Ed Ainsworth Papers, 1945-1968

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Ed Ainsworth Papers, 1945-1968

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Edward Maddin Ainsworth (1902-1968) worked for the 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. Los Angeles Times

86 boxes (43 linear ft.); 13 oversize boxes

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Los Angeles Times (Firm)

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Biography The Times building at First and Broadway, Los Angeles, was dynamited by union terrorists on Oct. 1, 1910; 20 employees were killed, many injured, and the building destroyed; James B. McNamara and John J. McNamara signed a confession admitting their guilt for the bombing, Dec. 2, 1911. From the guide to the Collection of photographs related to the Los Angeles Times bombing, ca. 1912, (University of California, Los Angeles...

Ainsworth, Ed, 1902-1968

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Edward Maddin Ainsworth was born in 1902 in Waco, TX; attended Texas A & M and UCLA; worked for newspapers in Waco, TX, San Pedro and Bakersfield, CA, and Atlanta, GA, before coming to work at the Los Angeles Times as a copyreader in 1924; progressed from city editor to state editor, editorial page editor, asst. 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 4...