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Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives, and clippings--library files
7000.6  
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  • Biographical / Historical
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  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Preferred Citation
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Special Collections
    Title: Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives, and clippings--library files
    Creator: Hearst Corporation
    Identifier/Call Number: 7000.6
    Physical Description: 6.75 Linear Feet 6 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1950-1962
    Abstract: This collection consists of materials presumably filed as reference and administrative materials within the Los Angeles Examiner's library, including City Editor's Schedules and topical files, arranged alphabetically, containing pamphlets and other documents.
    Language of Material: English.

    Biographical / Historical

    The Hearst Corporation, founded by William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) in 1887, has acquired newspapers nationwide and by the mid-1920s Hearst had a nationwide string of 28 newspapers, including the Los Angeles Examiner. It printed its last issue on January 7, 1962, and then it merged with the Los Angeles Daily Herald to form the Los Angeles Herald Express which ran from 1962 to 1989.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of materials presumably filed as reference and administrative materials within the Los Angeles Examiner's library, including City Editor's Schedules as well as Pamphlets and Documents Files representing a variety of Southern California topics, alphabetically arranged, including census information and reports on water usage that were printed by such organizations as the Herald, the Los Angeles Times, and various government departments.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder# or item name], Hearst Corporation Los Angeles Examiner photographs, negatives, and clippings--library files, Collection no. 7000.6, Regional History Collections, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Division, The Hearst Corporation, March 30, 1978.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    California -- Newspapers
    Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Archival resources
    Los Angeles Express Los Angeles Examiner
    Journalism
    Los Angeles Herald-Express (Newspapers) -- Archives
    Los Angeles Examiner (Newspapers) -- Archives