Manuscripts

Johnson, Hiram (1 of 2)

Description: Approx. 60 items: collection of news stories and editorials on political career of Hiram Johnson, who was involved in a decades-long feud with first H.G. Otis, later Harry Chandler. LAT reports and comments on Johnson were uniformly negative, or LAT ignored him. Notable items: 6 sheets torn from Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly (1950s?), "Hiram Johnson and World War I...a Progressive in transition" ; 3-pp. copied from Current Biography, 1941, entry for Hiram (Warren) Johnson ; LAT obit, 8/7/1945, "The death of Hiram Johnson," is not kind to the deceased but, as LAT put it, "it would be hypocritical to forget or retract..." ; letter copy, 8/19/1940, from LAT's Kyle Palmer to Sen. Hiram Johnson, on Palmer/LAT endorsement of Johnson for Senate, "an editorial which...I never thought [I would] either write or read."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1910 - 1976
Call number: mssLAT

Johnson, Hiram (2 of 2)

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1 item: 153-pp. manuscript copy, "Hiram Johnson's campaign for the governorship of California, 1910 - A thesis submitted to the Department of History and the Committee on Graduate Study of Stanford University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts by George Wallace Milias" (8/1949) ;

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W (1 of 2)

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Approx. 75 items: letters, reprints clippings and other materials related correspondence with persons with names beginning with W. Includes: collection of letters critical of Thomas or LAT, more than one dealing with what comics are run or not run ; collection of letters taking exception to statements made in LAT ; one letter (12/5/1985) begins, "I am a freelance journalist...on the skids. I hope you'll give me a job..." ; another, "I recognize you as a great editor, I feel that I am a great journalist..." ; many letters are from a Barry Winningham, who wrote bizarre letters to Thomas for several years ; letters to Thomas from fringe organizations (or individuals) offering him awards, etc. ; more. Split into two folders.

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Tom Johnson

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Approx. 65 items - notes, memos, a mission statement and other materials, many of them passed between Vance Stickell and Tom Johnson. Also: 3 stapled sheets headed "Mission statement of the Los Angeles Times" ; memos related to Dallas Times Herald ; articles from various publications on operation of LAT and other newspapers. ; 8-pp. booklet (gray), text of an adress by Tom Johnson, named Univ. of Arizona Executive of the Year, "America's Press - Free and Responsible?" ; more.

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Tom Johnson memos

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Approx. 30 items: memos, letters, transcripts, other material related to LAT Publisher Tom Johnson. Included: approx. 20-pp. transcript of "Otis Chandler and Tom Johnson (on panel with others) at Wash. Buro," 4/11/1985 ; copy, 3-pp. article from New West, 12/5/1977, "Crown prince of the Press" ; copy, LAT article, 3/6/1980, "Tom Johnson to be Publisher of The Times" ; packet of 1979 reports headed "New systems and plans and their effect on manning" ; other reports.

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W (2 of 2)

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Sinclair, Upton (1 of 2)

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Approx. 80 items: dozens of copies of LAT news stories and editorials hostile to Sinclair and his message (especially during Harry Chandler era) ; several extended segments copied from Sinclair's book, I, Candidate for Governor and how I got Licked, 1935 ; segment copied from Rebel at Large, by George Creel, 1947 ; complete original issue, Southern California Quarterly, Winter 1974 - issue devoted to material on Sinclair ; LAT obit copy, 11/26/1968, "Upton Sinclair, 90, noted author, dies." Split into two folders.

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