Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 35 items: collection of letters exchanged between Norman Chandler and Guy T. Viskniskki (an efficiency expert specializing in newspapers), who was hired by the Los Angeles Times in 1934 to streamline the operation, cut costs, etc.
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2 items: 2-pp. (on blue backing), 4/10/1934, to The Times MIrror Co., "outlining the terms of agreement of employment between (TM) and...Guy T. Viskniskki and Associates, Inc." (consultants) ; heavy envelope for storage of above document.
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6 items: several small pieces of paper with typed or handwritten snippets on Viskniskki; full-page ad, LAT, 9/30/1934, paid for and signed by G.T. Viskniskki, headed "The Ninth Commandment -- and Mr. Upton Sinclair" (this takes the form of an "open letter" to Sinclair; article copies (2), 2/21/1935, "Guard freedom, inland editors told at parley" - 9/8/1949, "Viskniskki, newspaper expert, dies."
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Correspondence from George Gallup and L. D. Hotchkiss, including one annotated by Harry Chandler. Gallup Survey results for the 1948 election. Completed sample of the survey sent to candidates running in a spring Municipal Election. File of L. D. Hotchkiss and William Holden.
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Telegram, correspondence, and ephemera on railroads. Correspondents include Harry Chandler, L. D. Hotchkiss, and Paul Shoup. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.
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Correspondence to/from Harry Chandler and L. D. Hotchkiss regarding allowing horse races at Santa Anita racetrack. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.
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