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
30+ items: collection of news stories, commentary, bulletins, and other items related to the operations and finally, the closing of the Herald - Examiner in 1989. Notable: full page tear sheet, Her-Ex, 12/2/1972, "ON STRIKE" is the banner headline ; a number of items are duplicated in other files ; LAT Employee Bulletin, 11/2/1989, from David Laventhol, which reads in part, "the Herald - Examiner is being closed....This...can only bring sadness to all Southern Californians, and to all of us at The Times in particular."
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50+ items: selection of LAT news stories on strikes at the Herald-Examiner, the closing down of the Herald-Examiner, etc. ; tear sheet, Los Angeles (mag), 1/1968, "Where does the Herald-Examiner go from here?" ; article copy, Los Angeles (mag), ?/1977, "The Her-Ex...George Hearst's secret money-making machine? ; tear sheet, Downtown News, 11/18/1985, "Herald Examiner Building--Mr. Hearst's First Castle" ; multiple tear sheets, LAT, 11/2/1989, incl. pg. 1 story, "Herald Examiner will halt publishing today" and editorial headlined "End of the Herald-Examiner."
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Approx. 60 items: memos, letters, tear sheets, etc. related to persons and organizations starting with letter "H." Much of the material in this folder is related to the Herald-Examiner. Included is a 7-pp. profile of Mary Ann Dolan, Editor of the Herald-Examiner, from the 6/1982 issue of Washington Journalism Review. The article, written by Dallas writer Dennis Holder, is not totally friendly: "Dolan's philosophy...is to have her fingers in everything and her thumb on everybody."
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4 items: 16-pp. report, "What a new salesperson should know about classified advertising: A. History B. Readership C. Ready-made market"; 5-pp. of questions, "Interview for applicant," prepared by KLEIN INSTITUTE FOR APTITUDE TESTING (2 copies); 7-pp. script, "Keeping abreast of The Times....for sales success".
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Eight items comprising fourteen pages pertaining to the Herald Examiner, containing memos, letters, newsletters, and both original and photocopies of clippings.
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"Los Angeles Media Facts" ; "Los Angeles Times Gold Coast Tri-Counties" ; "Summer Sales 1980" ; "Newspaper Readership" ; "Record/Prerecorded Tape Market" ; "New Car Buyers" ; "Regional Shopping Centers: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties" ; "In Perspective: The Los Angeles Marketing Area - A Market Profile."
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