Manuscripts

Crime - Los Angeles

Description: Approx. 20 items: LAT news stories and editorials , 1924 - 1933, on gangsters, gambling, etc., in Los Angeles and nationwide; copied booklet, Ghouls Guide to Los Angeles, date unknown (1954>); 17-pp. copied From a Reporter's Notebook, "The Black Dahlia...1947 - 1987," by Will Fowler.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1924 - 1987
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.

Publications - "Recruitment Guide to Los Angeles"

Manuscripts

1 booklet: "Recruitment Guide to Los Angeles," (10/1973).

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Los Angeles - City Planning

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items: clips and copies of LAT editorials and news stories on city planning and urban renewal, especially in the central city area, 1912 to the 1970s. Notable items: booklet, Annual Report - Board of City Planning Commissioners, Los Angeles, 1934-35 ; booklet, A Report to Honorable Fletcher Bowron, Mayor of Los Angeles (City Planning Commission), 12/4/1942 ; 48-pp. booklet, Accomplishments - City Planning Commission, 1957; 18-pp. booklet, City Charter - excerpts relating to City Planning, 1959 ; booklet of LAT reprints, originally published during 4/1966, "Urban renewal...salvation or new blight?"; undated brochure (ca. 1990), Central City West, produced by Center City West Associates.

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Los Angeles - Tourism

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: copies of LAT clips--editorials, ads and promotions--1901 - 1919, related to tourism and real estate ; booklet, undated, "10 Fun auto trips with a day's drive of Los Angeles," prepared by American Petroleum Institute and presented by LAT ; copy LAT editorial, "The cliché that never dies," 1/2/1962 ; 1976 Art Seidenbaum column, "Tourist industry lacks industry."

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Los Angeles - City Halls

Manuscripts

7 items: commemorative booklet, Corner-stone laying - Los Angeles City Hall, 6/22/1927 ; article copy, California History, 9/1987, "El Portugese...Don Antonio Rocha, California's first Portugese sailor ; white folder, with pocket containing booklets, brochures and other material relating to Project Restore (L.A.), 1990 ; tear sheet, Downtown News, 10/27/1986, "New clothes for City Hall"; etc.

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Los Angeles County - Growth

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: orig. 84-pp. booklet, Zoning Atlas - Los Angeles, 1932 ; several population reports, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Los Angeles...area, 1944 ; 5-pp. copied from The Researcher (L.A. Chamber of Commerce) on "Growth of the Western Metropolis (L.A.), 1/1959 ; 6-pp. report by James Bassett to Nick Williams, "Urban problems of the Los Angeles area," 1/17/1969 ; related LAT clips, memos, and "Dwelling Units and Population" reports from the Regional Planning Commission.

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Publications - Market Data Reports - Los Angeles

Manuscripts

6 items: pamphlet, "(LAT) Adult Readership..." ; booklet, "Liquor and Los Angeles" ; booklet, "Television in Los Angeles and (LAT)" ; booklet, "Los Angeles Times Suburban Sections" ; booklet, "Los Angeles Times Home Magazine" ; booklet, "Los Angeles - a vintage market."

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