Richard Maibaum Papers
Scope and Contents
The collection is divided into six major series: Personal papers, Film Projects, Stage Projects, Television Projects, "James Bond" Projects, and Technical and Historical Research Data. Each series is then arranged alphabetically by subject or title, and chronologically within these divisions. Some material, such as clippings or correspondence, may appear in more than one series. When a work exists in more than one form, it is filed in the series corresponding to the final version.
The Personal Papers include biographical material, correspondence, interviews, and tributes, together with other subject files. The Film Projects series is composed of produced and unproduced projects which involved Richard Maibaum as screenwriter or producer. The "James Bond" material appears in a separate series. Some of Maibaum's earliest works are contained in Stage Projects, including his master's thesis (The Tree) which was produced at The University of Iowa. This was one of the first creative works ever accepted as a thesis by any University. Among the items in the Television Projects are teleplays, clippings, and correspondence.
The "James Bond" series is an extensive collection of notes, sketches, screen treatments, screenplay drafts, and final scripts representing most of the "James Bond" movies. Of the sixteen "James Bond" films produced by Cubby Broccoli, Maibaum wrote or co-wrote thirteen. Clippings, correspondence, publicity material, articles, photographs, and other items complete this series. The Technical and Historical Research Data files contain informative matter on a variety of subjects.
Dates
- 1931-1991
Creator
- Maibaum, Richard (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is not held by the University of Iowa. Reproduction of any kind of the Richard Maibaum Papers is restricted. Any reproduction requests of drafts, treatments, scripts, or screenplays relating to James Bond films should be directed to Eon Productions and all other reproduction requests should be directed to Paul Maibaum paulmaibaum@mac.com
Extent
18.50 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
American screenwriter, producer and actor. Personal papers contains an actors file, clippings and correspondences.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jack in 1959. Gifted by Richard and Sylvia Maibaum in 1991.
- 20th century
- Amazing Mr. Williams (Motion picture)
- American drama
- American literature
- Articles
- Bad Man of Brimstone (Motion picture)
- Bandit of Zhobe (Motion picture)
- Battle at Bloody Beach (Motion picture)
- Big clock (Motion picture)
- Bigger than life (Motion picture)
- Birthright (Play)
- Bride of vengeance (Motion picture)
- Captain Carey, U.S.A. (Motion picture)
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Motion picture)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Coast guard (Motion picture)
- Cockleshell heroes (Motion picture)
- Correspondence
- Day they robbed the bank of England (Motion picture)
- Dear wife (Motion picture)
- Diamonds are forever (Motion picture)
- Dr. No (Motion picture)
- Dramatists
- English literature
- For your eyes only (Motion picture)
- From Russia with love (Motion picture)
- Gemini contender
- Ghost comes home (Motion picture)
- Goldfinger (Motion picture)
- Great Gatsby (Motion picture : 1949)
- Hell below zero (Motion picture)
- Hold back the dawn (Motion picture)
- I wanted wings (Motion picture : 1941)
- James Bond films
- Jarrett (Television program)
- Kate Smith evening hour (Television program)
- Killers of Kilimanjaro (Motion picture)
- Lady and the mob (Motion picture)
- Licence to kill (Motion picture)
- Live, love and learn (Motion picture)
- Living daylights (Motion picture)
- Man with the golden gun (Motion picture)
- Middletown mural (Play)
- Moral entertainment (Play)
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture authorship
- Motion picture authorship
- Motion pictures
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction
- No man of her own (Motion picture : 1950)
- Notes
- O.S.S. (Motion picture : 1946)
- Octopussy (Motion picture)
- On Her Majesty's secret service (Motion picture)
- Paratrooper (Motion picture : 1953)
- Photographs
- Popular culture -- Study and teaching
- Posters
- Ransom! (Motion picture : 1956)
- Red beret (Motion picture : 1953)
- S.H.E. (Television program)
- Sainted sisters (Motion picture)
- Screenplays
- Screenwriters
- See my lawyer (Play)
- Song of surrender (Motion picture)
- Spy films
- Spy who loved me (Motion picture)
- Stablemates (Motion picture)
- Storyboards
- Tank force (Motion picture)
- Television -- Production and direction
- Television authorship
- Television authorship
- Television programs
- Television writers
- Ten gentlemen from West Point (Motion picture)
- Theater -- Study and teaching
- Their neighbor's wife (Motion picture)
- They gave him a gun (Motion picture : 1937)
- Thunderball (Motion picture)
- Tree (Play)
- Twenty mule team (Motion picture)
- Vehicles
- View to a kill (Motion picture)
- We went to college (Motion picture)
- Writers Archive at Iowa
- Zarak (Motion picture)
Creator
- Maibaum, Richard (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu