Manuscripts

Appraisal guidelines

Description: Articles, notes, and booklets regarding archival appraisal and accessioning; letter from Otis Chandler to the Library of Congress expressing his desire to contribute his papers to the Los Angeles Times' own archives.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1973-1982
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Examples - appraisal policies

Manuscripts

Articles and examples of appraisal policies from other institutions, as well as appraisal guides and guidelines for retention in the Los Angeles Times' own archives.

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Appraisal guidelines and fact sheet

Manuscripts

Notes and typed draft of History Center guidelines for identifying archival records; examples of corporate procedures from other companies (Coca-Cola and Chase Manhattan Bank).

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Speeches - Performance Appraisals

Manuscripts

1-sheet list, "Practical Results of Changing Values" ; 24-pp. speech manuscript, (Jim Boswell) "Avoiding the pitfalls of discrimination through performance appraisal," transcripts of "Performance Appraisal and Productivity" and "Performance Appraisal: Does it have a place in today's management environment?" Also, printed copy of "Making the Performance Appraisal Work" from the series "Studies in Employee Relations."

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Appraisal Forms - Editorial Department

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Two copies of a three page Editorial Department Performance Appraisal form.

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Mirror News: Appraisal & recommendations

Manuscripts

1 item: a report of approx. 30-pp. by Otis Chandler which is an appraisal of the financially troubled Mirror News (which ceased publication in 1962). It is divided into a "Forward" (sic), "General Statement," "General Comments," "Sensationalism - Writing," "Personnel changes," "Control of feature writing," and more.

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Employees - Hallner, Marian

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7 items: three brief letters, 1939 - 1949, from Norman Chandler to Marian Hallner, expressing appreciation for her work with the Employee Committee; letter, 3/23/1951, N. Chandler to Hallner, expressing surprise that Hallner had declined to accept the chairperson post of the Times-Mirror Employees Committee; letter, 4/13/1967, from James Isaacs, LAT Controller, to Marian Hallner, Credit Dept., congratulating her on completion of a Management Workshop; letter, 7/11/1968, from N. Chandler to M. Hallner, related to her early retirement "on doctor's orders"; single sheet of Hallner employee data, printed out ca. 1990.

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