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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
Series III: Education and Early Writings
Series V: Screenplays By Others
Series VI: Notes Clippings and Ephemera
Series VII: Photographs
Series VIII: Audio Visual
Series IX: Memorabilia
Series X: Printed

William Goldman papers, 1949-1997

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence


Box 213 Evans, Robert To: William Goldman, [Hollywood, Ca.], 15 Oct. 1974, 1p. t.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Grisham, John To: William Goldman, [North Garden, Va.], 5 Dec. 1994, 1p. t.l.s, with notes by Goldman on verso

Box 213 Hamill, Pete To: William Goldman, Encino, Ca., 3 Jan. 1974, 1p. t.l.s, with envelope

[6 marked books added from Hype and Glory box 165]

Box 213 Hill, George Roy To: William Goldman, [New York], 29 Oct. 1982, 2p. t.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Hill, George Roy To: William Goldman, [Beverly Hills], 13 August 1968, 6p. t.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Hill. George Roy To: William Goldman, [Hollywood, Ca.], 21 Oct. 1969, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 213 Jovanovich, William To: William Goldman, [New York.], 13 April 1970, 2p. t.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Kael, Pauline To: William Goldman, [New York.], [14 Jan. 1970], 1p. a.l.s, with related letter

Box 213 Kerr, Walter To: William Goldman, [Larchmont, N.Y.], 10 Oct. 1969, 1p. t.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Lester, Richard To: William Goldman, [Twickenham, UK], 10 Nov. 1978, 1p. t.l.s.

Box 213 Manilow, Barry To: William Goldman, [Beverly Hills], 8 May 1984, 1p. a.l.s, with related photos and envelope

Box 213 Manilow, Barry To: Bill [Goldman], [Beverly Hills], 9 May 1985, 1p. a.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Meredith, Burgess To: Bill Goldman, [Malibu], 6 Feb. 1978, 1p. a.l.s.

Box 213 Perot, H Ross To: William Goldman, [Dallas], Dec. 1980 - June 1981, 2 t.l.s, with related photocopies

Box 213 Redford, Robert To: William Goldman, New York, Wengen Switzerland and Geneva Switzerland, n.d., and April 1970 - Nov. 1979, 1p. a.l.s., (with envelope and notes in Goldman's hand); a.l.s, with photo); telegram

Box 213 Reiner, Carl To: William Goldman, [Hollywodd, Ca.], Sept. 1969 - Oct. 1969, 2 t.l.s, with related materials

Box 213 Simon, Neil To: Bill [Goldman], [Hollywood, Ca.], 14 Sept. [1969], 1p. t.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Sondheim, Stephen To: William Goldman, [New York], 29 March 1977, 1p. telegram

Box 213 Towne, Robert To: William Goldman, Malibu, 29 March 1977, 1p. telegram

Box 213 Valenti, Jack To: William Goldman, Washington, DC., Feb. 1970 - March 1977, 3 telegrams

Box 213 Warner, Jack To: William Goldman, [Century City, Ca.], 8 April 1970, 1p. t.l.s, with envelope

Box 213 Yates, Peter To: Baron Eric de Rothschild, London, 2 April 1991, 1p. facsimilie (with related

Series II: Arranged Correspondence

Arranged on a project basis

Subseries 2.1 Adventures in the Screen Trade


Box 214 Folder 1 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1983 - 1986, 4 t.l.s,

[The following series of arranged correspondence is organized on a "project" basis. ]

Subseries 2.2 All the President's Men

Box 214 Folder 2 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1974 - 1977

[This folder contains mostly congratulatory notes for his screenplay Oscar]

Subseries 2.3 Brothers

Box 214 Folder 3 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1986 - 1987

[Mostly letters pertaining to the publication of the novel]

Subseries 2.4 Butch and Sundance, the Early Years

Box 214 Folder 4 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1977 - 1979

[Production oriented letters ]

Subseries 2.5 Chaplin

Box 214 Folder 5 Kathryn Sommer To: William Goldman, Los Angeles, 28 August 1991, 1p. facsimilie,

Subseries 2.6 The Color of Light

Box 214 Folder 6 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1984 - 1985

[Letters and materials pertanent to the publication of the novel]

Subseries 2.7 Control

Box 214 Folder 7 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1981 - 1984

[Letters pertaing to the publication of the novel]

Subseries 2.8 Father's Day

Box 214 Folder 8 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1971

Subseries 2.9 Ghost and the Darkness

Box 214 Folder 9 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1989 - 1995

[Production and script correspondence]

Subseries 2.10 The Great Waldo Pepper

Box 214 Folder 10 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1972

[Production and script correspondence]

Subseries 2.11 Heat

Box 214 Folder 11 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1985

[Personal letters regarding the book]

Subseries 2.12 The Hot Rock

Box 214 Folder 12 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1971 - 1973

[Script and production notes]

Subseries 2.13 Hype and Glory

Box 214 Folder 13 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1988-1990

[From Miss America officials and Cannes officials]

Subseries 2.14 Magic

Box 214 Folder 14 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1976

[Publishers correspondence]

Subseries 2.15 Marathon Man

Box 214 Folder 15 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1974 - 1976

[Publishers correspondence and others]

Subseries 2.16 Marathon Man

Box 214 Folder 16 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1982

Subseries 2.17 Memoires of an Invisible Man

Box 214 Folder 17 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1991

[Mostly legal papers pertaining to Goldman's screen credit status]

Subseries 2.18 The Princess Bride

Box 214 Folder 18 Various People To: William Goldman and George Roy Hill, [v.p.], 1982 - 1987

[Letters pertaining to the production and other film tie-ins]

Subseries 2.19 The Princess Bride

Box 214 Folder 19 Various People To: William Goldman , [v.p.], 1974 - 1993

[Publisher's letters and notes of enthusiasm]

Subseries 2.20 The Silent Gondoliers

Box 214 Folder 20 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1983 - 1985

[Correspondence from publishers and others]

Subseries 2.21 Tinsel

Box 214 Folder 21 John Brady To: William Goldman, n.p., 1979 - 1981

Subseries 2.22 Tom Horn

Box 214 Folder 22 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1977

Subseries 2.23 Miscellaneous Correspondence

Box 214 Folder 23 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], ca. 1950s

Box 214 Folder 24 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], ca. early 1960s

Box 214 Folder 25 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], ca. late 1960s

Box 214 Folder 26 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], ca. 1970s

Box 214 Folder 27 Various People To: William Goldman, [v.p.], ca. 1980s

Box 214 Folder 28 [?] To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1962 - 1977

[Congratulatory telegrams without names]

Box 214 Folder 29 [?] To: William Goldman, [v.p.], 1957 - 1980s

[Corrspondence with unknown persons]


Box 215 Folder 1 Kelly, Betty To: William Goldman, [n.p.], Sept. 1978 - April 1982

[Betty Kelly was William Goldman's editor at Delacorte Press Arranged by correspondent]

Box 215 Folder 2 Haydn, Hiram To: William Goldman, [n.p.], 1959 - 1973

[Hiram Haydn was William Goldman's publisher at Harcout Brace Jovanovich]

Box 215 Folder 3 Claiborne, Ross To: William Goldman, [n.p.], 1973 - 1976

[Ross Claiborne was Editorial Director at Dell Publishing]

Subseries 2.24 Fan Mail/Contest


Box 49 Folder 1 & 2 Requests for the "reunion scene" from The Princess Bride.

