Manuscripts

The Life and Times of Los Angeles

Description: James Bassett started the research and writing of The Life and Times of Los Angeles, an official history of the newspaper supported by the Chandler family and Times Mirror. Because of this support, he was granted access to prominent employees and family members, as well as unrestricted access to the History Center. When Bassett died in 1978, Marshall Berges took on the task and the book was published in 1984. This series includes transcripts of his interviews (tapes are in the Audio-Visual Series of this collection), subject files of his research, and a typed manuscript. Date range is 1921-1987.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1921-1987
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)

Histories And Outside Publications - Life And Times Of Los Angeles

Manuscripts

Originally maintained as the Los Angeles Times History Center, the Los Angeles Times Records contains materials related to the business life of the Los Angeles Times and its owners - both corporate and personal. The business material is roughly organized by Times department; research material collected by the History Center to document the Times and materials related to the Otis/Chandler families are organized by subject. The records include accounting papers, legal documents, correspondence, directories, memoranda, reprints of articles, supplements to the newspaper, manuscripts, oral history transcripts, ephemera, newspapers, newspaper clippings, and objects. The collection includes a significant amount of audiovisual material, including photographs, film, and audio tapes. There are also several samples of printed newspapers that were collected by the Times History Center.

mssLAT

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