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Sinclair, Upton (1 of 2)
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Sinclair, Upton (2 of 2)
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Approx. 80 items: dozens of copies of LAT news stories and editorials hostile to Sinclair and his message (especially during Harry Chandler era) ; several extended segments copied from Sinclair's book, I, Candidate for Governor and how I got Licked, 1935 ; segment copied from Rebel at Large, by George Creel, 1947 ; complete original issue, Southern California Quarterly, Winter 1974 - issue devoted to material on Sinclair ; LAT obit copy, 11/26/1968, "Upton Sinclair, 90, noted author, dies." Split into two folders.
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Articles (1 of 2)
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Approx. 40 items: articles about Dorothy Chandler from LAT, Journal, Fortune, Los Angeles (magazine), Westways, New West, People and other publications; 8-pp. booklet, "Humanitarian Award (presentation banquet) - Dorothy Buffum Chandler," for Variety Clubs International Annual Convention, 5/31/1974; complete issue, The Barker (Variety Clubs International.), 2/1974, pp. 4, "Humanitarian Award to Mrs. Chandler," handwritten note from Editor Charles Gnaegy inside mag ; complete issue, PSA - the California Magazine, 6/1974, segment of cover story, pp. 60, on Dorothy Buffum Chandler; complete issue, Westways, 2/1975, pp. 18, "Soul of the [Music] Center - ...Dorothy Chandler...did her city proud." Split into two folders.
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Johnson, Hiram (1 of 2)
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Approx. 60 items: collection of news stories and editorials on political career of Hiram Johnson, who was involved in a decades-long feud with first H.G. Otis, later Harry Chandler. LAT reports and comments on Johnson were uniformly negative, or LAT ignored him. Notable items: 6 sheets torn from Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly (1950s?), "Hiram Johnson and World War I...a Progressive in transition" ; 3-pp. copied from Current Biography, 1941, entry for Hiram (Warren) Johnson ; LAT obit, 8/7/1945, "The death of Hiram Johnson," is not kind to the deceased but, as LAT put it, "it would be hypocritical to forget or retract..." ; letter copy, 8/19/1940, from LAT's Kyle Palmer to Sen. Hiram Johnson, on Palmer/LAT endorsement of Johnson for Senate, "an editorial which...I never thought [I would] either write or read."
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Articles (2 of 2)
Manuscripts
Approx. 40 items: articles about Dorothy Chandler from LAT, Journal, Fortune, Los Angeles (magazine), Westways, New West, People and other publications; 8-pp. booklet, "Humanitarian Award (presentation banquet) - Dorothy Buffum Chandler," for Variety Clubs International Annual Convention, 5/31/1974; complete issue, The Barker (Variety Clubs International.), 2/1974, pp. 4, "Humanitarian Award to Mrs. Chandler," handwritten note from Editor Charles Gnaegy inside mag ; complete issue, PSA - the California Magazine, 6/1974, segment of cover story, pp. 60, on Dorothy Buffum Chandler; complete issue, Westways, 2/1975, pp. 18, "Soul of the [Music] Center - ...Dorothy Chandler...did her city proud." Split into two folders.
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Underwood, Agnes
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Approx. 20 items: copy of review of Underwood's 1949 book, Newspaperwoman - source unknown ; several segments copied from that book ; LAT article copy, 1/20/1961, "Mrs. City Editor, Aggie Underwood" ; LAT, 7/8/1984, Jack Smith's column, a tribute to Underwood, with whom Smith worked for in the early 1950s.
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Buildings - First
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5 items. Several pages copied from "History of Los Angeles Times" (appears to be an in-house publication); 2 copies of an article titled "Our Original Home--the Cradle of The Times"; a reminiscence by an early LAT employee titled "Looking Backward" (previous two items from Among Ourselves); segment copied from William Andrew Spalding--Los Angeles Newspaperman, a book with material on the early history of LAT.
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