Manuscripts

Censorship & advertising trade practices

Description: Approx. 60 items - memos, reports, a map and related materials. Notable subjects and items include: motion picture ratings systems ; large folded map of San Fernando Valley and adjacent areas to promote The Van Nuys News & Valley Green Sheet (Thomas Bros., 1963) ; materials from Better Business Bureau.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1961 - 1970
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.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Los Angeles Suburban Homes Co

Manuscripts

2 items: map of town sites in the San Fernando Valley. The map is titled "Van Nuys - Lankershim Lands." Surveyor - Y.J. (or V.J.) Rowan, 1910. The area shown included, west to east, the towns of Owensmouth, Marian and Van Nuys, with the Santa Monica Mountains to the south. Area marked "Not a part of this subdivision" is today's Sepulveda Basin ; printout of information sheet on another edition of same map from Huntington Rare Books Map Collection. NOTE: the town site of "Marian" was originally named for Harry Chandler's wife. The district is now know as Reseda.

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Advertising policy

Manuscripts

2 items: letter, 10/28/1983, from Vance Stickell to William Fritz, Pres., Better Business Bureau of Los Angeles, on the subject of magazine subscription sales crews ; return letter, 11/1/1983, from Fritz to Stickell, same subject.

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Departments - Display Advertising - Promotion

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6 items. Materials include: 20-pp. promotional booklet on LAT Home Magazine (1982); promo flyer (1984) for Home magazine reprints on '84 Olympics; 5 sheets (stapled) with financial figures - "Home Magazine offers national advertisers a better advertising value than California Magazine"; promotional packet in folder, "International Opportunities in the Los Angeles Times" (1984); info packet in folder, "(LAT) Television Times," 1981; ad for "Nuestro Tiempo" clipped from 9/12/1988 LAT.

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Censorship

Manuscripts

Two items pertaining to censorship which include a newspaper clipping and a booklet.

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Los Angeles Times Trade Advertisements

Manuscripts

Approx. 16 items: advertisements for trade publications and magazines promoting LAT foreign correspondents and LAT features.

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Cal-Mex Land and Cattle Company - Photographs

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items (some dupes): "Map of Imperial Development Co. Lands - Lower California, Mexico" (n.d.) ; collection of photo prints of regions adjacent to Colorado River and various canals, the Cudahy Ranch, etc. ; negatives corresponding to the prints.

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Censorship & advertising trade practices

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