Finding Aid for the Los Angeles Daily News Negatives LSC.1387

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Title: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Creator: Los Angeles Daily News

Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1387

Physical Description: 150.5 linear feet (301 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1925-1954

Abstract: The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated Daily News by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. when he started it in 1923. He copied the tabloid format of the New York daily news, although he rejected lurid and sensational journalism. In 1926 the paper went bankrupt and was taken over by Manchester Boddy, who changed the name to the Los Angeles daily news. He kept the tabloid format, with its heavy reliance on photographs. In 1954 it merged with the Mirror, the afternoon paper of the Los Angeles times, and became the Mirror-News. It lost reporters, columnists, and its more liberal flavor, and ceased publication in the early 1960s. The collection consists of 200,000 negatives of the Los Angeles Daily News.

Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Restrictions on Access

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

PORTIONS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE BEEN DIGITIZED. See the Existence and Location of Copies note for the link to the digitized materials.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of The Times-Mirror Company, 1958.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9942333343606533

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Los Angeles Daily News Negatives (Collection 1387). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Processing Information

Processed by Manuscripts Division staff.

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Biography

The Los Angeles daily news was originally named the Illustrated daily news by Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr. when he started it in 1923. He copied the tabloid format of the New York daily news, although he rejected lurid and sensational journalism. In 1926 the paper went bankrupt and was taken over by Manchester Boddy, who changed the name to the Los Angeles daily news. He kept the tabloid format, with its heavy reliance on photographs. In 1954 it merged with the Mirror, the afternoon paper of the Los Angeles times, and became the Mirror-News. It lost reporters, columnists, and its more liberal flavor, and ceased publication in the early 1960s.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of 200,000 negatives of the Los Angeles Daily News.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Negatives (Boxes 1-197, 254-301).
Glass negatives (Boxes 198-253).

20,000 (a 10% sample) of these negatives were printed and indexed to form Collection 1386. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA.

Related Material

Los Angeles Daily News Records (Collection 1208) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.

Los Angeles Daily News Photographs (Collection 1386) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.

Online Items Available

Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives (5116 items) .

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Black-and-white negatives.

American newspapers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.

undated

box 86

Neg. # 35934-7 Returning evacuated Japanese Americans undated