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Title:	Diana Rigg collection
Dates (Inclusive):	1958-1999
Creator:	Dominic, Zoë
Abstract:	John Robert Kaiser collected materials about the British actress Diana Rigg (born Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg in 1938), who appeared in stage, screen, and television. She was most famous for her role in the television program The Avengers.
Abstract:	The Diana Rigg collection (1958-1999) consists of photographs, audio tapes, scripts, and other documents pertaining to the television show The Avengers, photographs from the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and graphic materials, clippings, and correspondence relating to her theatrical career and personal life.
Collection Number:	2493
Size:	7 Cubic feet
Location:	For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library catalog.
Repository:	Special Collections Library. Pennsylvania State University.
Languages:	English

Biographical Note

British actress Diana Rigg (born Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg in 1938) appeared in stage, screen, and television productions beginning with her professional debut in 1957 in The Caucasian Chalk Circle. She acted in several Shakespearean plays before and after playing the part of Emma Peel in the television series The Avengers. Her film career includes The Assassination Bureau, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Hospital, and Theatre of Blood.

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Collection Overview

The collection predominantly consists of photographs of Diana Rigg in her various roles, with particular representations from the television series The Avengers with Patrick Macnee and the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Also includes publicity photos of her with Anthony Hopkins and Robert Culp. Photographers include Zoe Dominic, Norman Eales, Wallace Heaton, John Kelly, Steven Keull, Terry O'Neill, Robert Penn, Ronnie Pilgrim, George Whitear, and Reg Wilson. Also includes materials related to The Avengers (dialogue sheet scripts by episode number, promotion kits, audio tapes, album sleeve, paperback books); theater programs and posters; clippings about her career and personal life; and correspondence between the donor, John Robert Kaiser, and Diana Rigg's mother, Beryl Rigg.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the creators of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Diana Rigg Collection (2493), Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections Library, Pennsylvania State University.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections staff.

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Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

Photographic

Personal Name(s)

