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Description: 4 items. Material includes: tear sheet, a brief from ADWEEK/West, 11/16/1981, on LAT joining with CompuServe in a "test program in which highlights (from LAT) are programmed for access by home computer users" (program partner was CompuServe); 1-pp. (undated), headed "Famous columnists," lists Charles Lummis, Harry Carr, Bill Henry, Ed Ainsworth and Kyle Palmer; Front page announcement, 10/29/1961, "* noted columnists join Sunday Times feature parade"; copy of The Wine Investor, 1/18/1988, article, "L.A. Times labors mightily and produces a...Danberger?" (article is very critical of LAT and their selection of new wine columnist, Dan Berger.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1961, 1981, 1988
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Departments - Editorial - Editorial Library

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items. Materials include: article copy, Among Ourselves, 4/1960, "Times, Mirror news libraries are key information centers"; 1-pp., copied from a history of LAT, the writer seems to be Harrison Gray Otis, because, in referring to the aftermath of the 1910 explosion and fire at LAT, the text reads, "I have been gradually collecting books...for a reference library, and...am keeping them at 'The Bivouac' [Otis's home on Wilshire Blvd.], (rather than) the temporary editorial rooms of The Times."; 3-pp. memo, 2/23/1954, "Defendant's pre-trial memorandum - The Times-Mirror Co. vs. U.S. of America"; 46-pp. spiral-bound report, "Editorial Library - User Survey," by Cecily J. Surace, 11/1980; 19-pp. report by graduate students in library / information science (Livia Di Mare/Glenn Johnson-Grau) on the Edit. Lib., 1992, recounting the history, services, resources, and research practices, and describing departments within the library; articles on the library from AO, 1927, 1976; info on LAT database's availability on Nexis; 11-pp. booklet, 12/1982, "Guide to the (LAT) Editorial Library"; article copy, CD-ROM Professional (mag), "Searching Los Angeles Times DIALOG OnDisc: The Times Editorial Library Experience," by Dorothy Ingebretsen and Steven Tice; plus assorted brief reports on aspects of the library.

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Departments - Editorial - Columns - Features

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items. Materials include: copy of LAT article (7/20/1941), "'Front door ballot box' starts in Times next Sunday," asking for public opinion on issues, plus 6 sheets of "Forum" questions with the dates they ran in LAT; copies of 5 "Dear Abby" columns, or LAT articles mentioning "Dear Abby" (1962); LAT article copy, 1/17/1926, "Politeness reporter is arrested four times...", LAT staffer say that, generally, LA traffic officers are more polite than those in Chicago and elsewhere; tear sheet, LAT 9/7/1989, "Genetic maps leading us into unknown..."; copy of LAT crossword puzzle, 11/27/1924.

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Departments - Legal - Federal Trade Commission Case

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: clip, 8/18/1977, LAT, "FTC accuses Times of ad discrimination"; Wall St. Journal clip (same date), rate structure at (LAT) attacked"; several teletype tear sheets, 9/25/1981, sample headline, "Times Mirror to seek dismissal of FTC complaint"; LAT clip, 9/26/1981, "FTC tentatively approves Times ad discount accord"; article copy, AdWeek, 10/5/1981"; LAT ad run in Editor & Publisher, 7/24/1982, "A special message to our friends--thank you!...On August 17, 1977, the (FTC) filed charges against the (LAT).....on July 7, 1982, the FTC unanimously voted to dismiss the charges..."; etc.

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Departments - Editorial - Editorial Content

Manuscripts

1 item. 3-pp. transcript of Radio TV Reports, Inc., from a KNBC-tv "Sunday" (news) program of 7/8/1973. Kelly Lange and Tom Snyder interview of Robert Thorn, an official of the Atomic Energy Commission, dealing in part with AEC defense against allegations made in LAT article by Lee Dye.

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Departments - Editorial - Educational Services

Manuscripts

3 items: article copy, Among Ourselves, 4/1961, "Times Student Outlook presents weekly reports on current events"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 9/1968, "(Dan) Moore named special assistant to (Otis) Chandler" - Moore had been director of educational services at LAT from 1961 until 1968; LAT clipping, 7/19/1975, "Daniel Moore, authority on education, dies at 51.".

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Departments - Editorial - Editors

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items. Material includes: various chronological listings of LAT Editors; tear sheet of Among Ourselves, 6/1974, with photo essay, "The Senior Editors"; "Newspeak" column from L.A. Weekly (sarcastic coverage of other L.A. publications), 8/7-13/1987; 2-pp. (yellow) sheets with info on editor chrono., plus additional info on Harry Andrews, Leroy Mosher and Charles Lummis; dupes of some of above items; article, Time (mag), 6/28/1971, "Chandler's Change of Heart," on last minute switch by Otis Chandler in placing William F. Thomas into top Editor position instead of an earlier choice, Robert J. Donovan; article, Newsweek, 9/6/1971 (same topic as Time article; LAT article, undated, "Cotliar to replace Haven as Times Managing Editor."

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