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Thomas, William F. Files

Description: William "Bill" Thomas (1928-2014) was appointed by Otis Chandler to be the seventh executive editor of the Times in 1971 and stayed in that position until his retirement in 1989. He started at the Times in 1962 as an assistant city editor and the metropolitan editor. Includes correspondence, internal memoranda, policies, press releases, speeches, strategic plans, clippings, scrapbooks, and photographs. Date range is 1962-1993.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1962-1993
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,

Williams, Nick B. Files

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Nick Boddie Williams (1906-1992) started at the Times in 1931 as a copy editor and held various editorial positions until 1958, when he was named executive editor, a position he held until his retirement in 1971. Includes correspondence, speeches, clippings, and assignment sheets. Date range is 1933-1981; the bulk of the material is 1958-1971.

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Palmer, Kyle Files

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Kyle Palmer (1892-1962) started at the Times in 1920 and was the political editor from 1939-1961. He was a well-known Republican "kingmaker" in the state of California. One scrapbook of articles by Kyle Palmer. Date range is 1936-1949.

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Thomas, William F

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3 items: 14-pp. transcript of "Taping with William F. Thomas, Editor of The Times," 5/21/1975 - begins with Thomas' answer to the general question of "the differences between Nick Williams' editorial tenure and [his]" ; 19-pp. transcript of "Second taping with Wm. Thomas, Editor of The Times," 6/30/1975 - begins with a question on LAT political endorsements and widens out to many other topics ; 18-pp. transcript of "Third taping with Bill Thomas," 7/7/1975 - begins with subject of Watergate coverage and widens out.

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Coffey, Shelby Files

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Shelby Coffey III was editor and executive vice president of the Times from 1989-1997, after holding the post of deputy associate editor from 1986-1988. Contains a fact book created for the War Desk to use during the first Gulf War (1990). All items date from 1990.

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Thomas, William F

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1 item: 42-pp. transcript (pp. 100 - 141) of interview of Bill Thomas (LAT Editor) by Marshall Berges. Notable names and subjects include: Lyndon B. Johnson ; LAT in relation to Times Mirror Corporation and other holdings (pp. 105 - 106) ; memories of backlash over a Robert Scheer article on the Jewish community that was not well received in all quarters (pp. 107 - 110+) ; wide-ranging memories of incidents and people at LAT during the 1960s and 1970s ; Thomas answers the question, "Do we need an editorial page?" (pp. 122 - 124) ; moving Conrad's cartoons to Op Ed (pp. 125 - 126) ; political polls, Mervin Field, etc. (pp. 127 - 129) ; more.

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Bellows, James Files

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James "Jim" Bellows (1922-2009) worked for the Times as associate editor from 1967 to 1974. During this time he started Joyce Haber's gossip column and oversaw the launch of West magazine. Includes correspondence, article clippings, and other items. Arranged alphabetically by subject. Date range is 1960-1974.

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