Manuscripts

Sports - 1984 Olympics

Description: 2 items: LAT clip, 10/4/1984, "And now, Coliseum gets the bronze...(designated) as National, State Historic Landmark" ; single sheet (attached note to C. Strickler, 11/1/1984) with illustrations and text describing a Times Mirror commemorative enamel pin that was planned, but never produced.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1984
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Olympics - 1984 Olympics

Manuscripts

Red baseball cap with "Los Angeles Times" and Olympic logo in white. Two 1984 L.A. Olympics banners, "Stars in Motion" design. Two small commemorative pins. "Xth Olympiad - Los Angeles - 1932" auto ornament. Two copies of special Los Angeles Times Olympic newspapers. July 29, 1984 and July 30, 1984. California Olympic-themed license plate "TIMES". Production Department scrapbook in brown folio, showing front pages of Los Angeles Times Olympic sections. Gifted to Tom Johnson.

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1984 Olympics, Part I

Manuscripts

Approx. 50 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: congratulatory messages (and Thomas' replies) from Harold Willens, Fred Taylor (Editor, Wall St. Journal), Otis Chandler's letter to Sports Editor Bill Dwyre, clip of Newsweek sidebar, "Hometown paper [LAT] makes good", material related to flap when LAT appeared to nod to Taiwanese, upsetting Peiking government, letter from Peter Ueberroth to Thomas (8/3/1984) with congrats and more, ticket lists and issues, more.

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Olympics - 1984 Olympics

Manuscripts

Copies of HOME Magazine which include Olympic-themed articles. July 25, 1982 - "The Legacy of the Olympics." July 24, 1983 - "Olympic Spotlight: The Dreams, The Hopes & The Memories." August 21, 1983 - Olympic Supplement I, "Olympic Heritage." September 18, 1983 - Olympic Supplement II, "City of the Olympics." October 23, 1983 - Olympic Supplement III, "Grow with the Olympics." November 20, 1983 - Olympic Supplement IV, "Going for the Gold." December 18, 1983 - Olympic Supplement V, "Olympic Memories." January 22, 1984 - Olympic Supplement VI, "The 1984 Olympics Arts Festival." February 19, 1984 - Olympic Supplement VII, "The Olympic Venues." March 20, 1984 - Olympic Supplement VIII, "In the Winners Circle." May 20, 1984 Olympic Supplement IX, "In The Winners Circle." June 10, 1984 - Olympic Supplement X, "Olympic Countdown." July 8, 1984 - Olympic Supplement XI, "The People Who Make the Games." September 16, 1984 - Olympic Supplement XII, "Thank You, Los Angeles."

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1984 Olympics, Part II

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: memo and guest list related to "Santa Barbara Party" (7/21/1984) ; 3-pp. Bill Dwyre memo attached to multi-page "Olympic Schedule" (for 7/29 - 8/12/1984) ; ticket lists and related memos ; more.

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Sports - 1932 Olympics

Manuscripts

7 items: 2-pp. report, titled "Chronological development of the building of the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum [sic] and the funding of the Games of the Xth Olympiad" ; LAT article copy, 4/29/1932, "Let's blow our horn" (Olympic Games in L.A.) ; original program, "Fifty Years of Olympic Gold, 1932 - 1982" (American Lung Assn.) ; two issues of You (TransAmerica Occidental Life newsletter), May and June 1983 - both issues have an article on the 1984 L.A. Olympics ; LAT article copy, 12/10/1983, "Rookie wins '32 Olympics for L.A." ; LAT tear sheet, 6/4/1984, "The '32 Olympics...a view of the way they were."

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1984 Olympics, Part III

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items, including: memos, notes, letters, clippings and reports, all related to LAT coverage of 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Includes: material on free tickets and "face-value" tickets for Olympic events ; guest lists ; expense lists ; Thomas correspondence with Peter Ueberroth ; materials on various aspects of LAT Olympic coverage ; 20-pp. set of reprints from LAT, 1/29/1984, on subject of steroid use and abuse ; 35+ pp. of list of "Possible invitees to Olympic Art Festival Events (2/1/1984) ; more.

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