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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries East Asian Library
Title: Los Angeles Times Beijing Bureau records
Creator:
Los Angeles Times (Firm)
Identifier/Call Number: 3318
Physical Description:
81.8 Linear Feet
74 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1970s-2000s
Abstract: This collections primarily contains clipping files from the Los Angeles Times Beijing Bureau, chiefly dating from the 1980s
and 1990s. Materials include news clippings, news wires, magazine articles, speeches, press releases, published reports, newsletters,
and pamphlets reflecting a broad range of topics covered by the Times in China.
Language of Material:
English, Chinese.
The Los Angeles Times, founded in 1881, is the primary newspaper serving the city and county of Los Angeles, California.
For thirty years, the newspaper's Hong Kong Bureau served as its chief post for reporting on China. Following the United States
formal recognition of the People's Republic of China in 1979, the bureau moved to Beijing under the leadership of bureau chief
Linda Mathews.
This collections primarily contains clipping files from the Los Angeles Times Beijing Bureau, chiefly dating from the 1980s
and 1990s. Materials include news clippings, news wires, magazine articles, speeches, press releases, published reports, newsletters,
and pamphlets reflecting a broad range of topics covered by the Times in China.
The bulk of the collection is in English, with some Chinese documents. Many of the clippings are from American newspapers
and magazines, as well Chinese English-language newspapers. The clipping files are arranged alphabetically into two series:
by subject (Boxes 1-61) and people (62-72). There is also a small grouping of article clippings and personnel files for LA
Times correspondents David Holley, Jim Mann, and Rone Tempest (Box 73) and three folders of administrative records consisting
of a file related to Chinese employees of the Times, expense receipts for correspondent David R. Holley; and a "Los Angeles
Times Travel & Entertainment Guide: Policy for Reimbursable Business Expenses" guide (Box 74).
Note: file folder labels in the boxes sometimes include coverage dates which may be incorrect.
Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the East Asian Library at
eal@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the East Asian Library 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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Los Angeles Times Beijing Bureau records, Collection no. 3318, East Asian Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Processed by USC students in 2019 as part of the "Piloting a Shared Practice for Accessible Archival Descriptions" Dean's
Challenge Grant. Additional description by Diann Benti in 2021.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Clay Dube, 2016.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
China -- Description and travel -- 20th century
China -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
China -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
China -- Politics and government -- 20th century
China -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Newspapers -- Archival resources
clippings files
Newspaper clippings
Los Angeles Times (Firm) -- Archives