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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
1 item: stock certificates No. 1 - 50 for Los Angeles Times Wireless, Inc. (binding removed). The first three certificates are filled out in the names of R.W. Trueblood, H.E. Downing and Arthur Crum.
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700 S. Hill Street; Roeder Block Spring Street; Fairfax District; 130 South Broadway; Los Angeles County Pioneer Society; includes Harry Chandler, H.E. Downing, J.B. Gillespie - Becker - Arbuckle - Wright Corp., J.E. Thomas - Barcuh & Price, G.F. Rogers - District Bond Co., J. Mesmer correspondence
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Construction files for the fourth Los Angeles Times building. This sub-series has been divided into two parts: The first is financial statements and construction vouchers from contractor P.J. Walker and architect Gordon P. Kaufmann. The second part is bid and contract files which detail the costs and specifications for every component of the building's construction. The bid and contract files, which include a substantial amount of correspondence and memoranda from H.E. Downing and Jacob Baum, were numbered and indexed at the time they were created. The numbering system is maintained in the current arrangement. Date range is 1928-1951.
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Approx. 20 items. Collection of copies of material dealing with major issues LAT faced in the 1933 - 1956 time period: letters between Asst. Treasurer H.E. Downing, Asst. Gen. Manger Norman Chandler and Advert. Manager Walter Pfaffenberger (1935) dealing with proposed creation of a Personnel Dept., hiring practices and compensation rates ; the 1937 creation of the Personnel Department ; 5-pp. "text of Norman Chandler's 1947 Christmas speech (which) stressed the continuity of employment at The Times, the feeling of family among employer and employee and alluded to the threat of communism" ; messages from the publisher reflecting the increasing size and complexity of LAT operations.
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Approx. 65 items: letters from TM (most often H.E. Downing, Treasurer) to shareholders ; letters, postcards and handwritten notes from shareholders to TM.
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Approx. 45 items: letters, handwritten notes, bankruptcy notices (addressed to H. Chandler and readdressed to H.E. Downing) and financial reports related to Vermejo Club, Frank Garbutt, H.E. Downing, Harry Chandler, etc.
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