Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The La Opinión Newspaper and Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. series includes materials from the Los Angeles-based Spanish-language daily newspaper, La Opinión, and business papers and ephemera from former La Opinión editor and publisher, Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. The La Opinión materials primarily span the 1990s and 2000s, and the bulk of the Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. Papers are from the 1970s. The series includes background and business materials from the paper, visits from Mexican government officials to La Opinión, awards won and presentations given by La Opinión, partnerships and supplements, La Opinión's Latino vote initiatives from the late 1990s and early 2000s, as well as planning documents, notes, promotional, and photographic materials from La Opinión's major anniversaries (70th, 73rd, 75th, 80th, 85th, and 90th) There are multiple boxes of photographs, slides, negatives, and color transparencies documenting Ignacio E. Lozano and his appearances, various La Opinión events and employees, and entertainment images likely used in La Opinión newspaper issues. Audiovisual materials include primarily audio cassette tapes, as well as video cassettes, a small box of VHS tapes, and some born digital materials (CDs and DVDs), related to La Opinión. Notable materials from Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. include correspondence and business from his time as United States Ambassador to El Salvador (1976-1977). Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. and La Opinión ephemera, including personalized scissors, letter opener, notepads, stamp, and bumper sticker, are also present in the collection.
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Contains primarily photographs, negatives, and transparencies of Ignacio E. Lozano Jr., as well as photographs, negatives, slides, and color transparencies that Monica titled "entertainment". These are likely images that La Opinión used in their newspaper issues, from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, including of actress and singer Itatí Cantoral, stills from the film Raising Victor Vargas, and of other music, film, and television stars. Also includes photographs of La Opinión staff, La Opinión pressrooms from approximately 1986 to 1999, and former California State Assembly member, Gloria Molina from approximately the 1990s to 2000s. Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. photographs include many headshots, group photos, and public appearances from approximately 1940s to the 2000s. Photographs are mostly inside envelopes within larger folders, kept within Monica's original groupings when possible.
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Photographs of athletes and sports (1980s-1990s) with captions on the versos; photographs of Mario Vazquez Rana, photographs and slides from the funeral of Sr. Martinez, photograph of President Ernesto Zedillo at La Opinión, photograph album with captions from A La Vida!...a Toast to Life AIDS benefit event where La Opinión was honored; photographs from VOTO '98 Gubernatorial Debate, Company Picnic Photo album (2000s). Photographs of La Opinión events, business, and staff. Photo album of Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. has been removed from its original housing, and the pages have been kept in order and foldered. A La Vida! and Company Picnic albums have been kept in their original housing.
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Various La Opinión Newspaper issues spanning 1986 to 2013, some loose pages. Multiple issues from La Opinión's 60th anniversary in 1986. Reproduction of the cover page of the first issue of La Opinión from 1926; La Opinión VOTO '98 poster; La Opinión double-sided ruler.
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La Opinión business from the early 2000s. Notes, PowerPoint slides, and email correspondence from La Opinión Leadership meetings from 2001 to 2003. Public relations proposal to La Opinión from Spelling Communications (2003-2004). Papers detailing La Opinión's ownership, its dissolution from Tribune and status as an independent company, congratulatory letters, and the launch of La Opinión's parent company, ImpreMedia. Announcement of Monica C. Lozano as CEO of La Opinión (2004). Correspondence and press releases about the launch of HOY! LA, a major competitor for La Opinión in Spanish language print media beginning in 2003/2004. Letter from La Opinión employee Ruben Morales to the Lozano family notifying them of his retirement. This box also includes material from Ignacio E. Lozano Jr. such as his 1993 correspondence, speeches given from 1986-1993, photocopies of old photographs of Ignacio E. Lozano Jr., and articles that mention him from 1976 to 1991, as well as a book titled "Torrey Pines Remembered" gifted to him around 2004.
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Materials from La Opinión's 70th, 73rd, and 75th anniversary celebrations and events (primarily 1996-2001), with the bulk being from the 75th anniversary. General box contents include planning documents, correspondence, event programs, notes, a guest book for the 75th anniversary, guest lists, congratulatory letters, a 70th anniversary program/booklet, and notes from the 73rd anniversary video that was created.
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