Series III: Education and Early Writings

Includes his Columbia University M.A. thesis


Box 1 Folder 1 The Shape of the World. t.ms. ; The Good Things of the Earth;. a.ms. ; Assorted writing exercises. a.ms. ; The Two Bears. t.ms. ; Untitled fragment. t.ms. ; Whom the Gods would Destroy.... t.ms. ; M is for the Million Things . t.ms ; What Lamp Has Destiny to Guide Her Little Children Stumbling in the Dark. t.ms., [n.p.], 1949-1961

Box 1 Folder 2 How We Are Clothed; a.ms. ; Untitled fragment; t.ms. ; Something About a Soldier; a.ms. ; Scrutiny of a Mess; t.ms. ; Say Hello to the Oak Trees; a.ms. ; Between Men and Dogs; ; Various writing exercises; a.ms. ; Untitled fragment; t.ms., [n.p.],, 1949-1961

Box 1 Folder 3 Untitled story; t.ms. ; Untitled fragment; t.ms ; Happy Thirtieth Birthday! J & D: a bound collection of t.ms. essays ; A friendly Atmosphere; ; Untitled fragment; t.ms. ; Unitled fragment; t.ms. ; Thlunk; t.ms. ; The Simple Pleasures of the Rich; t.ms. ; Orphan; t.ms. ; Untitled essay; t.ms. ; Untitled; t.ms., [n.p.],, 1949-1961

Box 1 Folder 4 & 5 Always Leon. 3 t.ms. ; Friday Graduation. 3 t.ms. ; Prayer. t.ms., [n.p.], 1949-1961

Box 1 Folder 7 The Comedy of Manners in America , [New York], 1956, 2 t.ms. drafts (with ms. notes & marginalia

[William Goldman's Columbia University Thesis]

Series IV: Manuscripts

Subseries 4.1 Screenplays


Box 10 Folder 10 Draft of short story and autograph notes for Flowers for Algernon: Good Old Charley Gordon

[Based on a short story by Daniel Keyes]

Box 10 Folder 2 Flowers for Algernon: Good Old Charley Gordon; includes draft of short story, [n.p.], 1964

Box 10 Folder 3 Draft and related materials for Masquarade

Box 10 Folder 4 - 7 Drafts, notes and ephemera for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Box 11 Folder 1 First draft of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Box 11 Folder 2 - 5 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid., Carbon and typescript drafts,

Box 11 Folder 6 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , Color coded page revisions ,


Box 12 Folder 1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , Final notes,

Box 12 Folder 1 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , Draft notes and production breakdown,

Box 12 Folder 2 - 6 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ; --Ephemera: magazine and newpaper clippings, brass belt buckle; award materials from the MPAA (Oscar) and others.

Box 12 Folder 7 Archer based on Moving Target by Ross McDonald, Typescript draft with autograph notes,


Box 13 Folder 1 - 4 Archer , Drafts,

Box 13 Folder 4 - 7 In the Spring the War Ended , 3 drafts,


Box 14 Folder 1 - 2 In the Spring the War Ended , 2 drafts,


Box 15 Folder 1 - 3 The Thing Of It Is with music by Stephen Sondheim, Drafts (all nearly final),

[ Folder 1 contains a file of story notes with working title:Bongiorno Brummell]


Box 16 Folder 1 - 3 The Thing Of It Is aka That's Life, Various drafts,


Box 15 Folder 4 - 7 That's Life ; --Contains story notes with the working title Bongiorno Brummell


Box 16 Folder 6 The Chill , Notes and drafting materials,

Box 16 Folder 7 The Chill , First draft,


Box 17 Folder 1 & 2 The Chill, [n.p.], 1967, Draft,

Box 17 Folder 3 The Chill , Second draft,

Box 17 Folder 4 & 5 The Chill , First final rewrites,

Box 17 Folder 6 - 8 The Chill , Second final rewrites,


Box 35 Folder 1 - 7 The Piano Man adapted from his own novel Father's Day, Various drafts,


Box 225 Two copies of the script for an untitled musical with screenplay by Goldman and score by Stephen Sondheim, [New York], June 19990, 2 binders stamped "UNTITLED",

THE HOT ROCK


Box 37 Folder 1 - 6 Various drafts of the screenplay The Hot Rock ; --This script had the working titles of "Four for the Money " and "The Masterminds", [n.p.],, 1970-1971


Box 38 Folder 1 - 4 Drafts of The Hot Rock


Box 39 Folder 1 - 7 The Hot Rock: Drafts of scripts and research materials

Box 39 Folder 1 Script pages The Hot Rock

Box 39 Folder 2 Color coded draft of The Hot Rock

THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER


Box 41 Folder 1 The Great Waldo Pepper: Second draft, July 29, 1972

Box 41 Folder 2 The Great Waldo Pepper: First final rewrite, February 15, 1973

Box 41 Folder 3 - 5 The Great Waldo Pepper: Second final rewrites, July-August, 1973

Box 41 Folder 6 - 7 The Great Waldo Pepper: Final screenplays, August 22, 1973


Box 42 Folder 1 The Great Waldo Pepper: Script notes, production records, 1973

Box 42 Folder 2 - 5 Drafts of The Great Waldo Pepper

PAPILLON


Box 44 Folder 5 - 7 Papillon materials ; Dry Guillotine by Rene Belbenoit ; Papillion by Henri Charriere (2 copies) ; notes and early drafts of the screeplay Papillion by William Goldman (uncredited)


Box 46 Folder 1 Papillion final draft

THE PRINCESS BRIDE


Box 49 Folder 3 - 6 First drafts of the screenplay The Princess Bride


Box 50 Folder 1 - 8 Princess Bride; notes; first and second drafts of the screenplay


Box 51 Folder 1 - 7 Drafts of the screenplay Princess Bride ; fan mail, reviews and publisher's material for the novel Princess Bride


Box 52 Folder 1 - 7 Revised drafts of the screenplay The Princess Bride ; Notes on script ; Copy of American Film December 1983 containing Princess Bride reference


Box 53 Folder 1 - 7 Final drafts and production notes concerning Rob Reiner as director of the film


Box 54 Folder 1 - 8 Final drafts of the screenplay The Princess Bride some with annotations ; Folder 54 - 8 contains a small folder of promotional material


Box 55 Folder 1 - 5 Revised final drafts, May 3, 1986

Box 55 Folder 6 Production notes


Box 56 Folder 2 Revised draft


Box 529 Original storyboards

These storyboards were removed from boxes 55 and 56. Small photocopies of these are found in their original location in those boxes.


Box 56 Folder 6 Final draft of screenplay

THE STEPFORD WIVES


Box 58 Folder 6 First draft of screenplay The Stepford Wives by W. Goldman


Box 59 Folder 1 - 6 Stepford Wives drafts and other materials


Box 60 Folder 1 - 5 Stepford Wives: Drafts of the screenplay and MPAA voting materials for the Academy Awards 1973 Academy Awards1973 voting material and wine related research for the screenplay Year of the Comet

THE YEAR OF THE COMET


Box 62 Folder 5 - 7 First drafts of the screenplay Year of the Comet


Box 63 Folder 1 - 6 Copies of the second draft of The Year of the Comet


Box 64 Folder 1-6 Research materials and copies of the third draft of The Year of the Comet


Mapcase 14-F-11 Maps of France (6 maps of the wine areas removed from Box 64, File 3)


Box 65 Folder 1 - 6 Copies of the third, forth and seventh draft of The Year of the Comet


Box 66 Folder 1 & 2 Seventh and eighth draft of Year of the Comet

MARATHON MAN


Box 68 Folder 6 First draft of the screenplay

Box 68 Folder 7 Revised draft of Marathon Man


Box 69 Folder 1 - 7 Drafts of the screenplay

Box 69 Folder 1 - 3 First drafts of the screenplay

Box 69 Folder 4 - 6 Second drafts of Marathon Man

Box 69 Folder 7 Third draft


Box 70 Folder 1 - 8 Drafts of the screenplay

Box 70 Folder 1 & 2 Third draft

Box 70 Folder 3 Notes and pages Marathon Man

Box 70 Folder 4 - 8 Fourth draft


Box 71 Folder 1 - 4 Marathon Man

Box 71 Folder 1 Clippings, ads, book tie-in

TOM HORN


Box 72 Folder 2 Mr. Horn notes, and pages

Box 72 Folder 3 & 4 Teleplay and notes

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN


Box 79 Folder 1 - 6 Drafts of the William Goldman script


Box 80 Folder 1 - 4 Various versions of the second draft of the screenplay All the President's Men


Box 81 Folder 3 & 4 Script pages

Box 81 Folder 5 & 6 Copies of revised screenplay


Box 82 Folder 1 - 5 Various copies of the script, 1975

THE SEA KINGS


Box 104 Folder 1 - 6 First and second drafts


Box 105 Folder 1 - 7 Second and third drafts, 1991-1994


Box 106 Folder 1 - 4 Third and forth drafts

FLORA QUICK, DEAD OR ALIVE


Box 115 Folder 1 - 5 Screenplay and City in Fear by Albert Ruben, 1979 ; Drafts of the screenplays

THE NATIONAL PASTIME/DAMAGES


Box 187 Folder 1 - 4 Draft pages, second draft; notes and clippings

MAVERICK/LAST ACTION HERO


Box 199 Folder 1 - 5 Drafts, notes and final draft

Subseries 4.2: Novels


Box 1 Folder 6 Untitled; t.ms. ; The Other Way; t.ms. ; When There Was Glory In It; t.ms. ; Untitled; t.ms. ; On The Diamond; ; Survival; t.ms. ; Untitled; t.ms. ; A Great Big House In Brooklyn; t.ms. ; Something From Tiffany's; t.ms. ; Fragment plus a.ms notes ; Fragment; a.ms. ; A Box of Candy; t.ms. ; Still Good; t.ms. ; Untitled t.ms with a.ms notes ; Naomi, Like In The Bible; t.ms. ; The Method; t.ms. ; Untitled; t.ms. ; Flight; t.ms. ; Untitled; t.ms. ; Jump and I'll Catch You; a.ms. ; Beer; t.ms. ; The Ice Ceam Eat; t.ms. ; Royalty; t.ms. ; Thumbnail sketches for plays or novels; t.ms. ; 6 poems; t.ms. ; Roaylty; t.ms., 1949-1961

THE TEMPLE OF GOLD


Box 3 Folder 1 First draft, T.ms.,

[Includes autograph notes]

Box 3 Folder 2 Draft materials, T.ms.,

[Includes autograph notes and publisher's editorial notes]

Box 3 Folder 3 Late draft, T.ms.

