Manuscripts

Departments - Public Relations

Description: 4 items: flyer inviting staff to PR's "Open Office Party," bidding "a fond farewell to JoEllen Kitchen," 7/6/1990; Bulletin, 1/29/1990, to "Times Employees," "Poster contest for employees children!"; 7/6/1990, informal memo from "Jo Kitchen" to the "Kids in P.R." on her last day on the job - "Keep up the good work"; memo, 7/7/1990, "To the Public Relations Staff," thanking them for the send-off party and gift.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1990
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Departments - Promotion and Public Relations

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: clipping, LAT, 1/17/1926, "Words of fire blaze in skies...Read The Times appears in huge electric letters"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 5/1964, "Promotion, research win 3 E&P awards"; clip, 1/14/1980, M.A.C. Western Advertising News, "L.A. Times uncorks consumer effort"; dupe of previous article in ADWEEK / West; copy of ad from Advertising Age, 8/16/1984, "Which newspaper provided...the best coverage of the Democratic Nat. Convention? - The L.A. Times..."; packet of AIDS coverage material in plastic sleeve - form letter signed by Tom Johnson, 2/17/1987, reprint from Among Ourselves - "Misconceptions about AIDS...", 8-pp. reprint of The Surgeon General's Report on (AIDS) 12/7/1986; Management Bulletin, 11/2/1988 memo on changes in various departments, including JoEllen Kitchen appointment as Director of Public Relations; 2 copies of brochure, "How to get your press release into the right hands at the Los Angeles Times," 3/1990.

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Departments - Employee Relations - Articles

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items. Material includes: copies of Among Ourselves clippings from late 1920s onward; LAT clips on subject of unions, LAT employee "census" counts; 1987 memo to LAT employees on availability of radon testing kits; booklet, "A report to the employees of the Times-Mirror Company" (1957); 6-pp. report, "Times Mirror / LAT info for Employees, ca. 1964"; memos and other info., 1988, on Temporary Help Agencies; 2/1/1989 clip from LAT, "20 at Times Costa Mesa plant charged with drug sales"; LAT Performance Appraisal Form, 1/1985; 14-pp. LAT "Employee Handbook, 1990"; etc.

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Departments - Employee Relations - Credit Union

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. Materials include memos to Credit Union members on loans, dividends, policy changes, operating hours, etc. The dates range from 1979 - 1990. A copy of one much earlier memo is included. The date is 7/12/1935, and it reads in part, "All employees are invited to attend a meeting...to organize...the Times Federal Credit Union." Also 1 copy of an informational booklet (green) - "Los Angeles Times Federal Credit Union."

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Departments - Employee Relations - Educational Program - We Care

Manuscripts

3 items: three staff bulletins, 1987 - 1990, related to the "We Care" (mentoring) program. The program is described as follows in one memo: "We plan to work with (high schools) through a variety of methods including visiting classrooms, speaking to student tour groups and hosting general discussion sessions after work hours..."

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Departments - Employee Relations - Parking Facilities

Manuscripts

6 items: 5 Employee Bulletins, 1987, 1990, subjects are related to various parking structures and parking arrangements for LAT employees; 2-pp. (blue) questionnaire on employee hours and commuter / parking arrangements.

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Departments - Information Systems

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Materials include: memo, 3/25/1977, reading, in part, "Effective today, the name of the Data Processing Department has been changed to Information Systems Department"; two LAT brochures, "Information Systems," (3/1978); memo, 9/17/1975, "Organizational Changes" (on name changes w/i Systems & Programming department; tabloid-sized issue, 12/6/1975, The Pac-Times Presenter, a joint publication of Pacific Telephone and LAT, describing the development of "a complete telecommunications system" by PacTel for LAT; article, Among Ourselves, 12/1949 (copy), "Tabulating Department's Mechanical Brains know all the answers"; article copy, 10/1977, Among Ourselves, "New Computer Center in Service"; booklet, 24-pp., 11/1961, The Corner Cut, L.A. Chapter National Machine Accountants Association, lead article, "History in Headlines," on LAT; Information Systems bulletin, 3-pp., 6/13/1989, "Personal Computer Security," 10-pp. sheaf, "Information Systems Bulletin--In-house personal computer software training"; 2-pp. memo, "Communications Services," 9/11/1990; memo, 11/7/1990, "Special Services Mail."

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