Manuscripts

202 W. First - correspondence with equipment manufacturers on refrigeration machines, etc

Description: Approx. 20 items: letters, technical drawings, cost "quotations," and related material from a contractor and various subcontractors. Notable items: 48-pp. booklet from Trumbull Electric on "Busways - the overhead that pays for itself in cost reduction" (1947).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1946 - 1947
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Southern California - Growth

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: subjects include, real estate booms, increase in automobile ownership, the change from a generally rural area to a sprawling urban "megalopolis,forecasts for the future," etc. Notable items: several lengthy journal articles on the land "boom" of the late 1880s ; booklet, Dollars and census, from Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1932 ; booklet, From Rural to Urban, The Haynes Foundation, 1947 ; booklet, The Cost of Metropolitan Growth, 1959 ; booklet, The Southern California Metropolis - 1980, predictions about 1980 from Southern California Research Council, appears to be from ca.1960.

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202 W. First - Fluor Corp. & Western Air & Refrigeration, job outlines, cooling tower

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: correspondence (including letters with a number of subcontractors), drawing and outlines for installation of equipment, and related material.

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202 W. First - E.L. Ellingwood, engineer, correspondence, 1934 - 1937

Manuscripts

30+ items: correspondence and reports related to work at 202 W. First St.

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Policy - Cost Containment Strategies

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items. Material includes: 2 small cardboard flyers with information on LAT "Pull Together Sweepstakes Prizes"; 7/18/1988 Tom Johnson memo on "a series of steps designed to reduce expenses"; 8/11/1988 follow-up memo to previous Johnson memo by Tom Boswell announcing "Pull Together Sweepstakes" to generate cost-cutting suggestions from all LAT employees; related cost-containment memos; memo (7/18/1988) on Expense Reduction Videotape to be viewed by LAT employees; 9/19/1988 memo on "organizational changes" from Dick Schlosberg.

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Classified Department

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items - notes, memos, reports and letters related to Classified Department of LAT. Notable names and subjects include: 30+ pp. slide show printouts and presentation text, "Report to Classified on 1989 budget," 11/25/1988, presenter was Jim Tarmann ; Classified staffing ; pricing ; budget meetings ; cost reduction ; special suburban sections ; more.

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"Enchanted Pueblo"

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items - letters, clippings, postal cards and one booklet. Notable names and items include: 48-pp. booklet, Enchanted Pueblo by Ed Ainsworth ; several postal cards sent to Ainsworth at LAT requesting copies of the booklet ; selection of letters thanking Ainsworth for copies of his book (some autographed) or requesting copies of the book ; selection of letters from political figures, the best-known being Frank G. Bonelli, L.A. County Supervisor.

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202 W. First - correspondence with equipment manufacturers on refrigeration machines, etc

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