Manuscripts

Wire Services

Description: Notes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence regarding the Associated Press and other news wire services. Correspondents include Harry Chandler, L. D. Hotchkiss and Kent Cooper. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1934 - 1940
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.

World War II - Censorship - Wire services

Manuscripts

Articles and reports from wire services about censorship during World War II. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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DOMEI Radio News Service, Japan

Manuscripts

Correspondence regarding the DOMEI Radio news service out of Japan. Includes Harry Chandler correspondence. File of L. D. Hotchkiss and R. W. Trueblood.

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Departments - Editorial - Wire Services

Manuscripts

Approx. 20 items. Materials include: 10-pp. "booklet" (w/ paper clip), "Directions for using the Telephotograver in sending and receiving news pictures by wire" [1920s?]; 1-pp. of info. headed "Wirephoto - modern miracle," 7/15/1943; various Among Ourselves articles, 1928 - 1931, on wirephotos and wire services; news clips, 1925 - 1939 , related to wirephotos; 6-pp. headed "History" [of LAT News Bureau], provides information on that activity from beginning in 1912 to 1942; 4-pp. "Examination of news agencies," an extended set of questions on history, organization, type of services, charges, etc., offered by news agencies (a template for analysis); clips on both AP and UPI having had offices inside LAT building at one time; LAT article, 4/3/1988, "The AP - it's everywhere and powerful," by David Shaw; LAT article by Nick B. Williams, 10/7/1962, "Birth of vital new wire service" (L.A. Times - Wash. Post); other related material.

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Viskniskki, Guy T. - Newspaper Consultant

Manuscripts

Correspondence and reports from Guy Viskniskki, Harry Chandler, and L. D. Hotchkiss. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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Los Angeles City News Service

Manuscripts

Proposal for the creation of a Los Angeles citywide news service, to be staffed by reporters from all local newspapers. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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United Press International

Manuscripts

Letter from L. D. Hotchkiss to Harry Chandler regarding United Press International. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

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