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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
2 items: 5-pp. "Biographical Information" for Robert T. Hartmann, stapled to multi-page list of "Series Descriptions" for the Hartmann Papers, ca. 1980; letter, 6/17/1994, from Nancy Mirshah (archivist) of Gerald R. Ford Library in Michigan, to LAT Library, w/ cover note.
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Approx. 10 items. LAT clips, news stories and editorials, all from 7/1975, in which LAT reveals the findings of a "three-month investigation by The Times" accusing Dymally of extensive wrong-doing ; 5-pp. letter from Dymally, dated 7/21/1975, accusing LAT of "violat(ing) many of the basic rules of fair reporting, specifically in a 7/3 article ; 13-pp. document, "Analysis of Article written by Times Staffers Mike Goodman, David Rosenzweig - about the Urban Affairs Institute and Lieutenant Governor Mervyn M. Dymally's Involvement in that Institute (7/3/1975) ; LAT editorial, 7/28/1975, "The Dymally dispute."
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5 items: three examples of the "Mirror-News memo," which served to give kudos to staffers for a job well done ; 3-pp. press release, "Mirror subscribers to receive Sunday Times as a regular part of their Mirror subscription" ; 2-pp. letter, 11/27/1957, from L.D. Hotchkiss (LAT Editor) to Robert T. Hartmann (LAT Washington DC Bureau Chief).
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Approx. 40 items. Letters and memos. Much of the material in the file involves the operation and activities of the Washington Bureau, reflected in a series of letters between Nick Williams and Robert Hartmann, bureau chief. Other specific subjects: LAT staffers to be making visits to DC; 2-pp. "Summary of 1957 Activities of the Times Washington Bureau"; contracts for Washington Capital News Service; Nixon goodwill tour of Europe, 1957; chart with breakdown for years 1953 - 1956 on Wash Bureau "Stories Filed," "Subjects Covered (i.e. Executive Branch, Congress, Misc.); multi-page report headed "MEMO for Mr. Hotchkiss--Times Washington Bureau," which outlines the operations of DC Bureau in theory and practice; letters between Editor L.D. Hotchkiss and Hartmann; etc.
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Approx. 25 items. Subjects include: Stan Freberg's Chun King chinese food commercials; Food section in general; mentions of Times-Mirror in other media; Zone Office facilities; press times for various editions; travel advertising; department stores' attitudes toward Times staffers; launching a book section; Marilyn Monroe death coverage; Ad Club of Los Angeles; Milton Valera- aspiring journalist; etc.
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Approx. 12 items: LAT clip, 2/10/1963, "Times opening Wall St. Bureau, broadens financial news coverage"; handwritten list - bureau locations, start dates, staffers; articles>, Among Ourselves, 11/1928, "Our Washington Bureau"; AO, 10/1965, "Zeman heads Times bureau in Sacramento"; AO, 4/1966, "Times bureau in New York opens May 1"; Editor & Publisher, 8/16/1980, "New bureau offices visited by Carter"; tear sheet & copy, Women's Wear Daily, 8/4/1980, "Eye" (name dropping column) - described cocktail party to open DC bureau; article, Wash. Post, 8/1/1980, "The best of Times, all night long"; etc.
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