Manuscripts

Cornero, Tony

Description: Approx. 10 items: LAT clips on the operation of gambling ships off L.A. County coast by Cornero in 1930s and 1940s. Included is a segment (pp. 76-83) copied from the book Warren, the man, the court, the era, by John D. Weaver, 1968.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1939 - 1946
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Poulson, Norris

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: exchanges of letters between Norris Poulson (Congressman and later L.A. mayor) and Norman Chandler ; 2-pp. segment from Poulson's memoirs relating to the Chandler family.

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Approx. 15 items - clips on subjects related to newspaper column writing, endorsements, writing of editorials and opinion pieces. The clips were taken from New York Times, Time, The Village Voice, Herald-Examiner (L.A.) and Wall Street Journal.

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Politics - Los Angeles City

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: clips and copies from LAT and other L.A. media on L.A. mayors, city government, relations between the Press and politics locally, journalism's influence on public opinion, etc. Notable items: pp. 33 - 47 from "Los Angeles Times and Public Opinion," a 1929 thesis written at Claremont Colleges by John Homer Williams ; pp. 207 - 228, copied from book The Fragmented Metropolis, L.A. - 1850 - 1930, by Robert Fogelson, 1967 ; 58-pp. college (?) paper, written for a Political Science class (1971), "The role and influence of the Los Angeles Times in City politics...", by Rich Wiseman.

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Motion Picture Industry - Clippings (2 of 2)

Manuscripts

Approx. 70 items: selection of LAT clips, many as early as the 1910s, on film studios, filmmaking and the on and off-screen behavior of actors and actresses, plus information from other sources. Split into two folders.

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Motion Picture Industry - Clippings (1 of 2)

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Los Angeles County - Growth

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items: orig. 84-pp. booklet, Zoning Atlas - Los Angeles, 1932 ; several population reports, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Los Angeles...area, 1944 ; 5-pp. copied from The Researcher (L.A. Chamber of Commerce) on "Growth of the Western Metropolis (L.A.), 1/1959 ; 6-pp. report by James Bassett to Nick Williams, "Urban problems of the Los Angeles area," 1/17/1969 ; related LAT clips, memos, and "Dwelling Units and Population" reports from the Regional Planning Commission.

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Cornero, Tony

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