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15 items, some duplicates. Clippings from LAT and San Diego Union with biographical information on Thomas Gardiner and Nathan Cole, 1881 founders of LAT. Also, a 1981 letter from Lawrence Barker, Jr., (grandson of Nathan Cole, Jr.) of San Francisco, to Mr. & Mrs. F. Daniel Frost of Pasadena, CA; single typed sheet with historical information on The Weekly Mirror (a precursor of LAT), on Times Mirror Co., The Evening Express, The Times Publishing Co., Jesse Yarnell, T.J. Caystile, Nathan Cole, Jr., Thomas Gardiner, S.J. Mathes and the firm of Yarnell, Caystile & Mathes; Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation - 9/30/1980; items marking other important milestones in publication and ownership of the newspaper; organizational chart, 1873 - 1954; obit clipping (1941) on Helen Caystile Duncan, "daughter of the late Thomas J. Caystile, onetime co-owner of the old Los Angeles Mirror and later of The Times."

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1881 - 1886, 1889, 1941, 1975, 1980 - 1981
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.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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