entry); tear sheet of Opinion piece, 9/21/1975, "Even in times of crisis, Americans shun extremes," by Robert J. Donovan; LAT clip, 8/21/1977, "Robert J. Donovan...retires."

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Los Angeles - City Government

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: LAT article copy, 6/10/1931, "Fifth official city flag proposed" ; LAT editorial, 9/14/1964, "Time for a charter change?" ; LAT edit., 10/25/1966, "Reforming Los Angeles' City Charter" ; LAT edit., 11/21/1969, "Charter reform debate" ; LAT edit., 2/23/1970, "Hollywood faces...harsh facts" ; a 1973 exchange of letters betw. Samuel Leask, ex-City Administrative Officer and James Bassett of LAT ; article copy, Los Angeles (mag), 12/1980, "His dishonor, the Mayor" (on A.C. Harper, L.A. mayor 1906 - 1909) ; LAT tear sheet, articles on new City Council District (1st), 1/18/1987 ; LAT article tear sheet, list & brief bio sketch of L.A. mayors, 1850 to 1988, 9/6/1988 ; article copy, Times Mirror (mag), Summer 1989, "A tale of two cities" (L.A. and N.Y.).

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