[Includes autograph notes]

Box 3 Folder 4 Late draft, T.ms.

[Includes publisher's advertising material]

Box 3 Folder 5 Final draft, [1956] -1957, T.ms.,

YOUR TURN TO CURTSEY, MY TURN TO BOW

Box 3 Folder 6 [First] draft of Your Turn to Curtsey, My Turn to Bow, Notes and t.ms.,

Box 3 Folder 7 Draft, with autograph notes

SOLDIER IN THE RAIN


Box 4 Folder 2 - 7 Typescript and autograph notes and drafts of the novel a.k.a. A Few Days In Between

AFTER HARDBODY & JEWISH GIRLS MAKE THE BEST HUSBANDS


Box 9 Folder 5 - 8 After Hardbody and related material ; Jewish Girls Make the Best Husbands ms. pages and related material ; Early writing and notes ca. 1971 ; Jewish Girls Make the Best Husbands Draft

THE THING OF IT IS


Box 14 Folder 3 - 5 Drafts

Box 14 Folder 6 Reviews

THE CHILL


Box 16 Folder 5 Ross McDonald Paperback marked up by William Goldman

THE SEASON/FATHER'S DAY


Box 33 Folder 1 - 6 Clipped/photocopied reviews of The Season and drafts of the novel Father's Day aka Pierre

Box 33 Folder 2 - 6 Variois drafts of Father's Day


Box 34 Folder 1 - 7 Drafts and proofs, 1969-1971

Box 34 Folder 7 Clippings/photostats reviews

THE PIANO MAN


Box 36 Folder 1 Second draft, 1986

Box 36 Folder 2 Advance proof of The Goodbye Look by Ross MacDonald

Box 36 Folder 3 W.G's notes on The Goodbye Look and a hardbound copy of The Hot Rock by Donald Westlake

THE PRINCESS BRIDE


Box 46 Folder 2 - 6 Notes and prose drafts


Box 47 Folder 1 - 7 Various printer's drafts of the novel


Box 48 Folder 2 - 7 Publication materials; contest materials; requests for the "reunion scene"


Box 49 Folder 1 - 6 Princess Bride


Box 56 Folder 3 Revised draft for Ballentine Books

Box 56 Folder 4 Materials relating to an audio version

MARATHON MAN


Box 66 Folder 4 Research materials

Box 66 Folder 5 Rough draft

Box 66 Folder 6 & 7 Typed and carbon first drafts of the novel


Box 67 Folder 1 - 7 Various typed drafts of the novel, including a publisher's proof


Box 68 Folder 1 - 7 Drafts

Box 68 Folder 1 Edited draft of the novel

WIGGER


Box 71 Folder 2 Notes

Box 71 Folder 3 & 4 Draft, proof and publisher's materials

HEAT


Box 95 Folder 3 - 6 Various drafts and proofs of the novel

THE COLOR OF LIGHT


Box 130 Folder 1 - 3 Proofs

BROTHERS


Box 139 Folder 1 - 7 Novel and screenplay, 1986-1987

Box 139 Folder 5 Proof

MARATHON MAN

Box 139 Folder 4 Proof

THE SILENT GONDOLIERS


Box 140 Folder 7 Illustrations

THE TEMPLE OF GOLD/YOUR TURN TO CURTSEY, MY TURN TO BOW


Box 2 Folder 8 Drafts

[Includes autograph notes]

Subseries 4.3: Plays


Box 1 Folder 6 Thumbnail sketches for plays, 1949-1961


Box 5 Folder 4 - 6 Madonna and Child by James and William Goldman (2 drafts) ; Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole by James and William Goldman


Box 6 Folder 5 Now I am Six (2 drafts) ; Something Blue (3 drafts) ; Notes for stories and plays ; Nagurski, [n.p.], [ca. 1962]

Box 6 Folder 6 - 8 No Way to Treat a Lady by Seymour Krenzer and Miles McGee (2 drafts) Something Blue (3 drafts) ; notes for stories and plays ; Nagurski! ; Notes, reports and drafting materials pertaining to No Way to Treat a Lady

Subseries 4.4: Short Stories


Box 2 Folder 2 The Blossom and the Bough; t.ms. ; Did You Like the Flowers? t.ms. ; 4 Drafts of Theft; t.ms. ; 5 Drafts of Orphan; t.ms.

Box 2 Folder 3 Three Cheers for the Prince of Morocco; t.ms. ; Stroll; t.ms. ; Untitled; t.ms. ; The Admitted Impediment; t.ms. ; 3 Drafts of Tale for a Rainy Afternoon; t.ms. ; Untitled; t.ms. ; Hair of the Dog; t.ms.

Box 2 Folder 5 The Hanging of Mrs. St. Claire; t.ms. ; The Ice Cream Eat; t.ms. (3 drafts) ; Blam; t.ms. ; Thunk (2 drafts)

Box 2 Folder 6 Dirt; t.ms. (3 drafts) ; J8; t.ms. with autograph notes (3 drafts) If You Listen You Can Almost Hear It; (2 drafts)

Box 2 Folder 7 Note for The Wife ; Abstract of The Temple of Gold; t.ms. ; The Ice Cream Eat; t.ms. ; A Ride on a Choo-Choo; t.ms. ; untitled; t.ms. ; The Simple Pleasures of the Rich; t.ms. ; The Simple Pleasures of the Rich; a.ms. ; The Aztec City; t.ms. ; A Suite at the Plaze; t.ms. ; The Last One Home t.ms. fragment ; The Second Day of School; t.ms. with autograph notes ; Autograph notes ; The Craziest Day; t.ms. ; The Man Who Beat Packy MacFarland; t.ms. ; Fire on Kessler Street; t.ms. ; Till the Right Girl Comes Along; ; The Army; t.ms. ; autograph and typescript notes, legal pad of notes ; On the Diamond; t.ms. ; untiltled fragments; t.ms.


Box 4 Folder 1 - 4 The Simple Pleasues of the Rich ; Quiet ; untitled; Tale for a Rainy Afternoon ; Dirt ; The Most Beautiful Girl in New York ; Feeny a.ms. ; Tale for a Rainy Afternoon ; untitled treatment for a play ; Beat Up in the Bronx ; unidentified fragment, p.91 ; autograph notes for ? ; draft and materials for Huntington Forsyth ; Till the Right Girl Comes Along ; Beat in the Bronx ; Da Vinci revised ; Til the Right Girls Come Along notes ; Fire on Kessler Street ; untitled with notes ; Fire on Kessler Street ; Da Vinci


Box 5 Folder 3 Three Cheers for the Prince of Morocco ; God Rest ye Merry, Cromatons ; Prayer ; Untitled ; Fragment of God Rest ye Merry, Cromatons; Prayer and A Few Days In Between


Box 6 Folder 5 Now I am Six (2 drafts) ; Something Blue (3 drafts) ; Notes for stories and plays ; Nagurski, [ca. 1962]


Box 102 Folder 2 Shaw, Irwin Five Decades [short stories]

Subseries 4.5: Teleplays


Box 4 Folder 8 Something in Fur by David Shaber and WIlliam Goldman ; Cash and Carry by Bruce Geller and William Goldman ; Hog in a Hot Sump Pump ; Untitled film dialogue pages ; The Green Cunt by William Goldman and David Shaber


