Manuscripts

Employees - Moore, Zeanette

Description: 1 item: single-sheet, 8/28/1945, "Assistant Fashion Editor," describing Moore first five years at LAT - "Moore came The Times in 1940, while a junior at Occidental College...from then until her graduation, she worked (part-time) doing the column representing her school." Later she began to assist the fashion and society desks.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1945
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Employees - Wilson, Bess M

Manuscripts

1 item: single-sheet, "Biography of Bess M. Wilson," "Club Editor" written at top margin, undated. "Mrs. Wilson came to Los Angeles in...1938 and became a member of The Times staff in February, 1939."

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Employees - Vonier, Chester

Manuscripts

2 items: 5-pp. (stapled) manuscript, including poetry segments, which begins, "The purpose of this meeting is to honor Chester Vonier and to commend his spirit to that mystery from whence it came"; a typed half-sheet of paper with more poetry on it. Both items undated.

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Goodan, Mary Elena

Manuscripts

4 items: two exchanges of letters, in 1960 and 1966 between Norman Chandler and Mary Elena Goodan. Ms. Goodan was a San Marino teen who published a neighborhood "news" sheet. In 1966 upon her high school graduation, she asked Norman Chandler for a job.

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Employees - Felton, Priscilla

Manuscripts

1 item: tear sheet, Editor & Publisher, 9/13/1975, "Priscilla Felton moves west as syndicate business manager," was published at the time she assumed a newly created job in L.A. with the Times Syndicate.

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Employees - Hamilton, Peggy

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: various pieces of memorabilia and ephemera related to the career of Hollywood clothing designer Peggy Hamilton, 1894 - 1984. The collection includes a tear sheet article, Long Beach Sunday Telegram, 4/9/1922, "Peggy Hamilton's noted dress show coming next week"; original of program for "Fashion Promenade and Tea Dansants - under the personal direction of PEGGY HAMILTON, 5/13/1925 (at L.A. Biltmore); single sheet of info, stapled to (pink) program for "Pageant of Jewels," L.A. Biltmore, 5/13/1930, directed by Peggy Hamilton; photo & caption, Sports Illustrated, 1/9/1956, "Peggy Hamilton's living room," reads attached card; a sheaf of sheet music; several pieces of handwritten correspondence by Hamilton; LAT obit, 2/27/1984, Los Angeles style-setter Peggy Hamilton dies at 90."

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Publisher's Reception for New Employees

Manuscripts

Three pieces of correspondence pertaining to a speech given by Otis Chandler at the Publisher's Reception for New Employees on February 14, 1978. The first item is a note attached to the second item, a memo. The memo is from Freddie Miller and she refers to the memo attached which she sent out over Chandler's name. The third item is a memo sent from Bob Groundwater to Freddie Miller which is a list seating list for the executives.

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Employees - Moore, Zeanette

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