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Title: Ed Ainsworth Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1945-1968
Collection number: 405
Creator:
Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968
Extent: 86 boxes (43 linear ft.)
13 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Edward Maddin Ainsworth (1902-1968) worked for the
Los Angeles Times as a copyreader in 1924. He progressed from city editor to state editor, editorial page editor, assistant to the managing
editor, and eventually became a columnist. He also wrote several books on California and the West and contributed to various
magazines. The collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, articles, clippings, books, and photographs related
to Ainsworth's career as a writer and journalist.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary 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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Katie Ainsworth, 1981-82.
[Identification of item], Ed Ainsworth Papers (Collection 405). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Edward Maddin Ainsworth was born in 1902 in Waco, Texas; attended Texas A & M and UCLA; worked for newspapers in Waco, Texas,
San Pedro and Bakersfield, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, before coming to work at the
Los Angeles Times as a copyreader in 1924; progressed from city editor to state editor, editorial page editor, assistant to the managing editor,
and eventually became a columnist; author of column, On the Move; member, Board of Governors, Los Angeles County Museum; member,
Zamorano Club, Death Valley 49'ers, and E Clampus Vitus; wrote several books on California and the West and also contributed
to various magazines; married Katherine Lake, chief librarian in Monrovia, California, 1931; died in 1968.
Collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, articles, clippings, books, and photographs related to Ainsworth's
career as a writer and journalist. Writings focus primarily on California and the West, including the Fallbrook case, smog,
water problems, Leo Carillo, and former mayor of Los Angeles Sam Yorty. Some of Ainsworth's titles in the collection include:
Eagles Fly West,
California Jubilee,
Question of Smog in Southern California,
Maverick Mayor,
Sand Dune Sanctuary,
Beckoning Desert,
The Cowboy in Art,
Sapphires Are Forever,
California Desert, and
Painters of the Desert.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968--Archives.
Journalists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Historians--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Western stories.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History.
West (U.S.)--History.
Los Angeles times.
Katherine Ainsworth Papers (Collection 1395) . Available at the Department of Special Collections, UCLA.