Manuscripts

McAfee, Guy

Description: Approx. 15 items: LAT news story, 5/28/1931, "M'Afee reveals political pact..." ; LAT news story, 6/1/1939, "Gamblers go to Las Vega...McAfee says he's through in Los Angeles..." ; LAT obit, 2/21/1960, "Guy McAfee, big time gambling figure, dies," ; more, including McAfee tax troubles.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1931 - 1960
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.

Yaw, Ellen Beach

Manuscripts

8 items: Includes a 2-pp. descriptive index of LAT items between 1896 and 1910. Also: LAT news story, 3/5/1904, "Ellen Beach Yaw is still girlish" ; article copy, Out West (mag) 10/1912, "California's sweetest singer" ; LAT obit, 9/10/1947, "Ellen Beach Yaw, renowned singer of early 1900s, dies (at 78)."

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Employees - Weegar, Ted

Manuscripts

2 items: LAT obit clip, 9/2/1986, "Edwin (Ted) Weegar, Asst. Managing Editor of Times, dies" (65); 2-pp. News from the Los Angeles Times, 9/2/1986, slightly modified version of previous obit.

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Lindsay, Ben

Manuscripts

8 items: LAT news stories and other items related to the controversial career of Judge Ben Lindsay. Notable items: 5-pp. copied from a 1929 thesis for Claremont Colleges, segment titled "Attitude on marriage," featuring material on Judge Lindsay ; LAT obit, 3/27/1943, "Ben Lindsay, jurist, dies" ; article torn from Southern California Quarterly, Winter 1973, "The story of Judge Ben Lindsay."

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Parrot, Kent

Manuscripts

7 items: LAT news stories and editorials about a man The Times refereed to in his obituary as "a political wire-puller." Notable items: 1925 flyer critical of Parrot, Mayor George Cryer and John R. Haynes ; news story copy, 1/27/1929, "Parrot quits Mayor Cryer" ; news copy, "6/23/1936, "Kent Parrot held liquor reins, witness charges" ; obit copy, "Kent Parrot , political power here in '20s, dies."

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Kaufmann, Gordon

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: LAT news stories on the career of architect Gordon Kaufmann. Notable items: LAT article copy, 9/14/1938, "Medal for Times building design presented [to Kaufmann] at meeting" ; LAT article copy, 1/21/1948, "G.B. Kaufmann elected Boy Scout area chief" ; LAT obit copy, 3/2/1949, "Gordon B. Kaufmann, 61, famous architect, dies." (folder includes LAT obit on widow Elsie Kaufmann, 6/10/1968)

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Employees - Trumbo, Taylor

Manuscripts

5 items: LAT article copy, 3/31/1959, "Taylor Trumbo new managing Editor of Times"; 8-pp. letter from Trueblood to Robert Gottlieb (who was writing Thinking Big, the Story of the Los Angeles Times...) containing memories of his years with LAT; article copy, (Honolulu) Star-Bulletin & Advertiser, 6/20/1982, "Road to Siberia led to Paradise, warm memories" on Trueblood's life experiences; LAT obit clip, "Georgia Fifield, ex-radio actress" (T's wife); LAT obit copy, "Z.T. Trumbo, ex-managing Editor of The Times, dies at 85."

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