Ewing (Majl) literary correspondence and manuscripts collection, 1922-1964

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Summary

Title:
Majl Ewing literary correspondence and manuscripts collection,
Dates:
1922-1964
Creators:
Ewing, Majl
Abstract:
Majl Ewing (1903-1967) was a 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 correspondence and manuscripts collected by, and written to, Majl Ewing.
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Majl Ewing literary correspondence and manuscripts collection (Collection 1505). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of literary correspondence and manuscripts collected by and written to Majl Ewing. Correspondents include: Stella Benson, Van Wyck Brooks, Norman Douglas, T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley, Selwyn Image, C.S. Lewis, Victoria Sackville-West, Edith Sitwell, Igor Stravinsky, and William Butler Yeats. Manuscripts include proof sheets of Richard Aldington's book about Ezra Pound & T.S. Eliot, writings about T.S. Eliot by Iris Murdoch, L.P. Hartley and others, and corrected proofs of Osbert Sitwell's The Jolly Old Squire, or Way Down in Georgia. Also includes manuscript notes by A.E. Housman and a festchrift for Marianne Moore.

Biographical / historical:

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.

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.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Dan Luckenbill and Lilace Hatayama; machine-readable finding aid created by Dan Luckenbill and Caroline Cubé
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from database containing container list structure and data, encoding added via MS Access or other database program, September 1994 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Dan Luckenbill and Caroline Cubé.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Majl Ewing literary correspondence and manuscripts collection (Collection 1505). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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