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San Marino, CA 91108
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Consists of: Orange County Illustrated, January 1975 issue with article "Helena Modjeska-America's Finest Shakespearean Tragedienne" by Tom Williams. Westways, February 1946 issue with article "Out of the Desert Came the Santa Ana ... This is the first American translation of sketches written by the Polish author .... who came to America in 1876 and visited Helena Modjeska in Santiago Canyon" by Henryk Sienkiewicz. Westways, February 1958 issue with article "Shrines for Modjeska" by Raymond M. Holt. Westways, July 1971 issue with article "The Colonial History of Orange County: A Chronicle of Its Early Sects' Life" by Jim Sleeper.
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Los Angeles Times Home Magazine issues dated November 15, 1942; October 9, 1949; March 28, 1951; May 6, 1951; May 10, 1953; May 1, 1955; May 22, 1955; September 30, 1956; November 11, 1956; October 20, 1957; May 11, 1958; October 11, 1959; October 25, 1959; January 31, 1960; June 25, 1961; August 5, 1962; September 9, 1962; July 19, 1964; October 24, 1965 (two copies); August 28, 1966; October 22, 1967; March 31, 1968; November 16, 1969.
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Los Angeles Times West Magazine issues dated September 1966 (prototype issue); December 15, 1968; January 26, 1969; July 20, 1969; January 31, 1971; March 7, 1971; April 18, 1971; May 23, 1971; June 20, 1971; June 27, 1971; July 18, 1971; July 25, 1971; September 19, 1971; October 3, 1971; October 31, 1971; January 23, 1972; February 27, 1972; April 2, 1972; August 20, 1972 (two copies). October 8, 1967 issue removed to conservation (adhesive) 11/1/2012 - CMD
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Los Angeles Times Magazine issues dated March 25, 1984 (Traveling in Style); October 7, 1984 (Traveling in Style - Home part 2); October 6, 1985; October 20, 1985 (Traveling in Style - LA Times Magazine part 2); March 16, 1986 (Traveling in Style - LA Times Magazine part 2); January 10, 1987; October 18, 1987 (Traveling in Style - LA Times Magazine part 2); November 8, 1987 (Cooking & Entertaining with Style - LA Times Magazine part 2); March 13, 1988 (Pleasures of the Road - LA Times Magazine part 2); March 20, 1988 (Traveling in Style - LA Times Magazine part 2); April 3, 1988; May 29, 1988 (The Movies - LA Times Magazine part 2); September 10, 1989 (Encore! - LA Times Magazine part 2); October 8, 1989 (Good Health - LA Times Magazine part 2).
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Approx. 170 items. Letters, memos, clippings from West and other publications. Subjects included: 9-9-65 Press Release on the introduction of West; memos related to both Home and West magazines; Williams' March 1966 memo describing the "freelance" operation of West; planning for the magazine, early evaluations of quality of the product; Otis Chandler's (9/1966) conclusions on how to "save" [underscore his] West by targeting "sophisticated men...[in the] 20-to-50 age group," and by featuring material on water sports, all automobiles from dune buggies to dragsters, motorcycles, "booze, sophisticated sex...music and cultural stuff...hi-fi, jazz," etc.; Robert Nelson's comments on the prototype and his comments on O. Chandler's conclusions (also 9/1966); Vance Stickell's 11/8/1966 memo stating that "next Sunday's issue of West is "the first ... that really has pizazz"; readership and advertising issues; 10/31/1967 "Confidential" memo by W.'s on the accomplishments of West's first year; 16 Nov. 1971 memo from Peter Bunzel on "West's New Direction"; etc. Split into two folders.
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Approx. 170 items. Letters, memos, clippings from West and other publications. Subjects included: 9-9-65 Press Release on the introduction of West; memos related to both Home and West magazines; Williams' March 1966 memo describing the "freelance" operation of West; planning for the magazine, early evaluations of quality of the product; Otis Chandler's (9/1966) conclusions on how to "save" [underscore his] West by targeting "sophisticated men...[in the] 20-to-50 age group," and by featuring material on water sports, all automobiles from dune buggies to dragsters, motorcycles, "booze, sophisticated sex...music and cultural stuff...hi-fi, jazz," etc.; Robert Nelson's comments on the prototype and his comments on O. Chandler's conclusions (also 9/1966); Vance Stickell's 11/8/1966 memo stating that "next Sunday's issue of West is "the first ... that really has pizazz"; readership and advertising issues; 10/31/1967 "Confidential" memo by W.'s on the accomplishments of West's first year; 16 Nov. 1971 memo from Peter Bunzel on "West's New Direction"; etc. Split into two folders.
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