Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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
Single typed sheet of names, headed "Corporate." Names of individuals with "mug" shot photos in this folder are: Franklin D. Murphy (Chair. of Board), Dorothy B. Chandler, Albert V. Casey (Pres., TM Co.), Robert F. Erburu (Sen. VP), Milton H. Day (VP, Treasurer), Harvey V. Guttry (Controller), Chuck Redmond (Corporate Dir. of Personnel), George C. Kuekes, John E. Flick (VP, Secretary), James W. Wallace (Asst. Gen. Counsel, Subsid. Oper.), William A. Niese (Staff Counsel, Legal Dept.), Peter J. Fernald (VP, Plan. & Devel.), Charles I. Schneider (VP, Charts, Maps & Instrum.), Paul Bertness (Corp. Pub. Rel. Dir.), Walter Howiler (Dir., Management Serv.), Stender E. Sweeney (Dir. of Finance), Ralph E. Gentry.
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Approx. 25 items. Name lists of personnel, accompanied by photocopies of "mug" shots (no photos for some listed individuals). Circulation: Bert R. Tiffany, Stephen Ratkovich, Harry L. Clarke, Paul Kleckner, William C. Booth. Classified Advertising: Paul Mahoney, Donald Clark, Bob Mandolini, Charles McKenney, La Rue Cangialosi. Display Advertising: Donald J. Maldonado, Thomas R. McCartin, John M. Gall, John W. Sinkking, Warren (Phil) Magwood and Charles E. McKenney (ca. 1965). Los Angeles Times Syndicate: Edward Grade.
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3 items. Photocopies of "mug" shots of TM Press personnel: Sam A. George, Warren Anderson and Austin Weston
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Approx. 15 items. Material includes: reproductions of letters exchanged between Charles Murchison, ex-British citizen, (in reality, George Osgoodby, a Calif. Republican) and Lionel Sackville-West, British Minister to the U.S., who was urged to state a preference for one U.S. Presidential candidate over another, resulting in a voter reaction that was credited with the defeat of Grover Cleveland in a re-election bid; tear sheet (no date) of article from the Historical Society of Southern California, "The Murchison Letter Incident"; related articles from LAT, 1888; 10/22/1956, article from LAT, "Bulganin action recalls historic letter of..."
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Approx. 20 items. Single typed sheet, names of key Editorial personnel; b/w photocopies of head & shoulders photos of William F. Thomas (2), Richard W. Smith, Frank P. Haven (2), Anthony Day, James Bassett (2), George Cotliar, Edwin Weegar (2), John Foley, Mark Murphy, Matt Goree, Robert Gibson, Ed Guthman, Jean Sharley Taylor, James W. Toland, Charles Champlin, Hayden Reece, James Bellows.
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Approx. 20 items: several copies of LAT articles on the presses themselves, from as early as 1888 and 1895, with others from early years of the 1900s; tear sheet, LAT, 4/20/1984, "Pressing on..."; text of Editor & Publisher article, 2/25/1961, "Press layout (at LAT / Mirror) has value of $15 million"; article, Civic Center News, 11/13/1979, "Collecting rare antique presses," other brief article on press innovations; 2 artist's renderings of new presses installed 1983 at "The Square"; Employee Bulletin, 9/30/1991, on "the older presses in Times Mirror Square will be dismantled..."; sheets recording "web breaks" for periods in 1989; 2-pp. obituary of Charles Potter, founder of the Potter Printing Press Co., Inland Printer, 1/1900; etc.
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