Box 5 Folder 4 - 6 Madonna and Child by James and William Goldman (2 darfts) ; Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole by James and William Goldman


Box 72 Folder 1 - 6 Mr. Horn [Teleplay]

Subseries 4.6: Musicals


Box 5 Folder 7 A Family Affair [Notes and drafts]


Box 6 Folder 1 & 2 A Family Affair [Scripts]

[Book by James and William Goldman, lyrics by James Goldman an John Kander, music by John Kander]

Box 6 Folder 3 A Family Affair [Final production version]

Box 6 Folder 4 A Family Affair [Script revisions], December 1959

Box 6 Folder 6 - 8 No Way to Treat a Lady by Seymour Krenzer and Miles McGee (2 drafts) ; Something Blue (3 drafts) ; Notes for stories and plays ; Nagurski ; Notes, reports and drafting materials pertaining to No Way to Treat a Lady

Box 6 Folder 8 Memorabilia from the musical of No Way to Treat a Lady, [ca. 1963]

Box 6 Folder 9 Notes and ephemera pertaining to Family Affair, [ca. 1963]


Box 7 Folder 1 The Man Who Owned Chicago (2 drafts)

Box 7 Folder 2 The Man Who Owned Chicago

Box 7 Folder 3 The Man Who Owned Chicago , [ca. 1963], 2 drafts, 1 spiral notebook of notes,

Box 7 Folder 5 Boys and Girls Together , Typescript and autograph draft and notes,

Box 7 Folder 6 Boys and Girls Together , Typescript and autograph draft and notes,

Box 7 Folder 7 Boys and Girls Together , [ca. 1963], Typescript and autograph draft and notes,

[akaMagic Town]


Box 8 Folder 1 - 5 Boys and Girls Together , [n.d.], 5 drafts in five folders,

[All are incomplete and all have autograph notes and corrections]


Box 9 Folder 1 & 2 Boys and Girls Together fragment ; Boys and Girls Together ephemera


Box 136 Folder 3 Materials relating to the musical Company


Box 19 Folder 3 Michael Stewart and Fran and John Pascal George M! Music and Lyrics by George M. Cohan

Box 19 Folder 4 & 5 Ernest Kinoy Golden Rainbow Music and lyrics by Walter Marks

Box 19 Folder 7 N. Richard Nash The Happy Time Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Music by John kander

Box 19 Folder 8 Marc Richards Hellzapoppin '67 Music and lyrics by Marian Grudeff and Raymond Jessel


Box 20 Folder 1 Henry Sweet Henry by Nunnally Johnson, music and lyrics by Bob Merrill


Box 136 Folder 3 Materials relating to the musical Company

Subseries 4.7: Non Fiction

ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE


Box 132 Folder 1 - 6 Adventures in the Screen Trade [nonfiction 1983], 1981-1982, Notes, research, draft pages,


Box 134 Folder 3 - 6 Drafts


Flat Box 528 Folder 7 Photocopies and one magazine pertaining to Adventures in the Screen Trade non fiction. ; Photocpopies of Motion Picture Herald articles pertaining to the ranking of motion picture stars in the sixties and seventies. ; Rolling Stone 18 March 1982

Flat Box 528 Folder 8 Photocopies of research materials Adventures in the Screen Trade non fiction. ; Photocpopies of Motion Picture Herald articles pertaining to Burt Reynolds career

THE SEASON


Box 30 Folder 1 Manuscript notes

Box 30 Folder 2 - 7 Typescript drafts


Box 31 Folder 1 - 5 Drafts or parts of drafts in various states of editing

Box 31 Folder 6 Printer's proof


Box 32 Folder 1 - 4 Various proofs


Box 33 Folder 1 Clippings and reviews

WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR


Box 156 Folder 1-6 Unpublished nonfiction co-written with Mike Lupica aka "Broken Plays", 1988, Various drafts and proofs of unpublished work,

Subseries 4.8: Journalism


Box 36 Folder 4 Notes on Ross MacDonlad article and interview


Box 102 Folder 2 Notes and material relating to William Goldman's review of Irwin Shaw for the New York Times

Subseries 4.9: Ghostwriting

PAPILLON


Box 44 Folder 5-7 Papillon materials ; Dry Guillotine by Rene Belbenoit ; Papillion by Henri Charriere (2 copies) ; Notes and early drafts of the screeplay Papillion by William Goldman (uncredited)


Box 45 Folder 1-6 Second and third drafts of the screenplay based on the novel by Henri Charriere

MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN


Box 157 Folder 2 Novel Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint

Box 157 Folder 3 & 4 Notes, research and draft pages for Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Box 157 Folder 5 First draft of screenplay Memoirs of an Invisible Man


Box 158 Folder 1-6 Memoirs of an Invisible Man , 1988, First and second drafts of the screenplay,


Box 159 Folder 1-6 Memoirs of an Invisible Man , 1987, Screenplay (drafts including late drafts written by Robert Collector and Dana Olsen),

TWINS


Box 172 Folder 3-6 Early drafts


Box 173 Folder 1-6 Various versions of the fourth draft of the screenplay, 1988

[The following writers all had a hand in this project: William Osborne, William Davies, Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod, and William Goldman]

INDECENT PROPOSAL


Box 194 Folder 1-6 Multiple drafts of the script by Amy Holden Jones with revisions by William Goldman, 1991


Box 195 Folder 1-7 Various drafts doctored by William Goldman, 1992


Box 196 Folder 1-4 Various drafts

LAST ACTION HERO


Box 199 Folder 6 First pass at doctoring


Box 200 Folder 1-4 Four drafts of The Last Action Hero doctored by William Goldman, written by Adam Lett, Shane Black and David Arnott

DOLORES CLAIBORNE


Box 201 Folder 1 & 2 Dolores Claiborne by Tony Gilroy


Box 210 Folder 1-6 Screenplay and research materials

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2


Box 211 Folder 1 & 2 Drafts

Subseries 4.10: Lectures

ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE


Box 131 Folder 7 & 8 NYU and Columbia university lectures at the time of Adventures in the Screen Trade

Box 131 Folder 8 Columbia University lecture, December 1981


Box 152 Folder 1 - 7 Oberlin Commencement Address and Wait until Next Year unpublished nonfiction; research, 1985


Box 189 Folder 5 Women in Hollywood lecture

Subseries 4.11: Interviews


Box 36 Folder 4 Notes on Ross MacDonlad article and interview


Box 88 Folder 4 & 5 Interview with the film makers of A Bridge Too Far


Box 123 Folder 2 - 8 Interviews for Rescue


Box 124 Folder 1-6 Rescue! screenplay, 1980-1981 ; Research, clippings and interviews for the novel Rescue!


Box 127 Folder 3 Interview with John Brady


Box 133 Folder 3 Interview with George Roy Hill re. Adventures in the Screen Trade

Box 133 Folder 4 Interview with Gordon Willis

Box 133 Folder 5 Interview with John Brady

Box 133 Folder 6 Interview with Robert Evans


Box 134 Folder 1 Interview with Gareth Wigan

Subseries 4.12: Biography


Box 161 Folder 1 Sir Richard Burton, a Biography , !987

Box 161 Folder 2 Sir Richard Burton notes

Subseries 4.13: Thesis


Box 1 Folder 1 The Shape of the World. t.ms. ; The Good Things of the Earth;. a.ms. ; Assorted writing exercises. a.ms. ; The Two bears. t.ms. ; Untitled fragment. t.ms. ; Whom the Gods would Destroy.... t.ms. ; M is for the Million Things . t.ms. ; What Lamp Has Destiny to Guide Her Little Children Stumbling in the Dark. t.ms., 1949-1961


Box 2 Folder 1 The Drawing Room: An Inquiry Into the American Contribution to the Comedy of Manners, Columbia University, June 1956, 1 v. Carbon typescript of masters thesis,


Box 1 Folder 7 William Goldman's Columbia University Thesis: The Comedy of Manners in America, 1956, 2 t.ms, with autograph notes and marginalia),

Subseries 4.14: Diaries


Box 16 Folder 4 Diary Goldman kept during the writing of The Thing of It Is

Subseries 4.15: Research

Various


Box 2 Folder 4 Autograph notes ; Booklet of Military Publications Standard Abbreviated Job Titles ; Beat in the Bronx; t.ms. ; The Sudsy World of William Inge; t.ms. ; fragment Beat in the Bronx; ; untitled; t.ms ; Anyone for Acupulco; t.ms. ; untitled fragment


Box 9 Folder 3 & 4 Private notes and materials pertaining to Atlantic City ; Pop culture photocopies of the early 1970s and untitled ms.

