Manuscripts

Employees - Morris, Joe Alex, Jr

Description: Approx. 10 items: a collection of articles written during the days and weeks following the death of Morris' (2/9/1979) as he observed fighting in Tehran during the Iranian revolution. Among the publications represented are LAT, Wash. Post, and Among Ourselves. Also in the file are a single-sheet bio of Morris for LAT "Beirut Bureau." Finally, there is an original of the booklet, "A Tribute to Joe Alex Morris, Jr.," which includes a tribute story on Morris by William Touhy, several of Morris' articles from the 1960s and 1970s, plus an editorial page piece in memory of Morris..
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1965 - 1979
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Employees - Bassett, James

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: variety of tear sheets & clips of LAT articles by and about Bassett; brief from The Eight Ball, 9/1958, on Bassett's vacation, scorpion bites and state of health; from 1978, LAT obit on Bassett, Among Ourselves obit on Bassett, Jim Bishop obit / tribute column on Bassett

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Employees - Hall, Chapin

Manuscripts

7 items: single-sheet, "Obituary for W.R. Farrell, by Chapin Hall," stamped 1/7/1937; Among Ourselves, brief bio in "Strictly Confidential" column, 4/1942; LAT obit, 1943, "Chapin Hall dies suddenly"; tribute LAT, 7/13/1943, "Chapin Hall, newspaperman to the last"; 2 copies, Among Ourselves, "Men who made The Times, 11/1948, on Chapin Hall; 3-pp. rough draft for 1943 tribute after Chapin's death.

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Employees - Nathan, Albert

Manuscripts

5 items: several clippings from LAT related to the death, at 52, of Albert Nathan, including two copies of 4/5/1945 obit, a tribute piece from the same day, and other clips.

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Employees - Carr, Harry - Will Rogers Memorial Booklet

Manuscripts

4 items: (in plastic sleeve) cardboard box with label on top reading "To Will Rogers: Vaya Con Dios," by Harry Carr; (in plastic sleeve) a copy of To Will Rogers: Vaya Con Dios, with a interwoven twine binding; brief letter, addressed "Dear Myra," from Carolyn Strickler, 5/13/1987, thanking her for the donation of the Harry Carr tribute to Will Rogers; LAT Certificate of Gift, to Myra Sawyer, (for the Will Rogers Tribute book mentioned above), 5/16/1987.

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Employees - Stangland, Enoch W. "Blondie"

Manuscripts

2 items: cover note and 2-pp. tear sheet, "A tribute to Blondie," 1981, publication unknown. Enoch Stangland, nickname "Blondie," lived to be 97 and worked for LAT for 44 years. He was 27 at the time of the 1910 bombing at The Times building.

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Employees - Lee, Walt

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: single sheet of copies of clips on Walt Lee from the 1940s and 1950s; 3-pp. (cover & article), Western Treasures, 4/1973, "Walt Lee - dean of ghost town painters"; tear sheet, Antelope Valley Press, 3/20/1979, "Recorder of desert's many moods turns 91"; several 1980 clippings, Daily Ledger-Gazette (Lancaster), 3/1980, incl. an obit and a tribute to artist Walt Lee; 1-pp. "Notification of Death" (LAT form), 3/13/1980, for Walt Lee (Start date - 11/16/1942, Retirement date - 3/21/1953, d.o.d. 3/12/1980, age - 91; copy of undated photo; note, 1982, written to Lois Markwith, LAT Archivist, from Phyllis Hicks, - "came across these articles on Walt Lee...of any use to you [?]

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