Manuscripts

San Francisco

Description: 3 items: booklet of reprints from San Francisco News, 1920s(?) "Old San Francisco--a Beautiful, Romantic, Historic Picture Story of 'The City' -reprinted from The News" ; copy of editorial cartoon, LAT, 8/10/1933, "Wake up, Miss Los Angeles!" ; handwritten note - "See 'Labor' for edit. on S.F. vs. L.A. in labor 8/30/33..."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1933
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.

Labor Clippings

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: LAT clips and copies, reports and timelines on labor issues in Los Angeles, California and the nation. Items of note: 16-pp. (yellow sheets) headed "SG Chron labor 1911-33 (post-bombing), appears to be headlines and quotes from news stories and editorial comments; 3-pp. stapled, "S.F. Chronicle" (9/9/1914), "Otis tells of the open shop...Los Angeles publisher takes stand..." ; 14-pp. copy of Thesis presented to Claremont Colleges, 1929, by John Homer Williams, "The Los Angeles Times and Public Opinion" ; booklet reprinted from LAT material originally published 10/1/1929 (the 19th anniversary of the Times Building bombing), titled "Lest we forget...the Forty-year war for a Free City, a history of the open shop in Los Angeles."

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Labor Clippings

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: collection of LAT articles and material from other sources on the relations [antipathy) between labor and the "open shop" LAT of the era. Of note are: 16 yellow sheets with a chronology of LAT articles, with quotes, relating to labor activities, strikes, etc.; a copy of a reprinted letter, 1892, from M.H. de Young of San Francisco to Harrison Gray Otis; related material.

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San Francisco Letters

Manuscripts

3 items: correspondence involving William Endicott of LAT's San Francisco Bureau, 1979 - 1980.

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Press Releases & Speeches

Manuscripts

Includes U.S. Pacific Fleet Press Release about Japanese attack on Wake Island, Dec. 8, 1941, a speech by Adm. Chester Nimitz, Oct. 1942, as well as radio broadcast scripts, memos, news clippings, two b/w photos of Adm. Halsey, a speech [by Halsey?], etc.

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San Francisco Investment Luncheon

Manuscripts

Two copies of a speech given by Otis Chandler at the San Francisco Investment Luncheon on June 18, 1964. Also in this folder is a memo from Mrs. Norman Chandler [Dorothy "Buff" Chandler] regarding the suggested order of appearance of speakers for this luncheon, and a list of luncheon attendees.

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Articles - "Times Mirror in the News"

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Approx. 50 sheets headed "Times Mirror in the News," and the TM logo, with three to eight news briefs reprinted on them. Samples: San Bernardino Telegram, 10/27/1965, "L.A. Times to acquire book firm"; Lincoln Heights Bulletin News, 3/17/1966, "Boys' Club honors Norman Chandler"; Wall Street Journal, 9/16/1969, "Times Mirror proposal to buy Times Herald of Dallas moves ahead."

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