Dominic, Zoë

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Collection Inventory

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Series 1: Audio Tapes,
Subseries 1: Plays,
	Box	Folder
Abelard and Heloise, 1971 ,	4	29
Subseries 2: TV,
	Box	Folder
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1969 ,	4	33
Avengers: The Forget-Me-Knot, Dead Man's Treasure, 1967; 1969 ,
Avengers: The Joker, Murdersville, 1967 ,
Married Alive, 1970 ,
Women Beware Women, 1968 ,
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Series 2: Books,
Subseries 1: Personal,
	Box	Folder
Poster: No Turn Unstoned, undated ,	5	5
Subseries 2: TV,
	Box	Folder
Macnee, Patrick. Blind in One Ear (London: Harrap, 1988) CATALOGED AND SHELVED SEPARATELY, 1988 ,	5	9
Rogers, Dave. The Complete Avengers (NY: St. Martin's Press, 1989) CATALOGED AND SHELVED SEPARATELY, 1989 ,
Subseries 3: TV--The Avengers,
	Box	Folder
John Garforth paperbacks: #1, The Floating Game; #2, The Laugh Was on Lazarus; #3, The Passing of Gloria Munday; #4, Heil Harris!, 1967 ,	7	1
Keith Laumer paperbacks: #5, The Afrit Affair; #6, The Drowned Queen; #7, The Gold Bomb; Norman Daniels paperback: #8, The Magnetic Man; #9, Moon Express; John Garforth British paperback, Heil Harris!, 1968-1969 ,
John Garforth British papebacks: The Passing of Gloria Munday; The Floating Game; Douglas Eneger paperback: The Avengers, 1963; 1967 ,
The Avengers Annual, 1967 ,
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Series 3: Clippings,
Subseries 1: Collection,
	Box	Folder
Clippings about the collection, 1998 ,	1	1
Subseries 2: Films,
	Box	Folder
Assassination Bureau, 1969 ,	6	1
Evil Under the Sun, 1982 ,
Family Arsenal, 1977 ,
Films never made, 1972-1973 ,
Great Muppet Caper, 1980-1981 ,
Hospital, The, 1971-1978 ,
Julius Caesar, 1969, 1972 ,
King Lear, 1982 ,
A Little Night Music, 1976-1979 ,
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969-1980 ,
Theatre of Blood, 1972-1973 ,
Theatre of Blood, 1973-1978 ,
Theatre of Blood: Anything at All (Recording), 1972 ,
Subseries 3: Personal,
	Box	Folder
Career, 1968-1986, 2002 ,	1	2
Charity events and festivals, 1972; 1978-1981 ,
Personal appearances, 1972-1980 ,
Personal life, 1967-1989 ,
Personal life, 1970-1978; 1990; 2002; undated ,
Personal life (Archie Stirling), 1976-1979 ,
Personal life (daughter Rachael Atlanta), 1977-1996 ,
Personal life (Interviews), 1971-1979 ,
Personal life (Marriage and divorce), 1973; 1976-1982 ,
Personal life (Politics), 1978-1979 ,
Plays and Players Best Actress of the Year, 1975 ,
Public appearances, 1976 ,
	Box	Folder
Royal Shakespeare Company, 1972; 1976 ,	6	42
Stand-in and co-stars, 1978; 1980 ,	1	13
Writings and quotes, 1976-1983 ,
Subseries 4: Plays,
	Box	Folder
Abelard and Heloise, 1970-1980 ,	6	14
Antony and Cleopatra, 1985 ,
Art of Seduction, 1962 ,
Beckett, 1961 ,
Berlin Bertie, 1992 ,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1976 ,
Cleopatra and Taming of the Shrew, 1976 ,
Colette, 1980-1983 ,
Comedy of Errors, 1962 ,
Devils, 1961 ,
Edinburgh festival, 1978 ,
Follies, 1987 ,
Guardsmen, The, 1977-1978 ,
Heartbreak House, 1983 ,
Hedda Gabler, Humble Boy, 1980-1981; 1993; 2001 ,
Jumpers, 1971-1978 ,
Jumpers: Forget Yesterday (Recording), 1972 ,
King Lear, 1964 ,
Little Eyolf, 1981-1982 ,
Macbeth, 1962; 1972-1973 ,
Medea, 1993-1994 ,
Midsummer Night's Dream, 1962-1978 ,
Misanthrope, 1973 ,
Misanthrope, 1973-1975 ,
Night and Day, 1978-1980 ,
Phaedra Britannica, 1973-1975 ,
Physicists, 1963 ,
Plays never produced, 1975 ,
Pygmalion: Publicity, 1974, 1979 ,
Pygmalion: Reviews, 1974 ,
Taming of the Shrew, 1961 ,
Tis Pity She's a Whore, 1972 ,
Twelfth Night, 1972 ,
Twentieth Century, 1976 ,
Vivat Rex: radio play, 1977 ,
Wildfire, 1986 ,
Winter's Tale, 1960 ,
Subseries 5: Radio,
	Box	Folder
Radio performances, 1978 ,	6	50
Subseries 6: Theater,
	Box	Folder
Guest appearances, 1978 ,	6	51
Subseries 7: TV,
	Box	Folder
Anna Karenina, 1975-1976 ,	6	52
Avengers, 1967-1982; 1998-1999 ,
Diana (U.K.), 1973 ,
Diana (U.S.), 1972-1974 ,
Guest appearances, 1971-1979 ,
Hothouse, 1972 ,
In This House of Brede, 1975-1981 ,
Marquise, The, 1980-1981 ,
Married Alive, 1970; 1977 ,
Oresteia, The, 1978-1979 ,
Queen of Hearts, 1972 ,
Three Piece Suite, 1977 ,
TV appearances, 1972-1976 ,
Worst Witch, The, 1986 ,
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Series 4: Correspondence,
	Box	Folder
John Kaiser correspondence with Beryl Rigg, 1970-1976 ,	2	4-8
John Kaiser correspondence with dealers and Diana Rigg, 1969-1975; 1979 ,	1	16
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Series 5: Magazines,
Subseries 1: Miscellaneous,
	Box	Folder
Covers, 1969-1986 ,	7	6
Subseries 2: Plays,
	Box	Folder
Articles about plays starring Diana Rigg, undated ,	7	7
Subseries 3: TV--The Avengers,
	Box	Folder
The Avengers index, undated ,	7	5
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Series 6: Miscellaneous,
Subseries 1: Collection,
	Box	Folder
