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Material on Pressman Union & Unions in General

Description: Approx. 40 items: memos, proposals, reports, news articles and other material related to labor vs. management negotiations outside of LAT ; packet, approx. 20 pp., red binder, "Union Avoidance Training Program" (n.d.)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1988 - 1989
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.

Stereotype Department - General Info

Manuscripts

1 item: report, approx. 40-pp., "General Information for Los Angeles Times Stereotype Department - 1951.Approx. 10 items: stack of bios for Transportation personnel ; several Among Ourselves articles on LAT Transportation, 1950s thru 1970s ; 3-pp. handwritten item, "Transportation Memories," received by LAT in 1982, written by John R. Shepherd, who started with LAT in 1926 ; several pieces of correspondence between LAT Archivist Carolyn Strickler and Robert McVay, who was working on an article about Pacific Electric's "Big Red Cars" (including the fact that LAT was, in part, delivered to other southern California cities via PE's trains ; other LAT materials related to Transportation.

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San Diego Edition - Financial materials

Manuscripts

30+ items: financial reports, ad rates, revenue reports and other material related to operation of the San Diego Edition of LAT. Notable items: multi-part packet, cover dated 7/30/1982, "San Diego linage & revenue forecast..." ; multi-part packet, cover date 6/5/1985, "San Diego plans" ; approx. 15-pp. packet, "(LAT) San Diego Edition [weekly] operating statement" ; various other financial projections.

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Los Angeles Times strategic plans (2 of 2)

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Approx. 50 items - letters, memos, reports and other material related to LAT strategic plans. Notable names and items include: Vance Stickell ; Tom Johnson ; James L. Davy (Pres., Metropolitan Sunday Newspapers, Inc.) ; Don Wright ; 30+ pp. packet (blue binder) titled "Display Department Brainstorming" ; 14-pp. report (blue binder) titled "Promotion and Public Relations Departments - Discussion group for Vance Stickell" ; 4-pp. report (black binder) titled "Circulation Department - Strategy Planning Session" ; 30+ pp. essay, "The politics of implementing MBO -- a situational approach," by George Odiorne, Univ. of Utah, handwritten date 10/16/1974 ; more. Split into two folders.

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Los Angeles Times strategic plans (1 of 2)

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Newsprint shortages and conservation

Manuscripts

Approx. 35 items: memos, letters, articles, reports and other material related to newsprint shortages and conservation. Notable items include: 6-pp. booklet, "Newsprint conservation methods," American Newspaper Publishers Association, 12/1979 ; multi-page report (in orange binder), "(LAT) Mechanical Specificiations and Requirements of new newspaper format" (1975?) ; multi-page packet, "30 Largest USA Markets," 4/1975 ; 12-pp. speech transcript (speaker not given), "Canadian Newspaper Publishers Asso.," 4/1975.

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J, K, L

Manuscripts

Approx. 45 items - letters, related clippings and other materials. Notable names and items include: Martin Luther King, Jr. / Drew Medical Center (materials include 40+ pp. of signatures of persons who "wholeheartedly support" the King / Drew School of Medicine and Science") ; 24-pp. packet of "Related facts impacting on health care issues" - response to LAT series on King / Drew ; flap between LAT and County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles, 7/1989 ; Abraham Lowenthal (USC prof.) ; The Library of America ; more.

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