THE SEASON


Box 18 Folder 1 John Bowen After the Rain original novel by J. Bowen

Box 18 Folder Foloder 2 Lawrence Holofcener Before You Go

Box 18 Folder 3 Michael Voysey By George

Box 18 Folder 4 Robert Alan Arthur Carry Me Back to Morningside Heights

Box 18 Folder 5 Stephen Levi Daphne in Cottage D

Box 18 Folder 6 Peter Nichols A Day in the Life of Joe Egg

Box 18 Folder 7 Benjamin Bernard Zavin The Education of Hyman Kaplan With words and music by Paul Nassau and Oscar Brand; based on stories created by Leo Rosten


Box 19 Folder 1 Edward Albee Everything in the Garden

Box 19 Folder 2 Lewis John Carlino The Exercise

Box 19 Folder 6 Harvey Breit and Patricia Rinehart The Guide


Box 20 Folder 2 Johnny No-Trump by Mary Mercier

Box 20 Folder 3 Mike and Maggie Maggie and Mike by David Shaber

Box 20 Folder 4 More Stately Mansions by Eugene O'Neil

Box 20 Folder 5 I've Been Thinking by Herman Shumlin

Box 20 Folder 6 Song of the Grasshopper by Alfonso Paso

Box 20 Folder 7 Spring and Port Wine by Bill Naughton


Box 21 Folder 1 The Unknown Soldier and his Wife by Peter Ustinov

Box 21 Folder 2 Weekend by Gore Vidal

Box 21 Folder 3 What Did We Do Wrong by Henry Denker

Box 21 Folder 4 - 6 Clipping files for the 1967 - 1968 theater season


Box 22 Folder 1 - 6 Clipping files for the 1967-1968 theater season includes loose draft pages


Box 23 Folder 1 - 6 Clipping files for the 1967-1968 theater season ; Research files, includes drafting material by W.G. regarding the state of the Tony Awards


Box 24 Folder 1 - 5 Clipping files of the 1967-1968 theater season ; Research files


Box 25 Folder 1 - 6 Clipping files of the 1967-1968 theater season ; Research files


Box 26 Folder 1 - 7 Clipping files of the 1967-1968 theater season ; Research files


Box 27 Folder 1 - 7 Statistical notes; memorandum and theatrical indices regarding the 1967 - 68 theater ; Research files


Box 528 Folder 2 & 3 Two binders of computer data from Theatre Goers Study, May 1968 ; Research files


Box 28 Folder 1 - 7 Theatrical surveys and indices of the 1967 - 68 theater season


Box 29 Folder 1 - 7 Clipping files of the 1967-1968 theater season with William Goldman's manuscript notes


Box 36 Folder 1 - 6 Draft of The Piano Man Ross MacDonald The Hot Rock research materials

Box 36 Folder 2 Advance proof of The Goodbye Look by Ross MacDonald

Box 36 Folder 3 W.G's notes on The Goodbye Look and a hardbound copy of The Hot Rock by Donald Westlake

Box 36 Folder 4 Notes on Ross MacDonlad article and interview

Box 36 Folder 5 Research materials for The Hot Rock

THE HOT ROCK


Box 39 Folder 1 - 7 Drafts of scripts and research materials

THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER

Box 39 Folder 4 - 7 Research materials


Box 40 Folder 1 Research materials for The Great Waldo Pepper

THE STEPFORD WIVES


Box 57 Folder 1 Born Female by Caroline Bird; The First Sex by Elizabeth Gould Davis

Box 57 Folder 2 Women, Feminist Stories by Nine New Authords

Box 57 Folder 3 Annotated draft of The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Box 57 Folder 4 - 7 Research magazines


Box 58 Folder 1 - 5 Magazines and clippings pertaining to the women's movement in the early 1970s


Box 59 Folder 1 - 6 Drafts and other materials


Box 60 Folder 1 - 5 Stepford Wives: Drafts of the screenplay and MPAA voting materials for the Academy Awards 1973 Academy Awards1973 voting material and wine related research for the screenplay Year of the Comet

YEAR OF THE COMET


Box 61 Folder 3 - 7 Year of the Comet materials


Box 62 Folder 1 - 4 Research materials and notes for The Year of the Comet


Box 64 Folder 1-6 Research materials and copies of the third draft of The Year of the Comet

MARATHON MAN


Box 66 Folder 4 Research materials for Marathon Man

WIGGER


Box 71 Folder 2 Wigger notes

TOM HORN


Box 72 Folder 1 The Last of the Bad Men by Jay Monaghan

Box 72 Folder 5 Mr. Horn research and notes

ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN


Box 75 Folder 4 - 6 Carbon copies of the novel All the President's Men


Box 76 Folder 1 - 5 All The President's Men (1974); Carbon copies of book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward


Box 77 Folder 1 - 6 All The President's Men (1974) ; Research materials for the screenplay


Box 78 Folder 1 - 7 All The President's Men (1974-1975) ; Research material / magazines


Box 80 Folder 5 & 6 All the President's Men research material


Box 81 Folder 1 & 2 All The President's Men, 1975 research and research notes

A BRIDGE TOO FAR


Box 85 Folder 1 & 2 Reader's digest and A Full Life by Lt. Ge. Sir Brian Horrocks

Box 85 Folder 3 - 7 Research, notes, and outlines for A Bridge too Far screenplay by W. Goldman


Box 86 Folder 1 - 3 A Bridge too Far notes, script pages and research materials

Box 86 Folder 5 & 6 Notes, memos research, script pages for A Bridge too Far

MAGIC


Box 90 Folder 1 & 2 Magic research; personal files of W.G. at the time of Magic

Box 90 Folder 7 Magic outline and notes


Box 92 Folder 5 Personal notes

HEAT


Box 93 Folder 1 - 6 Heat (1976-1984); Research files for W.G's novel


Box 94 Folder 1 - 3 Research material


Box 98 Folder 2 Production notes

BUTCH CASSIDY PROJECT


Box 99 Folder 1 Research notes, outline and bio: Butch Cassidy, My Brother by Lula Parker Betenson as told to Dora Flack

Box 99 Folder 2 & 3 Notes, script pages and research

GRAND HOTEL


Box 101 Folder 4 - 6 Grand Hotel research materials


Box 102 Folder 2 Five Decades short stories by Irwin Shaw

THE SEA KINGS

Box 102 Folder 4 Research for The Sea Kings,; The Pirates by Douglas Botting


Box 103 Folder 1 Notes for The Sea Kings

TINSEL


Box 106 Folder 5 & six Research notes for i


Box 107 Folder 1 Notes for i

CONTROL


Box 110 Folder 3 - 6 Research notes for Control

FLORA QUICK, DEAD OR ALIVE


Box 114 Folder 1 - 6 Flora Quick, Dead or Alive screenplay by Michele Gallery, 1979 ; First and second drafts of the script Flora Quick, Dead or Alive by Michele Gallery


Box 115 Folder 1 - 5 Flora Quick, Dead or Alive screenplay and City in Fear by Albert Ruben, 1979 ; Drafts of the screenplays

CITY IN FEAR


Box 116 Folder 1 Draft Panic on Page One by Albert Ruben, aka City in Fear

Box 116 Folder 2 City in Fear draft

MUCKALUCK

Box 116 Folder 3 Muckaluck novel by Richard Anderson

Box 116 Folder 4 Promotional notes and materials for Muckaluck

Box 116 Folder 5 Draft of Muckaluck

A YEAR AND A DAY


Box 117 Folder 1 Unidentified audio tape ; A Year and a Day screenplay by Michael Leeson aka "Survivors"

Box 117 Folder 2 - 8 First and second drafts of A Year and a Day by Michael Leeson

HOT SHOT


Box 118 Folder 1 - 4 Hot Shot Research and notes

THE RIGHT STUFF


Box 120 Folder 2 The Right Stuff research notes ; This New Ocean, A History of Project Mercury by Lloyd S. Swnson, Jr. James Grimwood and Charles Alexander ; The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe


