Manuscripts

Buildings - Cannon

Description: 2 items: copy of undated article in LAT with headline "Fine piece of ordnance presented to The Times; copy of article (5/15/1898) with headlines "Times War Whistle Code" and below that, "Sky Rocket Signal Service," the later related to "six rockets of red to indicate an American victory" being fired from the roof of the Times Building.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1898
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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World War II - Japanese Surrender

Manuscripts

4 items: LAT article, 3/3/1945, "Backbone of Japan's air power shattered" ; LAT headlines, 8/15/1945, "PEACE! VICTORY! Japs accept Allied terms..." ; two copies of 3-pp. chrono list of "Stories on formal Japanese surrender, 1945," list prepared 8/23/1976.

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Buildings - Orange County Facility

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items. Materials include: 2 copies of a tabloid-sized newsprint section (undated) titled "The New Orange County Home of The Los Angeles Times; management bulletins; reports and memos about the (Orange County) Satellite Plant; two photocopied Editor & Publisher articles on LAT Orange County plant (3/1/1969 & 6/6/1970) - headlines "New concept in expansion..." and "How Los Angeles Times produces satellite paper"; article from Printing Production magazine, 8/1968, "Satellite plant pioneers"; other magazine clippings, including LAT and Among Ourselves; Management Conference Bulletin about a tour and barbecue dinner at the Orange County Satellite Facility; etc.

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Departments - Legal - Federal Trade Commission Case

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: clip, 8/18/1977, LAT, "FTC accuses Times of ad discrimination"; Wall St. Journal clip (same date), rate structure at (LAT) attacked"; several teletype tear sheets, 9/25/1981, sample headline, "Times Mirror to seek dismissal of FTC complaint"; LAT clip, 9/26/1981, "FTC tentatively approves Times ad discount accord"; article copy, AdWeek, 10/5/1981"; LAT ad run in Editor & Publisher, 7/24/1982, "A special message to our friends--thank you!...On August 17, 1977, the (FTC) filed charges against the (LAT).....on July 7, 1982, the FTC unanimously voted to dismiss the charges..."; etc.

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Departments - Editorial - Food Section

Manuscripts

6 items. Material includes: note on blue card, "Cookbooks in file cabinet in reception room"; Pg. 1 of Food Section, 8/29/1963, lead story headline, "Labor Day work savers"; 2-pp. news release, "Times introduces redesigned food section"; copy, Among Ourselves, 10/1931, of (first page only) article, "New demonstration kitchen for cooking class," note attached, "see...AO for rest of article"; Pg. 1, LAT Food Section, 4/5/1962, copies, Pg. 1, Pt. 1 announcement and Pg. 1 of "FOOO for the Family" section, 4/5/1962.

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Issues of the Los Angeles Times

Manuscripts

2 items: one copy of Los Angeles Times, 10/17/1934, complete special section ("Progress Number" features numerous stories on "The New Times Building") and one copy Los Angeles Times, 8/17/1935, complete issue (front page headline on deaths of Will Rogers & Wiley Post in plane crash in Alaska).

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Employees - Meadows, Mike

Manuscripts

1 item: article copy, Editor & Publisher, 2/25/1995, "Staged photos," includes the incident in which Meadows, an LAT photog, was fired for shooting a staged photo during a fire in Altadena.

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