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Thomas, William F

Description: 1 item: 69-pp. transcript of interview with William (Bill) Thomas, LAT Editor. Notable names and subjects include: just after becoming Editor Thomas "dismantle(d) the Washington Bureau...I felt it had to be done" (pp. 4 - 7+) ; David Kraslow of DC Bureau ; John Lawrence and legal issues (pp. 10 - 21+) ; GeoTek (pp. 27 - 28+) ; George Cotliar (pp. 35 - 36) ; Richard Meyer's writes on a "permanent underclass" and its effect on crime and black on white crime (pp. 40 - 41+) ; TM-sponsored dinner for Sen. Howard Baker (pp. 46) ; the "Senior Writers" program (pp. 47 - 50+) ; Ed Guthman ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1981
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Thomas, William F

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3 items: 14-pp. transcript of "Taping with William F. Thomas, Editor of The Times," 5/21/1975 - begins with Thomas' answer to the general question of "the differences between Nick Williams' editorial tenure and [his]" ; 19-pp. transcript of "Second taping with Wm. Thomas, Editor of The Times," 6/30/1975 - begins with a question on LAT political endorsements and widens out to many other topics ; 18-pp. transcript of "Third taping with Bill Thomas," 7/7/1975 - begins with subject of Watergate coverage and widens out.

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Thomas, William F

Manuscripts

1 item: 42-pp. transcript (pp. 100 - 141) of interview of Bill Thomas (LAT Editor) by Marshall Berges. Notable names and subjects include: Lyndon B. Johnson ; LAT in relation to Times Mirror Corporation and other holdings (pp. 105 - 106) ; memories of backlash over a Robert Scheer article on the Jewish community that was not well received in all quarters (pp. 107 - 110+) ; wide-ranging memories of incidents and people at LAT during the 1960s and 1970s ; Thomas answers the question, "Do we need an editorial page?" (pp. 122 - 124) ; moving Conrad's cartoons to Op Ed (pp. 125 - 126) ; political polls, Mervin Field, etc. (pp. 127 - 129) ; more.

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Chandler, Otis - Tape # 3

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1 item: 16-pp. transcript - "Third taping with Otis Chandler," 7/31/1975. Subjects include: the Mirror-News (pp. 1 - 4) ; Los Angeles Times' improvements and improved profitability during the 1960s (pp. 6 - 7) ; "the next eight or ten years" from 1975 - (pp. 7) ; early 1970s recession (pp. 8) ; Nick Williams (pp. 10 - 12) ; top Editor candidates (Robert) Donovan, William Thomas, Anthony Day, Ed Guthman (pp. 13) ; selection of William Thomas as Editor (pp. 15).

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Cotliar, George

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3 items: 30-pp. transcript of interview of George Cotliar (high-ranking Los Angeles Times editor) "by Jack Hart" - interviewer? ; two versions of a Cotliar bio, one handwritten, a second one typed and dated 11/1974.

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Employees - Thomas, William

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Approx. 30 items: collection of correspondence and other material on Robert Gottlieb's controversial (at LAT) book on LAT (mid-1970s); LAT reprint, article from 1/1/1989, "Good writing, long stories and freedom," by David Shaw, on the legacy of Thomas at the time of his retirement as Exec. VP and Editor of the paper: tear sheet of previous article; additional stories on the accomplishments of Thomas and The Times during his tenure; selection of LAT and Among Ourselves articles on Thomas from 1960s and 1970s; 11-pp. transcript of interview, "L.A. Times -- Bill Thomas -- R#11"; other materials.

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Thomas, William F. Files

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William "Bill" Thomas (1928-2014) was appointed by Otis Chandler to be the seventh executive editor of the Times in 1971 and stayed in that position until his retirement in 1989. He started at the Times in 1962 as an assistant city editor and the metropolitan editor. Includes correspondence, internal memoranda, policies, press releases, speeches, strategic plans, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Date range is 1962-1993.

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