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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
20 items: selection of clippings on Stickell; copies of LAT obit, 10/20/1987, "Vance L. Stickell, executive VP of Marketing for The Times, dies"; two copies of program for "Retailer of the Year" awards for 1985 at Cal. State Los Angeles; 17-pp. transcript of interview, "L.A. Times -- Vance Stickell -- R#6"; booklet, "Advertising Hall of Fame, Luncheon Honoring...Vance Stickell (et al), March 29, 1988, Waldolf-Astoria Hotel, New York City."
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Approx. 35 items: memos, letters, tear sheets, motes and other material related to LAT Exec. VP of Marketing Vance Stickell and his career.
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2 items: 65-pp. transcript of interview with Vance Stickell, Vice President of Sales, and his associates Don Maldanado, Paul Mahoney and John Mount ; 10-pp. transcript of interview with Vance Stickell which includes his memories of his youth at Glendale High School, a Naval program at DePauw University, military service, back to DePauw to finish college, his memories and impressions on both Norman Chandler and Otis Chandler (pp. 4 - 6) ; Stickell comments that there is "an awful lot of pressure in this business...good people...have been killed (by) stress." (seven years later Stickell died at age 62) ; more.
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Approx. 20 items: 16-pp. transcript, "Taping with Philip K. Scheuer," 3/15/1973 ; 19-pp. transcript of "...taping with Fred Selzer, Director of Marketing Research," 11/15/1973 - plus 1-pp. "Biographical outline of Fred C. Selzer, Jr. ; 18-pp. transcript of "...taping with Ralph (Casey) Shawhan," 9/10/1974 (a reporter for two Hearst papers, then Los Angeles Times) ; 17-pp. transcript of "...taping with Adela Rogers St. Johns," 9/14/1973 (St. Johns was a journalist, novelist & screenwriter) ; correspondence between Bassett and Mike Straszer and 8-pp. manuscript of Straszer's memories related to Los Angeles Times Suburban Sections, all dated 12/1974 ; 1-pp. Los Angeles Times bios for Bert Tiffany and Vance Stickell, both dated 4/1975 ; 2-pp. of "Total Advertising" figures for "First Fifty Newspapers...Year - 1955" ; 5-pp. of "Top Thirty ABC Newspaper Comparison" figures from 1973 to 1974 ; 1-pp. copy of brief in Newsweek, 6/14/1971, on Otis Chandler's physique and Los Angeles Times circulation passing "the magic million mark" ; collection of excerpts dealing with the Hollywood scene (?) from David Niven's book, Bring on the Empty Horses ; collection of articles copied from Among Ourselves on film industry.
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9 items: 25-pp. "Taping with Jack Nelson, new Chief of the Times Washington Bureau," 3/7/1975, covering Nelson's experiences covering the South during civil rights movement of 1960s, joining Los Angeles Times in 1964, etc. ; an Los Angeles Times bio and several other pieces of material related to J. Nelson ; 6-pp. speech transcript, "The challenge of '75," by Robert D. Nelson at The Management Conference," 3/18/1975 ; 7-pp. transcript of "Taping with Robert D. Nelson, Vice President and General Manager of The Times," 10/9/1975 ; two bio sheets on Robert D. Nelson, one 1974, one 1975.
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4 items: memos related to LAT circulation dealers, thjree from Bert Tiffany, Director of Circulation, and one from Robert D. Nelson, VP and Gen. Mgr. of LAT.
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