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Series 1) EARLY RESEARCH AND DISSERTION: Notes, interview transcripts, and writings created while Espinosa was a graduate student in anthropology at Stanford University and the years directly following. Arranged in four subseries: A) Course Materials and Notes, B) Interviews and Notebooks, C) Lou Grant Show, and D) Writings.

A) Course Materials and Notes: Calendars, correspondence, and notes on phone calls relating to Espinosa's Stanford University dissertation and magazine publications. Also includes lecture notes from Stanford University, primarily from classes on anthropology, Spanish, and communication, and some course materials for classes taught by Dr. Espinosa.

B) Interviews and Notebooks: Interviews and Notebooks: Transcripts of Espinosa's interviews with screenwriter Ken Trevey and with LA Times journalists and editors, and notebooks containing personal notes, journal entries, and lecture and research notes.

C) Lou Grant Show: Espinosa's notes on the cast, characters, and production of the Lou Grant television series, used as research for his 1982 dissertation, Text-Building in a Hollywood Television Series: An Ethnographic Study.

D) Writings: Drafts, notes, and correspondence for Espinosa's dissertation and other writings while a student at Stanford University.

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