Manuscripts

Personnel file

Description: 2 items: 12/10/1956, announcement, which opens, "I am pleased to announce the appointment of Vance Stickell to the position of Assistant to the Advertising Manager..." signed, E.A. Hartford, Advertising Manager ; memo, 6/10/1959, announcing "Vance Stickell's promotion to the position of Assistant Display Advertising Manager" (and subsequent appointments), signed by Philip Chandler.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1956, 1959
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.

Memoranda file

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: memoranda and other material related to Vance Stickell's advertising department. Notable items include: 11-pp. transcript of "Speech by Otis Chandler before the International Newspaper Advertising Executives" (an association) 1/29/1979 ; oversize sheet, "Los Angeles Times - Classified Advertising Department Organization Chart," 6/1981 ; multi-page packet, "Classifed Department's Compensation Plan," dated 1970. z

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Operating Committee - Correspondence

Manuscripts

Approx. 75 items: letters, memos, reports, telegrams and other material related to the Newspaper 1 Operating Committee and to Vance Stickell's role as a co-chairman . He was named to the position in July 1963.

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Stickell, Vance Files

Manuscripts

Vance Stickell was appointed Assistant to the Advertising Manager in 1956 and held various managerial positions within the Advertising Department until the 1980s. Topics include advertising rates and policy, the Orange County Edition of the Los Angeles Times, the various Times magazines, advertising agencies, and administrative issues. This collection was received from the History Center unprocessed and has not been ordered or organized. Includes Pfaffenberger, Stickell, and Clark files, also received from the History Center unprocessed. Date range is 1911-1994.

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Display Advertising - Assistant National Advertising Manager (384)

Manuscripts

4 items: position description and evaluation, etc., for the position of Assistant National Advertising Manager, Display.

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Speech to AANR

Manuscripts

5 items: two text versions of Vance Stickell's speech to American Association of Newspaper Representatives on 11/14/1963 ; several letters relating to the speech that were exchanged between Stickell and other advertising and publishing executives.

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Classified Advertising

Manuscripts

Approx. 50 items: letters reponding to complaints about various aspects of LAT advertising, from content to cost. Most of the response letters were signed by Don Dlark and Paul Mahoney, assistant classifeid advertising directors, and by Vance Stickell, VP of (Advertising) Sales.

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