Box 121 Folder 1 - 3 Notes and script pages for The Right Stuff


Box 122 Folder 1 Notes

Box 122 Folder 2 Notes on Rescue screenplay


Box 124 Folder 1-6 Rescue screenplay, 1980-1981 ; Research, clippings and interviews for the novel Rescue


Box 125 Folder 1 - 3 Reasearch, notes, and clippings for Rescue

Box 125 Folder 4 - 6 Copies of first draft Rescue


Box 126 Folder 1 & 2 First draft of Rescue

Box 126 Folder 4 & 5 Rescue notes, clippings, research

Box 126 Folder 6 & 7 Second and third draft of Rescue


Box 127 Folder 1 Rescue third draft

Box 127 Folder 3 Interview with John Brady

COLOR OF NIGHT

Box 127 Folder 5 - 8 Notes and research for Color of Night


Box 128 Folder 1 - 3 Research and notes for The Color of Night

ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE


Box 131 Folder 1 - 5 Research for Adventures in the Screen Trade


Box 132 Folder 1 - 6 Adventures in the Screen Trade notes, research, draft pages


Box 134 Folder 2 Research materials

BROTHERS


Box 136 Folder 5 & 6 Brothers research material


Box 137 Folder 1 - 6 Brothers (1987) notes and research

JOHN LENNON


Box 141 Folder 2 John Lennon file

A CHORUS LINE

Box 141 Folder 3 A Chorus Line playscript

Box 141 Folder 4 A Chorus Line screenplay by Arnold Schulman

Box 141 Folder 5 A Chorus Line , 1 audio cassette,

GHOST AND THE DARKNESS

Box 141 Folder 6 The Lunatic Express by Charles Miller The Man Eaters of Tsavo by J.H. Patterson


Box 142 Folder 1 The Man Eaters of Tsavo by J.H. Patterson

Box 142 Folder 2 - 6 Research for the screenplay


Box 143 Folder 3 & 4 The Iron Snake by Robert Hardy

WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR


Box 152 Folder 1 - 7 Oberlin Commencement Address and Wait until Next Year unpublished nonfiction; research, 1985


Box 153 Folder 1- 5 Wait Till Next Year research including notes, magazines, clippings, 1987


Box 154 Folder 1 - 6 Wait Till Next Year research including notes, clippings, draft pages, magazines copy newspapers, 1987-1988


Box 155 Folder 1 Research

Box 155 Folder 2 Research and draft pages

MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN


Box 157 Folder 2 Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint

Box 157 Folder 3 & 4 Notes, research and draft pages for Memoirs of an Invisible Man

KING BILL


Box 160 Folder 2 & 3 King Bill

SIR RICHARD BURTON/SINGING OUT LOUD


Box 161 Folder 1 Sir Richard Burton, a Biography , !987

Box 161 Folder 2 Sir Richard Burton notes

Box 161 Folder 4 Singing Out Loud notes and research

Box 161 Folder 5 Copy of screenplay Little Shop of Horrors

Box 161 Folder 6 Grease by Bronte Woodward


Box 162 Folder 1 West Side Story by Ernest Lehman

Box 162 Folder 2 Singing in the Rain

Box 162 Folder 3 Jesus Christ Superstar

HYPE AND GLORY


Box 166 Folder 1 - 6 1988 Cannes Film Festival ephemera


Box 167 Folder 1 - 6 Research pertaining to the Miss America Contest, 1987


Box 168 Folder 1 - 7 The Miss America Contest materials

MISERY


Box 174 Folder 2 Notes on Misery

A FEW GOOD MEN


Box 179 Folder 1 Original play by Aaron Sorkin

UNHOLY CITY


Box 180 Folder 2 Sunshine and Wealth, Los Angeles in the Twenties and Thirties by Bruce Henstell and other research

Box 180 Folder 3 Munson case information

Box 180 Folder 4 Papers regarding the Civic Committee in the Recall of Mayor Frank Shaw

Box 180 Folder 5 Urban Politics and Reform in New Deal Los Angeles: The Recall of Mayor Frank L. Shaw


Box 181 Folder 1 Urban Politics and Reform in New Deal Los Angeles: The Recall of Mayor Frank L. Shaw

Box 181 Folder 2 - 4 The Progressives and the Police: Urban Reform and Professionalism of the Los Angeles Police

Box 181 Folder 5 Copies of magazine articles


Box 182 Folder 1 - 6 Various research materials, 1989-1990

THE NATIONAL PASTIME


Box 185 Folder 3- 5 Research notes for The National Pastime

LOW FIVES


Box 191 Folder 2 - 6 Low Fives research and first drafts

CHAPLIN


Box 193 Folder 3 - 6 Chaplin based on My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin and His Life and Art by David Robinson, Story by Diana Hawkins, screenplay by William Boyd and William Goldman


Box 196 Folder 5 & 6 Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo and other research

MAVERICK


Box 197 Folder 7 Poker Faces, The Life and Work of professional Card Players by David M. Hayano

Box 197 Folder 1 - 6 Notes, research and drafts of the screenplay, 1992-1993

THE CHAMBER


Box 201 Folder 3 - 6 Draft and research


Box 205 Folder 1 Absolute Power Chapter breakdown

Box 205 Folder 2 - 4 The Executive Power by David Baldacci (four marked copy of the novel)


Box 209 Folder 1-2 Absolute Power screenplay, Cannes '96 Ephemera and Mission Impossible 2 research, 1996


Box 210 Folder 1 - 6 Screenplay 1999, research materials


Box 211 Folder 3 - 8 "Terrorist Project" research materials

BROTHERS


Flat Box 528 Folder 9 New York Times Magazine 4 March 1984, 4 March 1984

STEPFORD WIVES


Flat Box 529 Folder 6 Oversize feminist newspaper

BUTCH AND SUNDANCE

Flat Box 529 Folder 7 & 8 Oversize nrewspapers

Flat Box 529 Folder 7 & 8 Oversize nrewspapers

GRAND HOTEL

Flat Box 529 Folder 9 Oversize newspapers and MGM Grand menues

GHOST AND THE DARKNESS


Box 219 Various cuts and research reels of Ghost and the Darkness


Box 221 Mission Impossible 2 1997 ; The Chamber 1996 ; Maverick 1994 ; Absolute Power 1997


Box 220 Maverick ; National Pastime ; Unholy City ; Hype and Glory ; Singing Out Loud

Series V: Screenplays By Others


Box 5 Folder 1 Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards Soldier in the Rain, Carbon t.ms.

Box 5 Folder 2 Maurice Richlin and Blake Edwards Soldier in the Rain, May 14, 1963, Notes and screenplay (third revised


Box 12 Folder 2 - 6 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Ephemera: magazine and newpaper clippings, brass belt buckle; award materials from the MPAA (Oscar) and others.


Box 30 Folder 3 First draft of The Candidate by Jeremy Lerner


Box 139 Folder 6 & 7 Second draft of screenplay Brothers by Barry Kemp


Box 140 Folder 1 & 2 Brothers screenplay by Barry Kemp


Box 159 Folder 1 - 6 Memoirs of an Invisible Man screenplay 1992, 1987, Drafts including late drafts written by Robert Collector and Dana Olsen


Box 160 Folder 5 - 7 Dan and Tony Gilroy's draft of King Bill


Box 200 Folder 5 & 6 Dolores Claiborne by Tony Gilroy


Box 201 Folder 1 & 2 Dolores Claiborne by Tony Gilroy

Series VI: Notes Clippings and Ephemera


Box 2 Folder 8 Clippings, unidentified photos, Obelrin Ephemera up to 1973


Box 6 Folder 9 Notes and ephemera re. Family Affair, [ca. 1963]


Box 9 Folder 1 & 2 Fragment; Boys and Girls Together ephemera


Mapcase 13-J-3 Publicity broadside for Boys and Girls Together


Box 225 Publicity for Boys and Girls Together, plus a review sent to Goldman


Box 10 Folder 4 - 7 Drafts, notes and ephemera re. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Box 12 Folder 2 - 6 Ephemera: magazine and newpaper clippings, brass belt buckle; award materials from the MPAA (Oscar) and others.


