Finding Aid for the Majl Ewing papers, ca. 1920-1967
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Majl Ewing papers
Date (inclusive): ca. 1920-1967
Collection number: 1703
Creator:
Ewing, Majl
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
1 half document box
4 oversize boxes
Abstract: Majl Ewing (1903-1967) was born in Rochester, Kentucky. He was an instructor in English (1930-31), assistant professor (1931-45),
associate professor (1945-52) and professor (1953-67) in the UCLA Department of English. He served as chair of the department
from 1948-55. He was also a member of the Modern Language Association and helped found and served as president of Friends
of the UCLA Library. The collection consists of literary card indexes, correspondence, books, reprints, doctoral thesis, memorabilia,
instructional and printed materials, and materials related to travel.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Majl Ewing papers (Collection 1703). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Ewing was born May 24, 1903 in Rochester, Kentucky; BA, University of the South, 1923; MA, Harvard, 1924; Ph.D, University
of Virginia, 1929; instructor, University of Minnesota (1924-26); instructor (1926-29) and acting assistant professor (1929-30),
University of Virginia; instructor in English (1930-31), assistant professor (1931-45), associate professor (1945-52), and
professor (1953-67), Department of English, UCLA; chair of department, 1948-55; member, Modern Language Association; helped
found and served as president of Friends of the UCLA Library; member, Board of Trustees of the Southwest Museum and the Los
Angeles County Art Museum; publications include:
A Guide to Better Writing (1940, with Franklin P. Rolfe and LLewellyn M. Buell) and
English Prose of the Romantic Period (1938, with C.F. MacIntyre); died in 1967.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of literary card indexes, correspondence, books, reprints, doctoral thesis, memorabilia, instructional
and printed materials, and materials related to travel.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Ewing, Majl--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of English--Faculty --Archival resources.
Literature teachers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Related Material
Box 1
Literary card index A - G.
Box 2
Literary card index H - S.
Box 3
Literary care index T - Z.
Box 4
Quotations, composers, index of lyrics.
Box 4
Literary index--mainly Aldous Huxley.
Box 6
Majl Ewing's Ph.d thesis.
Box 9
Correspondence--including Lawrence Clark Powell, Walter Starkie.
Box 9
Travel ephemera and itineraries.
Box 10
Instructional materials--Ewing.
Box 11
Journal and course notes by Majl Ewing while attending the University of the South at Sewanee
ca. 1920.
Note
Box 11 is a half-doc box.
