Manuscripts

Employees - Cornell, John

Description: Approx. 25 items: a selection of Cornell columns from The Lens (Pasadena-based magazine of arts & entertainment).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1984 - 1991
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
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Handbooks - Employee Orientation Packet

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: a selection of pamphlets, booklets, forms, a 1983 Times Mirror Annual Report, and other items for new employees.

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Employees - Wright, Willard Huntington

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: article copy, Smart Set, 3/1913, "Los Angeles -- the chemically pure," by Willard Huntington Wright; a selection of Wright's writing for LAT circa 1910 (he began reviewing books in 1907); selection of writings about Wright and his pseudonym, "S.S. Van Dine" from the 1930s, when he was engaged in writing a series of popular mystery novels; LAT obit copy, 4/13/1939, "Death comes to Van Dine"; article copy, Among Ourselves, 4/1948, "Men who made The Times"; two copies, LAT article (West mag), "Los Angeles and the library hatchet men"; Jack Smith column, LAT, 11/4/1974, "Comeuppance for a critic"; a copy of a journal, Manuscripts, Spring 1983, containing the essay, "In search of S.S. Van Dine," pp. 89-100; cover note from author John Cornell attached to copy of 2-pp. article from The Lens, 10/1988, "Famous put-down of our area 75 years ago..."; 3-pp. of copies of index cards (LAT?) on "Wright, Willard Huntington"; related material.

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Correspondence - Former Employees

Manuscripts

Approx. 80 items: examples of correspondence with former (and retired )employees, including Robert J. Donovan, Wayne Warga, William Stall, Edwin Guthman, more. Also in the folder is a 40-pp. booklet, "Ruben Salazar: a selection of columns...(LAT)."

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Employees - Coffey, Shelby

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items: tear sheet, Herald-Examiner, 4/5/1988, "L.A.Times appoints Shelby Coffey to new executive editor post"; tear sheet, NY Times, 4/6/1988, "Los Angeles Times names heir apparent to the Editor's job"; Employee Bulletin, 4/5/1988, with Tom Johnson's announcement of Coffey selection; various publications' reporting on above appointment and other career moves, incl. L.A. Weekly, The American Editor, etc; multi-page tear sheet, Esquire, 12/1988, "Shelby Coffey, Oozing Charm"; approx. 25 -pp. transcript of Coffey's remarks, including Q&A, at LAT Washington Bureau, 6/10/1988;

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Employees - Salazar, Ruben

Manuscripts

Approx. 60 items: a large selection (some duplication) of the writings of Salazar and writings about him following his death at 42 during a protest of the Vietnam War in East Los Angeles in 1970; 1985 tribute to Salazar by Frank Del Olmo. Two stapled-bound booklets are in the folder: "Ruben Salazar - a selection of columns reprinted from the Los Angeles Times" (1970), program and booklet for 19th Annual Ruben Salazar Memorial Scholarship Awards Dinner, 5/4/1989.

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Employees - Carr, Harry

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items: a selection of Harry Carr columns from the 1920s and 1930s; letters written by Carr; correspondence about Carr after his death. Carr's column went by the name "The Lancer" for a number of years. Included in this folder is a definitive profile of Carr which appeared in the "Men who made The Times" column of Among Ourselves, 3/1948.

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Employees - Cornell, John

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