Manuscripts

Ainsworth, Edward Files

Description: Ed Ainsworth (1902-1968) worked for the Times from 1924-1967. The collection was given by Ainsworth's daughter Katie Ainsworth in 1981. Organized by subject and kept in the order in which the material was received. Date range is 1930-1967.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1930-1967
Call number: mssLAT
Creator: Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Employees - Ainsworth, Ed

Manuscripts

5 items: letter (in plastic sleeve), 2/9/1962, from Allan Hancock to Ed Ainsworth, thanking him for a copy of The California I Love by Leo Carrillo (in collaboration with Ainsworth); article copy from "Keeping up with The Times," 6/2/1967, on Ed Ainsworth; copy of Ainsworth's final LAT column ("On the Move"), 6/6/1967, "Time arrives for farewell";copy of LAT obit, "Ed Ainsworth, retired Times columnist, dies in San Diego"; clip of Among Ourselves obit, 7/1968, "Death takes Ed Ainsworth, Timesman for 43 years."

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"Remembering Uppie"

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items - letters, memos and notes for preparation of the article, drafts of the article. Notable names and items include: Saturday Review (literary magazine) ; drafts and revisions of "Remembering Uppie" by Ed Ainsworth, an article that ran in Saturday Review in 1967 ; correspondence between Ainsworth and Norman Cousins, SR Editor and Alfred Balk, Feature Editor.

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Ainsworth, Ed

Manuscripts

5 items. A note from Williams to Ainsworth on "the immense amount of Southern California coastline ...used with extreme rarity for Marine tactical exercises. (Is) the nation getting the best use out of that much coastline?"; (Ainsworth-) "Times' Principles" - 6 pp., two versions; a letter from Ainsworth to Williams and Norman [Chandler] on "the water situation" in Southern California; a 9/1960 memo to Williams from Ainsworth on Prop. 1 (water, again).

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Departments - Editorial - Columnists

Manuscripts

4 items. Material includes: tear sheet, a brief from ADWEEK/West, 11/16/1981, on LAT joining with CompuServe in a "test program in which highlights (from LAT) are programmed for access by home computer users" (program partner was CompuServe); 1-pp. (undated), headed "Famous columnists," lists Charles Lummis, Harry Carr, Bill Henry, Ed Ainsworth and Kyle Palmer; Front page announcement, 10/29/1961, "* noted columnists join Sunday Times feature parade"; copy of The Wine Investor, 1/18/1988, article, "L.A. Times labors mightily and produces a...Danberger?" (article is very critical of LAT and their selection of new wine columnist, Dan Berger.

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"Enchanted Pueblo"

Manuscripts

Approx. 30 items - letters, clippings, postal cards and one booklet. Notable names and items include: 48-pp. booklet, Enchanted Pueblo by Ed Ainsworth ; several postal cards sent to Ainsworth at LAT requesting copies of the booklet ; selection of letters thanking Ainsworth for copies of his book (some autographed) or requesting copies of the book ; selection of letters from political figures, the best-known being Frank G. Bonelli, L.A. County Supervisor.

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Lamb, Harold

Manuscripts

Approx. 15 items - letters, memos, reports. Notable names and items include: Ed Ainsworth ; Harold Lamb ; Tehran, Iran ; more.

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