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Description: Photo scrapbook of three-day event, "Nominating a President: The Process and The Press," prepared for William F. Thomas, Editor (in Chief) of LAT. Event sponsored by the Los Angeles Times and The Institute of Politics/Harvard, 2/1980. Scrapbook contains photos (many with captions identifying people) of the roundtable discussions held at the Institute of Politics of Harvard University, 2/1 = 2/3/1980. Multiple photos of Otis Chandler, William F. Thomas and Jack Nelson (DC bureau chief). Also in photos - Tom Johnson and Gov. Michael Dukakis (MA). Placard from "all us guys" facetiously commending Bill Thomas for lowering the Editorial Department's expense budget, signed by Vance Stickell, Bert Tiffany, and others.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1980, 1981
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
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Awards and Scrapbooks

Manuscripts

4 large plastic sleeves containing: original newsprint of articles by Otis Chandler written for Mirror News in the 1950s ; several commendations awarded to Otis Chandler by the City of Los Angeles, the State of California, Jewish groups including Yad Vashem of Jerusalem, the Jewish Federation Council and Museum of the Holocaust and others ; an Employee Bulletin and an original copy of LAT Morning Final for 3/6/1980, reporting that Tom Johnson would become publisher on 4/14/1980 ; large ring-bound scrapbook album regarding the acquisition of the Denver Post, 1980. Scrapbook from Otis Chandler's office.

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Tom Johnson Scrapbook

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: complete copy of Among Ourselves, 4/14/1980 ; clippings and longer articles related to the career of Tom Johnson and other top LAT and TM executives in the 1973 - 1980 time frame.

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Nominating A President

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11 sheets of heavy, hole-punched divider paper with newspaper clippings mounted w/ glue. Publications include Harvard Gazette, Harvard Crimson, Boston Globe, The Real Paper, (Kennedy School of Government) Update, Kennedy School Bulletin, all clips from 1980.

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Scrapbooks

Manuscripts

Three copies of a scrapbook highlighting Chandlers work at the Los Angeles Times - one inscribed from "Mama Buff" (Dorothy Chandler) to "Harry" (likely Harry B. Chandler, Norman's grandson); one in covered box; one disassembled.

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California Missions Scrapbook

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1 item: ring-bound album containing glossy photos and each of the 21 Straszer stories on the California missions. Plastic covers removed.

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Weegar, Ted Scrapbook

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Edward "Ted' Weegar (1921-1986) was a long-time editor at the Times, establishing the Opinion section in 1960 and being the founding editor of the Orange County Edition. This scrapbook is his and contains clippings and inserts he compiled on the case between the Times and the Los Angeles County Superior Court, which won the Times the Pulitzer Prize from 1939-1942.

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