Manuscripts

Conrad postcard campaign

Description: Approx. 25 items: small selection of 175 prefab postcards, merely signed and mailed by like-minded citizens accusing Conrad of racism and/or anti-Semitism ; several full-sized sheets containing the same message. Many of the postcards and letters also have additional handwritten comments.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1988
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Nixon Vice Presidential Campaign

Manuscripts

Includes "Nixon Traveling Staff" bios (Bassett, Herb Klein, Rose Mary Woods, etc.), memos, a copy of 1956 Republican Platform, news releases, a copy of 1956 Republican Speaker's Handbook, speech texts, a copy of B'Nai B'rith Messenger (Sept. 7, 1956), one "pin-up" style post card with written message sent to Bassett by Bill Theis (Nov. 1956), etc.

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Dymally, Mervyn M

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items. LAT clips, news stories and editorials, all from 7/1975, in which LAT reveals the findings of a "three-month investigation by The Times" accusing Dymally of extensive wrong-doing ; 5-pp. letter from Dymally, dated 7/21/1975, accusing LAT of "violat(ing) many of the basic rules of fair reporting, specifically in a 7/3 article ; 13-pp. document, "Analysis of Article written by Times Staffers Mike Goodman, David Rosenzweig - about the Urban Affairs Institute and Lieutenant Governor Mervyn M. Dymally's Involvement in that Institute (7/3/1975) ; LAT editorial, 7/28/1975, "The Dymally dispute."

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Postcard Collection

Manuscripts

25+ items. Postcards with photos and illustrations relating to the Los Angeles Times, mostly interiors and exteriors of the various Times buildings, mostly undated but one postcard postmarked 1915.

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Bible Verse letters

Manuscripts

Approx. 90 items: a collection of many of the letters and postcards sent to LAT expressing dismay that the daily Bible verse ("A Bible thought for today"), a feature of the paper for many years, had been discontinued. Also included is a selection of the "boilerplate" responses mailed back to readers. A minister, H.E. Fowler, 30th Street Congregational Church (L.A.) wrote: "Gentlemen, what has caused the "Bible Verse" to be left out of the Editorial section of your paper?"

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Bylines

Manuscripts

3 items. They are op-ed pieces by Williams titled "The Liberal Establishment Press Isn't" (1/30/1972), "Crime and Violence Don't Sell Papers" (2/11/1972), and "Getting the News is Better than Merely Following It" (8/11/1972).

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Hong, Jin-Ki

Manuscripts

Seven letters of correspondence between Jin-Ki Hong, Publisher-President of The Joong-ang Daily News & Tong-yang Broadcasting Corp., and Otis Chandler. Also included in this folder is a draft of the congratulatory message to Joong-Ang; a memo from Gordon Phillips regarding the congratulatory message for foreign newspapers; and a note from Gordon Phillips.

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