Earthquakes

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  Nuts, Crazies and Threats

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 60 items: letters, memos, legal documents and other material related to communications from mentally unbalanced persons. Includes: example - "God... has commanded me to (communicate) with you. God says, and I quote....." - followed by an earthquake prediction ; (9/16/1977) a brief, typed letter is signed "Almighty God" ; series of letters from someone obsessed with "actor" Johnny Weissmuller ("Tarzan") ; more. Some of the items are threatening to LAT ("scum like you") and others are nonsensical rants.

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  Departments - Production - Production - Personnel - Bios - Pressroom

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  Approx. 50 items: personnel bios, form includes name, date of birth, education, previous work experience, positions held in company, company development and date of (bio) preparation; one Management Bulletin, 10/11/1990, on Paul Gledhill, Production VP, leaving LAT to become Operations VP at Rocky Mountain News.

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  Roosevelt, Franklin D

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 25 items: LAT news tear sheet, 3/6/1933, "Roosevelt closes all banks...Congress meets Thursday" ; LAT editorial copy, 9/15/1940, "Are we still a democracy," LAT uses the word "dictatorship" in reference to FDR's seeking of a third term" ; LAT Page One copy, LAT editorial copy, 11/6/1940, "Mr. Roosevelt wins again" ; LAT Page One copy, 4/13/1945, "President Roosevelt dies...Harry S. Truman sworn in..." ; more.

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  Employees - Casey, Albert

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 20 items: 1-pp. "Biographical Data," on Casey, 2/1974; various LAT clips from 1960s, 1970s and 1980s on the occasions of Casey's promotions at TM, and American Airlines; LAT obit of Eleanor Casey (wife), 11/30/1989; clips on Casey's tenure with First Republic Bank and the U.S. Postal Service; cover story and sidebar on Casey, Forbes, 11/15/1974; letter, 2/16/1971, from Casey to the Editor of Printing Management (mag), protesting "wrong impressions" he believed an article on his role with Times Mirror created;

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  San Diego - Office / Survey / Operations

  Manuscripts

  Approx. 30 items: memos, reports, spiral-bound booklets and other material on San Diego Edition. Includes: material on office space and relocation ; the San Diego "Southland" page ; 17-pp. spiral-bound booklet, "San Diego - Today and Tomorrow" ; "San Diego Stop Survey" of persons who canceled their LAT San Diego Edition delivery ; operational issues ; etc.

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  Banks - Bank Holidays 1933

  Manuscripts

  3 items: three LAT article copies, "Let's not get rattled," 3/3/1933; "Roosevelt sworn into office...", 3/5/1933; "Banks to reopen today by order of Roosevelt," 3/11/1933.

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