Manuscripts

Legal

Description: Approx. 35 items: collection of article copies dealing with LAT and TM involvement in legal cases, and court rulings, 1930s - 1970s; lists of LAT retractions, 1974 - 1980, 16-pp.; 2-pp. memo, 3/2/1981, "Final disposition of libel cases"; 33-pp. copy of document (handwritten date added - "Feb 1981 edition," Page 1, "Introduction," which begins "This memorandum summarizes recent developments in the law affecting the publication of news and commentary"; etc.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1911, 1938, 1941 - 1988
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Times Mirror Company v. Superior Court and Bridges v. California, Supreme Court 314 US 252-305

Manuscripts

4 items: 25+ pp. of US Supreme Court transcript of the two cases - Bridges vs. California and Times Mirror vs. Superior Court ; 2-pp. LAT in-house memo, 1980 ; booklet, "Freedom of the Press - the Anglo-American Struggle, 1644 - 1837" ; single sheet biography of colonial printer John Peter Zenger, who was the defendant in a pivotal libel case in 1734.

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Departments - Employee Relations - Service Awards

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Approx. 15 items. Materials include: 6 Management Bulletins, 1987 - 1990, related to LAT service awards and service anniversaries; 22-pp. transcript of 1981 Service Award program remarks, 2/17/1981, by Tom Johnson (LAT Publisher), which take the form of a quick history of LAT and its previous publishers; 2 copies, (blue) program booklet for LAT Service Awards Presentation, 1981; LAT event name badge of "Carolyn Strickler - Archives - 5 Years"; copy of invitation and other items related to 1985 LAT Service Awards, held January 1986; 1989, 1990 LAT Service Awards folders, containing gift catalogs showing gifts available for various service anniversaries

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Succession Planning Program

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2 items: LAT "Succession Planning Program" booklet. 11-pp. analysis of the Succession Planning Program for 1981.

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Departments - Legal - Federal Trade Commission Case

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: clip, 8/18/1977, LAT, "FTC accuses Times of ad discrimination"; Wall St. Journal clip (same date), rate structure at (LAT) attacked"; several teletype tear sheets, 9/25/1981, sample headline, "Times Mirror to seek dismissal of FTC complaint"; LAT clip, 9/26/1981, "FTC tentatively approves Times ad discount accord"; article copy, AdWeek, 10/5/1981"; LAT ad run in Editor & Publisher, 7/24/1982, "A special message to our friends--thank you!...On August 17, 1977, the (FTC) filed charges against the (LAT).....on July 7, 1982, the FTC unanimously voted to dismiss the charges..."; etc.

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Departments - Circulation - Marketing Research Reports

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: many loose, 1-pp. reports on circulation; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1960-1989"; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1955-1983"; 10-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation"; 9-pp. report, "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation, 1976-1980 and Jan. - Sept. 1981"; 9-pp. report, "(LAT) Net Paid Circulation, - 1981-1984 and Jan. - Sept. 1985"; 10-pp. report, "LAT) Net Paid Circulation, 1955-1984"; 10-pp. report, "LAT) Net Paid Circulation, 1959-1988"; (incomplete) "L.A. Times Net Paid Circulation," - 1955-1979 and Jan. - March 1980"; 5-pp. report, LAT, "Circulation and Classified,"Circulation Gains and Losses since 1931"; 10-pp. report, title handwritten at top of page 1 - "Street Sale Circe. Stats, selected months, 1990-94." Compiled by Marketing Research department.

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Employees - Stangland, Enoch W. "Blondie"

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2 items: cover note and 2-pp. tear sheet, "A tribute to Blondie," 1981, publication unknown. Enoch Stangland, nickname "Blondie," lived to be 97 and worked for LAT for 44 years. He was 27 at the time of the 1910 bombing at The Times building.

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