{"value"=>"<p>The People files are comprised of folders identified by personal names, filed alphabetically. The people to whom these files pertain are newsmakers, Times staff members and principals, and members of the Ochs and Sulzberger families. Most of the files pertain to individuals employed by The Times and contain documents created by and/or about that person.</p> <p>Documents in the People files include: correspondence and memoranda, photographs, biographical information sheets, press releases, clippings about the individual (often from trade journals), resumes, obituaries, legal documents, printed material, notes, cards listing awards the individual received, typescripts of speeches and lectures, and occasionally papers of a more personal nature. Some folders include Times archivists' correspondence concerning research queries about the person. Files for those not employed by The Times often relate to stories or editorials printed in the paper about that individual, and the aftermath of what was written.</p> <p>Several of the People files hold particular interest because of what they reveal about individual American politicians at distinct moments in time. The files for Curtis LeMay, Hubert Humphrey, Nelson Rockefeller, and George C. Wallace contain typescripts of interviews of these men conducted by The Times at important points in their political careers, and the files for Spiro Agnew provide in-depth information about his broad attack on the news media in 1969 and The Times' adamant rebuttal of his allegations. The Agnew files also include letters from readers, providing a window into the public's varied perception of the dispute.</p> <p>Letterbooks from two significant early Times employees are in this series: that of Charles Ransom Miller, who came to the paper in 1875 and served as its editor-in-chief for almost 40 years, and that of George Spinney, who arrived in 1879 as a correspondent and later became managing editor, then publisher and business manager, of The Times. Both letterbooks span the years 1893 to 1896, so while they do not represent either man's full career at the paper, they do illustrate the day-to-day concerns facing these leaders in the years leading up to Adolph S. Ochs' acquisition of The Times in 1896.</p> <p>The file for Times reporter John Sibley contains notes he took during the John Henry Faulk trial, an important legal victory against the practice of blacklisting in the entertainment industry during the red scare following World War II. Files for Walter Mattson, president and chief operating officer of The Times, include transcripts of speeches he made about The Times and The New York Times Company over the course of almost twenty years. These contain valuable information about the Company's history and provide insight into the rationale behind pivotal business decisions made during times of economic distress and technological change.</p> <p>Some names in the following container list do not represent folders, but exist only as cross references. Many of these were derived from The Times' own card index, while others were added by the processing archivist at The New York Public Library to facilitate the location of material related to a given topic. \"See also\" notes are included when materials about a given person or subject can be found in more than one location.</p> <p>While these People files are a useful source for biographical information about many of The Times' more prominent staff members, researchers should note that the \"Staff: Miscellaneous\" folders in the subject files series include similar sorts of information about a broader range of Times staff.</p>"}