Manuscripts

Space Program

Description: Approx. 40 items: a selection of editorials from 1958 to 1975, spanning the early space efforts of unmanned vehicles such as Explorer, through the Apollo landings on the Moon, to the 1975 outer space link-up of two space vehicles, one American (Apollo), the other Soviet (Soyuz).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1958 - 1975
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.

Editorials & Articles

Manuscripts

Reprints of editorials, articles, and reports originally published in the Los Angeles Times. Booklets on various subjects, including Rev. Sun Myung Moon and Washington Times ; the 1967 Arab - Israeli War ; wine writers (reviewers) ; Gorbachev & the Soviet Union.

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Space Requirements

Manuscripts

Approx. 25 items: memos, reports, charts and other material related to issue of "minimum space requirements" in the pages of LAT.

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Dymally, Mervyn M

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items. LAT clips, news stories and editorials, all from 7/1975, in which LAT reveals the findings of a "three-month investigation by The Times" accusing Dymally of extensive wrong-doing ; 5-pp. letter from Dymally, dated 7/21/1975, accusing LAT of "violat(ing) many of the basic rules of fair reporting, specifically in a 7/3 article ; 13-pp. document, "Analysis of Article written by Times Staffers Mike Goodman, David Rosenzweig - about the Urban Affairs Institute and Lieutenant Governor Mervyn M. Dymally's Involvement in that Institute (7/3/1975) ; LAT editorial, 7/28/1975, "The Dymally dispute."

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View Section - Space

Manuscripts

Eleven items comprising sixty-five pages pertaining to space in the View Section, containing memos and letters.

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Departments - Employee Relations - Scholarship Program

Manuscripts

7 items: Employee Bulletins, 1975 - 1990. Subjects include information about applications for the Merit Scholarship, announcement of winners, etc.

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Subseries 4: Space Flight

Manuscripts

Photographs related to the testing and development of space vehicles and space structures, such as lunar landing vehicles, solar panels for space structures, and space shuttles. Several photographs document testing for splashdowns, when spacecraft land in water by parachute. Some projects related to NASA's Apollo and Gemini spacecraft.

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