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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 50 items: the folder contains a collection of complaint letters and replies that were considered good examples of how to respond to criticisms. The issues include x-rated movie ads, price increases, lost-and-found ads, gun / ammunition ads, disagreement about arts reviews and more. The replies were written by staffers from several departments including Editorial and Advertising. Among the staffers writing replies: Charles Champlin (Editorial) ; Glen W. Peters (Advertising) ; Nick B. Williams (Editorial) ; Leonard Pomerantz (Advertising) ; Robert D. Nelson (LAT Gen. Mgr.) ; Phil Magwood (Advertising). NIck Williams created more than one diplomatic reply "prototype." These letters were used dozens or even hundreds of times. One that is included here begins - "Every subscriber of The Times means something to its editors..."
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Approx. 15 items: letters, memos and promotional materials related to awards won by LAT staffers.
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Memos and letters pertaining to the John S. Knight Fellowships.
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Memos and letters pertaining to the Knight Fellows' luncheon.
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Approx.85 items. Dozens of examples of letters to LAT regretting the demise of West, along with the boilerplate reply (the letters to LAT ranged from polite disapproval to crass gutter imagery; etc.
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Approx. 10 items. LAT Management Bulletins from Otis Chandler (1973), and Tom Johnson (1987); 4-pp. "Affirmative Action Plan" (1973); copy of "Newspeak" column, L.A. Weekly, 8/1987, alleging that LAT was "male-dominated" and that the female staffers were unhappy; copy of editorial, 2/3/1977, L.A. Sentinel, "A time to fight," implying that LAT (unnamed) had too few black staffers and management people; 3-pp. report, "Affirmative Action Activities"; etc.
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