Note cards indexing articles about Diana Rigg and her work, undated ,	8	1
Subseries 2: Personal,
	Box	Folder
Magazines and newspapers, 1995 ,	5	6
Pencil sketch by Teresa de Merida, Paris, 1969 ,
Subseries 3: Plays,
	Box	Folder
Jumpers: Forget Yesterday (Sheet music), 1972 ,	2	3
Subseries 4: TV,
	Box	Folder
Avengers: Album sleeve, 1967 ,	5	1
Avengers: En Garde fanzine, undated ,	2	1
Avengers: Playing card ad, undated ,
	Box	Folder
Avengers: promotion kit, 1965-1967 ,	1	26
Avengers: promotion kit, 1965-1967 ,
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Series 7: Photographs,
Subseries 1: Films,
	Box	Folder
Assassination Bureau, 1968-1969 , Photographic	2	29
Hospital, 1971 , Photographic
Julius Caesar, 1970 , Photographic
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 , Photographic
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 , Photographic	5	3
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (George Whitear): Contact sheets, 1969 , Photographic	2	40
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Robert Penn): Contact sheets, 1969 , Photographic
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Fashion shots, 1969 , Photographic
Subseries 2: Personal,
	Box	Folder
Candid shots (Tony McGrath), undated , Photographic	2	22
Candid shots in courtroom witness box, undated , Photographic
Candid shots in dark print minidress, undated , Photographic
Candid shots in fur coat, undated , Photographic
Candid shots in kitchen, undated , Photographic
Candid shots in short sleeved sweater and pants, undated , Photographic
Candid shots in top hat and tails, and leotard on stage, undated , Photographic
Candid shots in tweed pants suit, 1972 , Photographic
Candid shots indoors in white mini suit, pants suit, on tandem bike, in maxi coat and hat, undated , Photographic
Candid shots outside in striped dress with poodle, undated , Photographic
Candid shots with bird, undated , Photographic
Candid shots with Phillip Saville, 1970 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Candid shots: Contact sheets, undated , Photographic	5	2
Portraits, 1967-1971 , Photographic	2	24
Portraits, autographed, undated , Photographic
Portraits, candid, undated , Photographic
Portraits, glamour shots, undated , Photographic
Subseries 3: Plays,
	Box	Folder
A Comedy of Errors, 1962 , Photographic	2	44
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1962 , Photographic	3	4
Abelard and Heloise, 1970 , Photographic	2	43
Candid shots with Anthony Hopkins for Macbeth, 1972 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Jumpers, 1972 , Photographic	3	1
King Lear, 1962 , Photographic
Macbeth (with Anthony Hopkins), 1972 , Photographic
Pygmalion, 1974 , Photographic
Taming of the Shrew, 1962 , Photographic
Twelfth Night, 1966 , Photographic
Unidentified (as a nun), undated , Photographic
Unidentified (at Stratford), undated , Photographic
Unidentified (at Stratford), undated , Photographic
Unidentified (at Stratford), undated , Photographic
Subseries 4: TV,
	Box	Folder
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 1969 , Photographic	4	26
Avengers: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station, 1967 , Photographic	3	30
Avengers: A Sense of History, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: A Surfeit of H2O, 1965 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers: A Touch of Brimstone, 1966 , Photographic	4	2
Avengers: Castle De-ath, 1965 , Photographic	3	13
Avengers: Contact sheets, 1965-1966 , Photographic	4	15
Avengers: Dead Man's Treasure, 1967 , Photographic	3	17
Avengers: Death at Bargain Prices, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: Death's Door, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Dial a Deadly Number, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: Epic, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Escape in Time, 1967 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers: Fashion and publicity shots, undated , Photographic	4	17
Avengers: From Venus With Love, 1967 , Photographic	3	29
Avengers: Honey for the Prince, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: How to Succeed at Murder Without Really Trying, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: Mission...Highly Improbable, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Murdersville, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Never, Never Say Die, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Never, Never Say Die, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Never, Never Say Die, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Never, Never Say Die, 1967 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers: Off the set, at the beach, undated , Photographic	4	21
Avengers: On location, undated , Photographic
Avengers: Publicity shots, 1967 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers: Publicity shots, undated , Photographic	5	4
