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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,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

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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