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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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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
Approx. 65 items. Subjects include: Minutes of the Jan. 1964 Meeting of the Exec. Comm. of LAT-Wash. Post News Service (incl. election of Katherine Graham to the Board replacing her late husband, Phillip Graham; multi-page Rex Barley (Syndicate) report on his two and one half week trip to Asia; correspondence between Williams and "Kay" Graham, and between W. and Robert Keith of WP; preparations for '64 Pres. campaign coverage; news release on the opening of a nightly high speed file to Europe; etc.
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Approx. 65 items. Subjects include: wire reports and LAT memos on the operations of various national news services such as AP, UPI and NY Herald Tribune; memo from Fran Kent to Williams suggesting a "reexamination of the duties and responsibilities of the (newsservice) editor" three months into the project ; memo from Phil Graham (Wash. Post) to Otis Chandler, Williams, et. al., suggesting a meeting in Wash.; memos on the subjects for discussion at the Jan. 1963 meetings between LAT and Wash. Post execs; "Progress Report: the First Six Months" (on the Times-Post Newsservice); further memos on the ups and downs of the newsservice and on its operations; etc.
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Approx. 35 items. Subjects include: "wire-sharing" with AP; writer Nicholas von Hoffman; proposed terms of agreement with Agence France Presse and other materials; Executive Committee Meeting minutes (4/21/1972); results of LAT-WPost News Service questionnaire on client usage of various features and request for feedback on the service; 4-pp. report to Bill Thomas and Ben Bradlee headed :Private and Confidential," about the news service operation in Europe; writer David Broder; Executive Committee Meeting minutes (11/10/1972 & 12/7/1972); information on the finalized agreement between Agence France Presse and LAT-WP News Service; etc.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 15 items: memos, letters and reports related to related to the operations of the L.A. Times - Washington Post News Service. Bulkiest items are two reports - the LAT - WP News Service Board meetings of 5/2/1983 and 11/16/1983.
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Approx. 20 items: memos, letters, reports and other material on LAT Mag. Includes: memo regarding an award received by LAT from the National Women's Political Caucus (article was on presidential campaign of Rep. Patricia Schroeder) ; LAT staffer Linda Matthews winning recognition via the Unity Award in Media from Univ. of Missouri ; 5/5/1987 memo from Pat LoVerme to Tom Johnson on "Los Angeles Times Magazine trends," with approx. 12 attached pp. of charts and stats.
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Manuscripts
Approx. 75 items. Subject include: correspondence, meeting minutes and reports sent to members of the Executive Committee; a copy of the Memorandum of Agreement (from 1962) when the News Service was set up; 2-pp. list of clients in United States, Canada, & "Outside North America" (no date on the item); further material on Exec Comm. meetings and operations of the News Service; etc.
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