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Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Correspondence regarding the lawsuit brought against United Feature Syndicate, Inc. and the Los Angeles Times by Liberace for running the comic strip Lil' Abner in which a character resembling Liberace is criticized. Also, comic strips, including original and modified strips. File of L. D. Hotchkiss and Nick B. Williams.
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1 item: approx. 130-pp. transcript (from Tapes I, II and III), "Los Angeles Times Executive Conference - Editorial Excellence (5/17/1969)." The Conference seminar was conducted at Times Mirror Square. The transcript was labeled "Confidential." A list appears on the first page with names of the top ranking editors--Nick B. Williams, Frank Haven, James Bassett, James Bellows, William F. Thomas, etc.--and executives--Otis Chandler, Robert Flannes, Robert D. Nelson, etc.-- who participated.
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Approx. 50 items. Material includes: packet of correspondence (stapled), 1966, between Philip Corwin of Barron's Weekly, and Otis Chandler, Nick Williams, Robert Nelson and others at LAT, related to Corwin's research for a story on the newspaper industry; article, The Certified News, 12/1966, article, The Review (of So. Cal. Journalism), "One of the world's great {good} newspapers"; 6-pp. report (several versions), "Basic Times Editorial Page Policies," 1964 - edited by Nick Williams; summary of 1962 series growing out of California's achieving No. 1 ranking in population among the 50 states--stories were written on religion, real estate, government, social welfare, labor, transportation, agriculture, sports, etc.; 2 cps. of 1961 booklet containing two essays, "A Statement of Principle," by Norman Chandler, and "An Octogenarian and Still More Growth Ahead"; various LAT articles dealing with press freedom, etc.; multi-page info. packet headed "Jan. 1991 - re: Persian Gulf War"; "OC's (Otis Chandler) comments - Oct. 12, 1961," specifying "Those against us..." and "Things in our favor..."; 8/9/1982, "On Editorial Policy," by Tom Johnson; LAT tear sheet, 8/2/1976, "The ups and downs of a bail bondsman," by Al Martinez, which has had all the quoted profanity/obscenity underlined (but w/o comment); articles, LAT and others, on newspaper editorial policy; columns by Nick B. Williams, 9/26/1971, "They don't horsewhip editors, do they?" (plus other columns) and James Bassett (no date), "The battle of the analysts"; LAT article on staffer jailed briefly for refusal to answer a question in court, (1987); tear sheet from The Review, 12/1972, "It can happen here; ask Bill Farr"; duplicate material.
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2 items: 21-pp. report on "1959 Home Magazine Survey," in blue spiral-bound folder ; article copy, 1/29/1961, "The culmination of a year's work," by Nick B. Williams, which describes the process of preparing an issue of Home magazine.
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Approx. 25 items. Materials include: copied examples of LAT "Society" page, 1910 - 1940 (at least one prior to 1900); 1-pp. chronology which opens, "Here's a history of The Times "features" sections..."; clip, Among Ourselves, 10/1976, YOU debuts in The Times; 6-pp. typed, [by Nick B. Williams? - 1961] analysis of progress of "Family" section; 3-pp. memo, Dick Dunkel to Nick Williams, 10/13/1961, subject "Family Section Fashions; clip from Los Angeles magazine, ?/1966, "The new girls of Section IV," on Maggie Bellows and Joyce Haber taking on re-vamp of 'Section IV'"; copy of brief, 6/4/1994, Editor & Publisher, "(LAT) improves its lifestyle section"; analysis of LAT "women's pages" over the decades from various sources, including "25 Years of women's pages in L.A.," by academic Dorothy Stotsenberg (UCLA); other related memos.
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2 items: tear sheet of Nick B. Williams column, 9/17/1961, "Watch our finance section grow!"; copy of brief article explaining "Expanded financial, business coverage in today's Times," no byline, no date. Includes Predecessor Sections.
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