Box 38 Folder 5 Clippings from the European press for The Hot Rock and studio breakdowns of the script


Box 42 Folder 7 Tony Bill lawsuit papers re. The Great Waldo Pepper


Box 43 Folder 1 - 7 Materials pertaining to The Great Waldo Pepper and the Tony Bill lawsuit


Flat Box 528 Folder 1 Publicity brochure for The Great Waldo Pepper


Box 48 Folder 2 - 7 Publication materials, contest materials, requests for the "reunion scene" re. Princess Bride


Box 51 Folder 1 - 7 Drafts of the screenplay for Princess Bride ; Fan mail ; Reviews and publisher's material for the novel


Box 52 Folder 1 - 7 Revised drafts of the screenplay for Princess Bride ; Notes on the script ; Copy of American Film 4 December 1983 containing a Princess Bride reference


Box 56 Folder 7 Photostats of notices ; Reviews ; Magazines pertaining to the film


Box 60 Folder 1 - 5 Drafts of the screenplay The Stepford Wives and MPAA voting materials for the Academy Awards 1973 and wine related research for the screenplay Year of the Comet


Box 61 Folder 1 & 2 Academy Award voting materials, 1973


Box 66 Folder 3 Publicity materials for Year of the Comet


Box 68 Folder 3 & 4 Reviews and notes for Marathon Man

Box 68 Folder 5 Advertising and promotion for Marathon Man


Box 71 Folder 1 Clippings, ads, book tie-in re. Marathon Man


Box 75 Folder 1 - 3 Screenplay, reference material and reviews of the TV miniseries Mr. Horn


Box 84 Folder 3 Reviews, publicity for All The Presidents Men


Box 225 Cast of characters and publicity brochure for All The Predident's Men


Box 88 Folder 2 & 3 Notes, clippings, press material re. A Bridge Too Far

Box 88 Folder 6 & 7 Production records, call sheets, press books and clippings re. A Bridge Too Far


Box 89 Folder 1 Clippings, publicity and a lawsuit for A Bridge Too Far


Box 92 Folder 4 Publicity and reviews of Magic

Box 92 Folder 8 Publicity, reviews and ideas for sequel to Magic


Box 96 Folder 3 Promotional material and reviews of Heat


Box 98 Folder 3 - 4 Production records for Heat


Box 100 Folder 7 Stills and publicity from the production of the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Early Years


Box 101 Folder 1 & 2 Post production materials for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Early Years magazines, promotional materials, publicity, reviews


Box 110 Folder 1 Publicity and promotion for Tinsel

Box 110 Folder 2 Clippings and ads for Tinsel


Box 127 Folder 2 Focus awards brochure


Box 130 Folder 4 - 7 Color of Light publicity, book jackets, reviews and clippings


Box 131 Folder 6 Draft of Adventures in the Screen Trade and Esquire excerpt from the same


Box 133 Folder 1 Writer's Guild Information


Box 136 Folder 2 Publicity, reviews, book jacket Adventures in the Screen Trade


Box 139 Folder 1-3 Publicity, reviews and related material for Brothers


Box 140 Folder 6 The Silent Gondoliers publication materials


Box 141 Folder 1 Story ideas


Box 151 Folder 6 & 7 Press kits and stills of the production for The Ghost and the Darkness


Box 160 Folder 1 Draft of King Bill and Rhode Island film commission materials, 1986


Box 161 Folder 3 Singing Out Loud notes and clippings

Box 161 Folder 4 Singing Out Loud notes and research


Box 165 Folder 1-6 Singing Out Loud unproduced screenplay 1987 and ephemera form Cannes 1988


Box 166 Folder 1 - 6 1988 Cannes Film Festival ephemera re. Hype and Glory


Box 172 Folder 1 & 2 Hype and Glory reviews and articles


Box 174 Folder 1 Special Olympics sponsorship brochure by Twins


Box 178 Folder 6 Reviews and promotional materials re. Misery


Box 189 Folder 3 & 4 Photos of an arranged screenwriters trip to the USSR


Box 209 Folder 1-2 Absolute Power screenplay, Cannes 1996 Ephemera and Mission Impossible 2 research

Series VII: Photographs


Box 2 Folder 8 Clippings, unidentified photos, Obelrin Ephemera up to 1973


Box 189 Folder 3 & 4 Photos of an arranged screenwriters trip to the USSR


Box 213 Manilow, Barry To: William Goldman, [Beverly Hills], 8 May 1984, 1p. a.l.s, with related photos and envelope

Box 213 Redford, Robert To: William Goldman, New York, Wengen Switzerland and Geneva Switzerland, n.d., and April 1970 - Nov. 1979, 1p. a.l.s., (with envelope and notes in Goldman's hand); a.l.s, with photo); telegram


Flat Box 528 Folder 4 1 B/W photo of [Frank Talman] standing beside a vintage airplane

Flat Box 528 Folder 6 The Color of Light (novel 1984) 11 x 14 of water; A Bridge Too Far 11 x 14 of producer James Levine

Series VIII: Audio Visual


Box 14 Folder 7 Sondheim, Stephen Tape of the song "No Mary Ann" for The Thing Of It Is


Box 56 Folder 4 Materials relating to an audio version of The Princess Bride

Box 56 Folder 5 Audio cassette of The Princess Bride


Box 117 Folder 1 Unidentified audio tape ; A Year and a Day screenplay by Michael Leeson aka "Survivors"


Box 141 Folder 5 A Chorus Line audio cassette


Box 219 Various cuts and research reels of Ghost and the Darkness


Box 221 Mission Impossible 2 1997 ; The Chamber 1996 ; Maverick 1994 ; Absolute Power 1997

[Copies of movies with corresponding research.]


Box 222 Mission Impossible 2 1997: Various episodes of the TV show and one beta casette labled "Iran Canada"


Box 220 Video and audio cassetts with research materials:; Maverick ; National Pastime ; Unholy City ; Hype and Glory ; Singing Out Loud

Series IX: Memorabilia


Box 225 Harmonica ; Wallets (2) ; Hip Flask ; Baseball Yo Yo ; Travel Face Mirror

Series X: Printed


Box 12 Folder 2 - 6 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: ; Ephemera: magazine and newpaper clippings, brass belt buckle; award materials from the MPAA (Oscar) and others.


Box 36 Folder 4 Notes on Ross MacDonlad article and interview


Box 56 Folder 3 Revised draft of The Princess Bride for Ballentine Books

Box 56 Folder 7 Photostats of notices, reviews; magazines pertaining to The Princess Bride


Box 57 Folder 4 - 7 Research magazines re. The Stepford Wives


Box 58 Folder 1 - 5 Magazines and clippings pertaining to the women's movement in the early 1970s as background material for The Stepford Wives


Box 78 Folder 1 - 7 All The President's Men (1974-1975) ; Research material / magazines


Box 88 Folder 6 & 7 Production records, call sheets, press books and clippings re. A Bridge Too Far


Box 101 Folder 1 & 2 Post production materials for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Early Years magazines, promotional materials, publicity, reviews


Box 120 Folder 2 The Right Stuff research notes ; This New Ocean, A History of Project Mercury by Lloyd S. Swnson, Jr. James Grimwood and Charles Alexander ; The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe


Box 153 Folder 1- 5 Unpublished nonfiction research re. Wait Till Next Year (1987)


Box 154 Folder 1 - 6 Research including notes, clippings, draft pages, magazines copy newspapers re. Wait Till Next Year, 1987-1988


Box 172 Folder 1 & 2 Hype and Glory reviews and articles


Box 181 Folder 5 Copies of magazine articles re. Unholy City


Box 189 Folder 1 - 6 Articles for New York Magazine


Box 190 Folder 1 -5 New York Magazine Articles, 1991-1994


Box 212 Folder 1 Articles about Goldman

Box 212 Folder 2 A signet ring and a monogrammed flask Two Weeks in the Sun, a Cannes Notebook by Roger Ebert ; Miss America Through the Looking Glass The Story Behind the Scenes by Nancie s. Martin ; Hostage to Fortune Atlantic City and Casino Gambling by Michael Pollock ; New Jersey History by Peter Kross ; By The Beautiful Sea by Charles E. Funnel ; Becoming a Beauty Queen, The Complete Guide by Barbara Peterson Burwell and Polly Peterson Bowles


Box 213 Hamill, Pete To: William Goldman, Encino, CA, 3 Jan. 1974, 1p. t.l.s, with envelope

[6 marked books added fromHype and GloryBox 165]


Flat Box 528 Folder 1 Articles pertaining to military aircraft. Oversize magazines:; The Los Angels Herald Examiner 15 December 1969; Life 12 June 1970; Look 30 June 1970

Flat Box 528 Folder 3 Mounted film article by Judith Christ: The Return of the Pre-Bond Man New York Herald Tribune 3 April 1966

