Manuscripts

Exhibits (internal) objectives

Description: List of in-house exhibits; black and white photocopies of Times exhibit photographs; 3 articles clipped from History News: How to design museum exhibitions that work," The best laid plans of mice and museums," and "Artifacts as historical objects."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1987-1988
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Exhibit program - traveling exhibits

Manuscripts

Papers relating to the Times traveling exhibit program, divided into project logs, memos, exhibit firms, frame companies, and purchase requests/capital expense categories. Also includes color photographs of the exhibits and a sample plate the reads, "Materials compiled from the Los Angeles Times History Center."

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Exhibit memoranda

Manuscripts

Interoffice correspondence and memoranda regarding the Times Globe lobby exhibit, including various drafts of the exhibit letter and a list of tentative exhibit elements.

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Exhibit program - type styles, sizes

Manuscripts

Large folded graph paper sheet entitled Carolyn's Exhibit Design Kit; paper mock-up of an exhibit plate/label; examples of exhibit label text with various sizes and wordings; photocopied information on planning labels for an exhibit.

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Acquisitions objectives

Manuscripts

Letter from Dan Strehl of the Los Angeles Public Library to Carolyn Strickler offering deaccessioned issues of the Times for sale to the archives with notes on what was purchased, 1986; sample note of file receipt acknowledgment, 1989; handwritten notes on acquisitions policy clipped to a letter from John Rothman of the new York Times archives to Carolyn concerning the policies of both companies, 1987.

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Project - Hollywood Photograph Exhibit

Manuscripts

Forty-four items comprising ninety-nine pages pertaining to Hollywood photograph exhibit project, containing memos, photocopies of clippings, an exhibit catalogue, and letters.

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Freedom of the Press Exhibit

Manuscripts

A copy of a speech given by Otis Chandler at the opening of the Freedom of the Press Exhibit on February 14, 1980. This exhibit was displayed in the Los Angeles Times building and displayed fifteen historical papers never before publicly seen from the Chicago Public Library's special collection. This exhibit was presented by the Playboy Foundation and displayed papers from the trial of John Peter Zenger. Other items in this folder include a two page press release and four letters of correspondence, one being from Hugh Hefner.

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Exhibits (internal) objectives

Opening Hours

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