Manuscripts

Sports Department

Description: 5 items. Letters and a memo. Subjects: civility or lack of it in Sports Dept.; letter from U.S. Forest Service congratulating LAT on the hiring of outdoor writer Lupi Saldana; courteous reply to the Forest Service letter; letter from reader praising the sports writing of Mal Florence; reply to aforementioned letter.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1962
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Departments - Editorial - Sports Section

Manuscripts

9 items. Materials include: AP story, 4/20/1939, "Daro's payoff to sports scribes bared"; copy of article, 8/1980, Los Angeles (mag), "Read all about 'em, sports fans -- inside the Times' highly touted sports section..."; Among Ourselves, 8/1974, "It no longer is just fun-and-games"; LAT clip, 2/12/1961, "Members of the All-Star team"; pg. 1 of the first ever separate LAT Sports section, 7/9/1956, two related copied sheets; LAT Sports-related briefs and memos.

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WEEKEND SPORTS

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: letters and other material related to the magazine supplement, Weekend Sports. Notable items:complete issue of Weekend Sports for 6/15/1975 ; 6-pp. (plus cover letter) "Trendex Report - nationwide research by telephone - Weekend Sports Magazine, primary audience survey, May, June, 1975.

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Sports Headliners Banquet

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: letter, 12/21/1939, to Norman Chandler from a representative (signature unreadable) of the Huntington Beach Scientific Angler's Club praising a "Distance Fly and Bait Champion," R.G. "Dick Miller, and recommending him for honors ; a "Place card" list for the banquet ; a collection of very rough handwritten notes apparently related to the banquet.

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Sports

Manuscripts

Approx. 60 items: memos, reports, tear sheets, lists and other material related to LAT Sports section and its coverage. Includes: stinging 4-pp. memo from Sports Editor Bill Dwyre to his staff on "Sports Section Errors" (3/16/1984) ; memo and package, "Proposal for Monday Special Sports Section" (9/21/1984) ; collection of USA Today Sports sections (3/1983) ; other issues - "outside writing, Olympics planning, etc.

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Departments - Circulation - Subscriber comments

Manuscripts

2 items: letter, 1/13/1919, from Lina Grey (and husband Zane Grey) to Gordon Ray Young, LAT columnist, praising his work for the paper; letter, 10/17/1978, from Cary Grant to Gordon Phillips, LAT Public relations, complaint about condition in which his LAT arrived on his driveway.

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Civil Defense Special Section

Manuscripts

4 items. Multi-page report, with many illustrations, titled "We Can Protect Against the Blast and Fire of 100-Megaton Bombs!" Letter to Williams on Civil Defense (report and letter both by Carl E. Hendel, Univ. of California. Also, Williams reply to Hendel and a letter from U.S. Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, praising LAT civil defense special section.

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