Flat Box 528 Folder 5 Oversize magazines pertaining to All the Presidents Men: The New York Times Magazine 22 July 1973 and 13 January 1974; The Boston Globe Magazine 25 August 1974

Flat Box 528 Folder 7 Photocopies of Motion Picture Herald articles that rank motion picture stars in the sixties and seventies.; Rolling Stone 18 March 1982

[Research:Adventures in the Screen Trade]

Flat Box 528 Folder 8 Research materials Adventures in the Screen Trade ; photocopies of articles from Motion Picture Herald regarding Burt Reynolds

Flat Box 528 Folder 9 Research for Brothers novel: oversize magazines. ; New York Times Magazine 4 March 1984

Flat Box 528 Folder 12 Research material for Unholy City: Official Detective Stories 25 May 1938 Bombing the Lid Off Los Angeles


Flat Box 318 Folder 1 Marathon Man , 2 posters, 1 periodical

Flat Box 318 Folder 2 All The President's Men, New York, 1974, 2 newspapers

Flat Box 318 Folder 3 Magic , 5 pages manuscript, 3 periodicals, 1 newspaper

Flat Box 318 Folder 4 Butch and Sundance: The Early Years , 7 sheets posters

Flat Box 318 Folder 5 Wait Until Next Year, Chicago, 1987, 4 newspapers, 1 towel

Flat Box 318 Folder 6 Hype and Glory, Atlantic City, 1988, 2 periodicals, 10 clippings, 1 advert, 2 boards

Flat Box 318 Folder 7 Wait Until Next Year, [v.p.], 1988, 3 periodicals, 1 clipping

Flat Box 318 Folder 8 & 9 The National Pastime , [v.p.], 1989 & 1991, 8 newspapers, 4 sheets notes

Flat Box 318 Folder 10 Absolute Power & Mission Impossible 2, [v.p.], 1996 & 1997, 11 clippings

Flat Box 318 Folder 11 Terrorism project, [v.p.], 1997, 37 clippings

Flat Box 318 Folder 12 Leather chair strap support with name stamped "William Goldman"


Box 226 Books, annotated by Goldman, used as background research for his various projects., 15 books


Box 227 Books, annotated by Goldman or signed by others used as background research for his various projects., 20 books


Box 228 Books, annotated by Goldman or signed by others used as background research for his various projects., 23 books


Box 229 Books, annotated by Goldman or signed by others used as background research for his various projects., 18 books


Box 230 Movie / drama magazines from 1930s through 1980s: including Photoplay, Movie Life, Modern Screen, Movieland, and Liberty (the latter a general interest magazine, not film)


Box 231 Movie / drama magazines from 1930s through 1980s: including Photoplay, Movie Life, Modern Screen, Movieland, and Liberty (the latter a general interest magazine, not film)


Box 232 Movie / drama magazines from 1930s through 1980s: including Photoplay, Movie Life, Modern Screen, Movieland, and Liberty (the latter a general interest magazine, not film)


Box 233 Photoplay


Box 234 Dramatists Guild Quarterly (1970s) Films in Review, mostly 1970s


Box 235 MAD & Confidential


Box 236 Motion Picture Herald, 1940s


Box 237 Miscellaneous magazines. Also, various materials for Dramatic Museum ephemera, including souvenir movie programs and scrapbooks of playbills from the 1910s

Western Source Material:


Box 238 Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1921

Box 238 The Dummy Speaks by Darryl Hutton, 1972

Box 238 Ventriloquism of Today by Paul Stadelman, 1963

Box 238 Turbulent 20th Century Edited and selected by Charles Seymour, 1961

Box 238 Annie Oakley: Woman at Arms by Courtney Ryley Cooper, New York: Duffield and Company, 1927

Box 238 The Death of Billy the Kid by John W. Poe, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933

Box 238 The Buccaneers & Marooners of America Edited by Howard Pyle, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897

Box 238 Life and Adventures of Polk Wells by Himself, published by G.A. Warnica, 1907

Box 238 Brigitte Bardot and the Lolita Syndrome by Simone de Beauvoir, published by Reynal & Company, 1960

Box 238 The Romance of the Colorado River by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1903

Box 238 Massacres of the Mountains by J.P. Dunn, Jr., New York: Harper & Brothers, 1886

Box 238 Chippewa Exercises by Chrysostom Verwyst, Michigan: published by Holy Childhood School, 1901

Box 238 Vigilantes by Hoffman Birney, Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1929

Box 238 All you need to know about Wine by G. B. Woodin, New York: The Peter Pauper Press, 1969

Box 238 The Grand Canyon of Arizona by George Wharton James, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1910

Box 238 Arizona As It Is or, The Coming Country by Hiram C. Hodge, New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1877

Box 238 The Banditti of the Plains by James Mitchell Clarke, San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1935


Box 239 Books on card games and card magic.


Box 240 Domestic and foreign (hardback, paperback, and cassettes) copies of Goldman's books (38)


Box 241 Domestic and foreign (hardback and paperback) copies of Goldman's books (39)

Series XI: Addition to the Papers

Gift of Jenny Goldman, 12/18/2023 (was originally a Deposit)

Subseries XI.1: Diaries & Address Book


Box 1 Diary, 1976 to 1978


Box 2 Diary, 1979-1981


Box 3 Diary, 1982 to 1984


Box 4 Diary, 1985 to 1987


Box 5 Diary, 1988 to 1990


Box 6 Diary, 1991 to 1993


Box 7 Diary, 1994 to 1997; 2001 to 2009


Box 8 Diary, 2010-2012

Box 8 Address Book

Subseries XI.2: Legal Papers


Box 9 Personal Legal Papers; Contracts/Agreements; Litigation

Subseries XI.3: Correspondence


Box 10 Envelopes marked Personal; Envelope marked James; Miscellaneous Correspondence


Box 11 VIP correspondence; Miscellaneous Correspondence

Subseries XI.4: Writings


Box 12 "William Goldman, The First Reviews" (compilation)

Box 12 Interviews with Peter Morgan and David Koepp

Box 12 Miscellaneous notes including list of movies 1950-; Death of JFK; notes on "nutty" ideas; misc. research "Material"


Box 13 "The Monkey Wrench Gang"; "The Ghost and the Darkness"; "Maverick"; misc. research "Material"


Box 14 "Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole" (written with James Goldman); "Curious George"; "The Sports Widow"; copy of Football for Dummies; research material


Box 15 "Curious George" (continued); "Control"; "Shazam" (Captain Marvel); research material


Box 17 "Flame Over India"; "Memoirs of an Invisible Man"; "Unholy City / City of Angels"; research material


Box 18 "The Loner"; "Hollywood and Screen Writing" (4 Parts); "Misery" (Screenplay, 1st and 2nd draft)


Box 19 "Misery" (Stage Play scripts in various versions)


Box 20 "Brothers"; "The Chamber"; "Chub Fuller"; "Heat"; "Hot Shot"


Box 21 "Low Fives"; "Rescue!"; "The Right Stuff"; "The Sea Kings"; "The Silent Gondoliers"; "The Vanishing Ski Bum"; "Year of the Comet"; research material

Subseries XI.5: Cassettes, Notebooks and Research


Box 8 Miscellaneous early notebooks with notes and writing ideas, 1966


Box 22 Oberlin envelope; writing ideas; research materials

Box 22 Six cassette audio tapes

Subseries XI.6: Dissertation on Goldman


Box 23 Richard Andersen, "The Fiction of Reality and Fantasy in Williams Goldman" NYU PhD

Subseries XI.7: Printed Material, Cds & DVDs

Box 23 Stephen King, Dolores Claiborne, marked up copy; Steven Linakis, In The Spring The War Ended, 2 marked up copies; various printed books by Goldman


Box 24 Various editions of The Princess Bride, including translations; various DVDs including The Princes Bride and Wordplay, Secrets of the Screenwriting Trade


Box 16 "Harry and the Butler"; "Soul Mates"; DVD Soul Mates/Flame Over India; 5 CDs of Otis Redding, James Carr, Wilson Pickett, and Sam Cooke; copy of Sweet Soul Music

Subseries XI.8: Scrapbooks


Box 25 Scrapbook 1


Box 26 Scrapbook 2 and material for Scrapbooks

Subseries XI.9: Photographs, Ephemera and Academic Awards


Box 27 Photographs and paper ephemera

Box 27 Goldman's Columbia diploma and honorary doctorate from Oberlin