Manuscripts

History

Description: Approx. 12 items - letters, memos, reports, article copies and other material. Notable names and items include: 4-pp. letter to James Bassett (LAT) from J. Edward Murray (Daily Camera, Boulder, CO, newspaper) giving Murray's memories of "how and why The Mirror [was] started" ; various reports with titles such as "Saga of the Los Angeles Mirror," "Pioneering a metropolitan daily," "approx. 10-pp. report on the cornerstone ceremony 10/11/1948, which opens "Guests of honor began arriving..." ; 15-pp. report (blue binder) titled "A history of changes in The Mirror as announced in Among Ourselves or indicated on personnel records" ; more.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1949 - 1976
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Times MIrror Steering Committee & National Marketing

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items (incl. several long reports): memos, financial reports and other material related to TM Steering Committee and TM National Marketing. Major reports: approx. 15-pp. report, "Times MIrror National Representation Study - Steering Committee Report #1," 6/29/1983 ; 30-pp. report, "TM National Representation Study - Steering Committee Report #3," 10/8/1983 (Dallas) ; 12-pp. "(Times Mirror) Steering Committee Report," 12/8/1983 ; 20+ pp. report - handwritten note reads "from (1/17/1984) meeting" - "The Times Mirror National Marketing Company" ; approx. 20-pp. report, "...Network of Leading Newspapers," 4/11/1986.

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Speeches - Misc

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: texts of various speeches delivered by Norman Chandler during the decade of the 1940s. Notable items: 2-pp., "Speech at KTTV Inc. dedication," 1949 ; remarks made on radio between halves of the Rams - Redskins Charity Football Game, in both 1947 and 1948 ; 5-pp. speech transcript, 8/3/1948, when NC announced the future startup of The Mirror ; 11-pp. text of NC's "Christmas 1943 (message)" ; 2-pp. "Mirror" speech at 10/1948 kickoff of that newspaper.

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"TV Times"

Manuscripts

9 items. Materials include: cost estimate for TV Times, 3/26/1960; 5-pp. report, TV Times "Projected Expenses (4/15/1960)"; approx. 10-pp. report, "Comparison of TV Magazines"; 10-pp. report, "Notes from the Times-Mirror Co. Market Research Study as presented to Mr. Norman Chandler" (8/3/1956); related financial reports.

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Orange County

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: notes, memos, reports and other materials related to operation of Orange County edition. Major items include: 29-pp. report, "Orange County Plant Activity Report" by James N. Isaacs, 2/9/1968 ; 8-pp. report, on "our competitors in Orange County" ; 30+ pp. report, "The Saga of Orange County," text and instructions for slide presentation ; etc.

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Projected Profits - Norman Chandler Christmas speech

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: 3-pp. "The Times-Mirror Company Treasurer's Report of Financial and Operational Highlights - Year 1951" ; drafts and a duplicate of above report ; material related to "financial and operational highlights," some of it being handwritten notes.

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Times Mirror Company - Projection of profits - General financial condition

Manuscripts

Approx. 12 items: report (yellow paper) "(TMC) Balance sheet as of (7/14/1946" ; 11-pp. "Sixtieth Annual Report - Year 1946 - The Times-Mirror Company" ; multi-page printout, "Dividends received, Year 1946 (TM)" ; "(TM) Balance sheet of the investment division as of (7/31/1946" ; 21-pp. "Treasurer and controller's report, Year 1946," multi-page (yellow paper) "The Times-Mirror Company Analysis of Stocks and Bonds as of (10/31/1946) ; 2-pp. "Data for Mr. Norman Chandler's report to Board of Directors at meeting (11/5/1946" ; related information.

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