Ben Maddow papers
Collection Scope and Contents
This collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, scripts, magazines, photographs, and other artifacts related to Ben Maddow's personal life and professional career.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1950-1990, undated
Creator
- Maddow, Ben, 1909-1992 (Person)
Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the University of California, Riverside Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives. Distribution or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. To the extent other restrictions apply, permission for distribution or reproduction from the applicable rights holder is also required. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Extent
47.73 Linear Feet (77 boxes, 1 flat file folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Ben Maddow was a screenwriter and documentarian active from the 1930s through the 1970s, born in Passaic, New Jersey and educated at Columbia University. Maddow was involved in left-wing documentary and poetry circles throughout the 1930s. He began his career as a Hollywood screenwriter after serving in World War II, and was blacklisted during the McCarthy era. This collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, scripts, magazines, photographs, and other artifacts related to Maddow's personal life and professional career.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Freda Maddow, 1993.
Genre / Form
- Title
- Ben Maddow papers
- Status
- Legacy
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Gabriela A. Montoya, Online Archive of California EAD Technician.
- Date
- 1998
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
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Repository Details
Part of the Manuscript Collections Repository
University of California
Rivera Library
P.O. Box 5900
Riverside 92517-5900 USA
specialcollections@ucr.edu