Manuscripts

Turner, Lana

Description: 1 item: 63-pp. transcript of testimony by Mickey Cohen, Lana Turner and others on the stabbing death of John Stompanato, Jr. in 1958 (the packet has stamped date in April 1958, but this may be incorrect. Some sources give stabbing date as being in June 1958.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1958
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Among Ourselves

Manuscripts

An eleven page transcript of an interview of Otis Chandler by Among Ourselves. Also in this folder is a photocopy of the actual article that appeared in the January 1986 issue of Among Ourselves. The transcript has a memo attached to it to Carolyn from Tom Peckham, however the year on the memo is incorrect. It should read "1/15/86."

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Production - Composing - Assistant Foreman, Linotype (5124)

Manuscripts

3 items: approx. 15-pp. clipped packet titled "...Staff Position Description and Evaluation," 6/24/1958 ; 1-pp. "Staff Position Description," 8/1958 ; memo, 10/8/1958, "Supervisory Committee Evaluations."

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Times Mirror Company Annual Shareholder Meeting

Manuscripts

1 item: 12-pp. transcript titled "The Times Mirror Company - 1967 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders." This packet includes the introduction of officers and the entire text of Norman Chandler's remarks.

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Approx. 10 items: stapled packet of three items - two letters (1961) between Josiah Macy (Pan American World Airways) and Norman Chandler's office, plus multi-page list of corporate board affiliations of Norman Chandler ; 3-pp. transcript of "Telephone conversation with Nick Williams, 9/29/1975," in which Bassett asks him about bringing Frank Haven and Frank McCulloch to LAT, their overlapping roles and how they got along ; 10-pp. transcript of "Taping with Frank McCulloch, Editor of the Sacramento Bee, on 9/16/1975" ; duplicate of previous transcript on green paper - both versions have editing markups ; packet of material related to Frederica ("Freddie") Miller, long-time administrative aide to Otis Chandler - 16-pp. transcript of Bassett's interview of her, memo of 10/22/1975 from Miller to Bassett after she reviewed aforementioned transcript, memo of 1/18/1974 from Miller to Jim Chambers on subject of the "Associated Press Election Strategy" ; 27-pp. transcript of "Interview - Mark Murphy," 2/16/1973, an editor with The Oregonian and later LAT - also 1-pp. "Biography from the Los Angeles Times" for Murphy.

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Murphy, Dr. Franklin

Manuscripts

1 item: 63-pp. transcript of interview with Dr. Franklin D. Murphy, Chairman of the Board of Times Mirror Co. Murphy discusses his life and careers, both as Chancellor at UCLA and at Times Mirror.

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Approx. 20 items: packet of material related to Justice (and ex-Calif. governor) Earl Warren includes 16-pp. transcript of Bassett interview of Warren, 7/2/1973, on memories of politics and his relations with CA newspapers ; 11-pp. transcript of "Press release, Address by Governor Earl Warren, California Newspaper Publisher's Association...(1/18/1944) on his first year as governor ; collection of letters between Bassett and Warren, 1973, one news clip copy ; packet of materials related to LAT news exec. Ted Weegar - 5-pp. transcript of interview with Weegar, 10/1/1975, memos related to Weegar and an LAT bio for Weegar ; two copies of transcript of "...off-the-record interview with Paul Weeks, formerly of the L.A. Mirror and later with The Times, now with RAND Corp." 2/13/1975 - one major subject here is LAT coverage of race relations in L.A. ; several pieces of correspondence between Bassett and Weeks ; two copies of transcript of "Taping with Alan J. Williams, former Chief Executive Asst. to former mayor Norris Poulson..." 7/2/1975, also letter from Williams to Bassett relating to the interview transcript.

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Turner, Lana

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