Manuscripts

Interoffice Memoranda

Description: Approx. 30 items - letters, memos, informational brochures and other material. Notable names and items include: small number of letters to CA Assembly related to AB 1073 (sales & use taxes on newspapers and periodicals) ; 9/1/1987 memo from Tom Johnson on his appointment as Chairman of LAT, etc. ; memo, 6/13/1989, on the previous day's earthquake ; packet of memos on "Code of Ethics" ; LAT Community Relations packet (gray paper) ; compensation policies ; freelance procedures ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1989
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.

Educational Services

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: memos, letters, notes and an informational packet related to the LAT Educational Services Department. Two of the issues are cooperation between LAT and public schools and exposure of school-age children to the benefits of reading a newspaper.

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Memoranda

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: memos, letters, reports, legal documents and other material related to the activities of various LAT departments. Notable items: 8+ pp. report, 2/10/1976, from Donald Maxwell on Circulation ; 30-pp. legal document, "The Associates & Aldrich Company v. The TImes Mirror Company" ; packet dated 11/16/1970, on subject "Political Advertising," with attached notes and press releases ; packet dated 1/22/1974, subject "Comics - General Advertising" with figures on changed ad rates and attachments.

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Interoffice

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items - letters, memos. Notable names and items include: Ezekiel Padilla ("former Foreign Minister of Mexico") ; letter from Ainsworth to Willard Thompson on "water and labor conditions in the... Coachella Valley" ; memo related to interview of explorer John Goddard, at the time a Glendale resident.

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Departments - Employee Relations - Educational Program - Reading Lab

Manuscripts

6 items: Management Bulletin, 7/25/1988, on LAT Reading Lab; Management Bulletin, 2/17/1989, on LAT Reading Lab one-year anniversary; flyer / poster for Reading Lab; informational packet w/ folder; copy of brief, Editor & Publisher, 3/3/1990, Los Angeles Times unveils mobile reading lab"; etc.

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Corporate Bulletins

Manuscripts

Otis Chandler memo on annual rate increase, 5/20/1970 ; Chandler memo on Robert J. Donovan promotion, 7/27/1970 ; Robert Flannes memo on new security methods, 10/7/1970 ; 2-pp. memo from Flannes on "tighter plant security measures" ; Flannes memo on dress policy (strongly discouraging jeans at work).Red Cross Bloodmobile ; various credit union memos ; free tickets for Times Grand Prix ; promotions in Production ; Otis Chandler memo of 2/9/1971 (after major earthquake) reporting that the buildings in TM Square were inspected and found safe ; wage and salary issues ; Bulletin on appointment of William Thomas to be Executive Editor of LAT. 2-pp. Otis Chandler memo on Company (pay) Rate Increase, 5/16/1972 ; Robert Flannes memo about an LAT news story on a complaint filed against The Times with the Fair Employment Commission. Memos on recurring subjects such as Company Rate Increase, profit sharing info, newsprint costs, conserving electricity, the energy crisis, etc. ; stapled packet, approx. 20-pp., on affirmative action and equal employment opportunities. Many memos on recurring subjects - Company Rate Increase, reports on LAT's national ranking, parking issues, invitation to holiday reception or luncheon ; commuter computer service ; a new layout for the paper unveiled 12/1974. Memos on recurring subjects such as street sales, home delivery sales & service, LAT educational programs, service awards, holiday cards & invitations to holiday events, retirement dinner announcements, staff retirement parties, credit union announcements.

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Transportation - Employee policies

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: memo, 9/23/1953, subject - "Production - General Driver Safety Contest"; memo, 3/5/1962, "Transportation Carriers Account"; memo, 5/29/1962, "Resequencing Transportation Runs" (incl. chart of proposed runs); related memo, 6/6/1962; series of 1964 memos on transportation costs / hauling expenses; stapled packet, 1964, headed "Time Variance Analysis of Los Angeles Times truck runs" (w/ chart); stapled packet of memos (w/ chart), 1966, on Transportation Overtime.

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