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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Ed Ainsworth papers
Creator:
Ainsworth, Ed
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0405
Physical Description:
43.0 Linear Feet
(86 boxes and 13 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1945-1968
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.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Katie Ainsworth, 1981-82.
[Identification of item], Ed Ainsworth Papers (Collection 405). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Yvonne Schroeder, July 1960, additions processed by Margaret Long and Donald Schippers, 1967, Anne Caiger, 1981,
and Grace Bertalot, 1985, retyped by Dan Luckenbill, February 1987.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
994621543606533
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.
Katherine Ainsworth Papers (Collection 1395) . Available at the Library Special Collections, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
West (U.S.) -- History.
Western stories.
Historians -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Journalists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History.
Los Angeles Times (Firm)
Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968--Archives.