Avengers: Publicity shots, with gun, undated , Photographic	4	18
Avengers: Publicity shots, with kung fu, undated , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers: Return of the Cybernauts, 1967 , Photographic	3	53
Avengers: Room Without a View, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: Silent Dust, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: Small Game for Big Hunters, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: Something Nasty in the Nursery, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The 13th Hole, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: The Bird Who Knew Too Much, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Correct Way to Kill, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Cybernauts, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: The Danger Makers, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: The Fear Merchants, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Fifty Thousand Pound Breakfast, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Forget-Me-Knot, 1968-1969 , Photographic
Avengers: The Girl From Auntie, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: The Gravediggers, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: The Hour That Never Was, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: The House That Jack Built, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: The Joker, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Living Dead, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Maneater of Surrey Green, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: The Master Minds, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: The Murder Market, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: The Positive, Negative Man, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Quick, Quick, Slow Death, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: The See-Through Man, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Superlative Seven, 1967 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers: The Town of No Return, 1965 , Photographic	4	3
Avengers: The Winged Avenger, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Too Many Christmas Trees, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: Two's a Crowd, 1965 , Photographic
Avengers: What the Butler Saw, 1966 , Photographic
Avengers: Who's Who?, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: You Have Just Been Murdered, 1967 , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers:The Hidden Tiger, 1967 , Photographic	3	33
Candid shots with Robert Culp for Married Alive, 1970 , Photographic	2	17
Poster of Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee, undated , Photographic	10	1
Three Piece Suite, undated , Photographic	4	27
Women Beware Women, 1968 , Photographic	4	28
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Series 8: Photographs (Color),
Subseries 1: Films,
	Box	Folder
Assassination Bureau, 1968-1969 , Photographic	2	30
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 , Photographic
Subseries 2: Personal,
	Box	Folder
Bronze bust, 1973 , Photographic	2	28
Candid shots at beach, 1971 , Photographic
Subseries 3: TV,
	Box	Folder
Avengers, undated , Photographic	4	9
Avengers, undated , Photographic
Avengers, undated , Photographic
Avengers, undated , Photographic
Avengers, undated , Photographic
Avengers, undated , Photographic
	Box	Folder
Avengers: Dead Man's Treasure, 1967 , Photographic	3	18
Avengers: Escape in Time, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: Never, Never Say Die, 1967 , Photographic
Avengers: The Forget-Me-Knot, 1968-1969 , Photographic
Avengers: The Hidden Tiger, 1967 , Photographic
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Series 9: Posters,
Subseries 1: Films,
	Box	Folder
Film posters, undated ,	10	1
Subseries 2: Plays,
	Box	Folder
Phaedra Britannica, undated ,	9	3
The Guardsman, undated ,
The Misanthrope, undated ,
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Series 10: Pressbooks,
	Box	Folder
Assassination Bureau; On Her majesty's Secret Service, 1968-1969 ,	5	7
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Series 11: Programs,
Subseries 1: Films,
	Box	Folder
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 ,	6	66
Subseries 2: Plays,
	Box	Folder
Programs, A-H, 1958-1994 ,	6	67
Programs, J-Me, 1972-1994 ,
Programs, Mi-W, 1958-1994 ,
Subseries 3: Poetry,
	Box	Folder
Programs: Poetry readings, 1972 ,	6	70
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Series 12: Scripts,
Subseries 1: Films,
	Box	Folder
Julius Caesar, 1970 ,	1	17
Subseries 2: Plays,
	Box	Folder
Phaedra Britannica, undated ,	1	18
Subseries 3: TV,
	Box	Folder
Avengers: dialogue sheets, 1-10, 1965 ,	1	19
Avengers: dialogue sheets, 11-20, 1965-1966 ,
Avengers: dialogue sheets, 21-26, 1966 ,
Avengers: dialogue sheets, Series 2, 17-22, 1967 ,
Avengers: dialogue sheets, Series 2, 1-8, 1967 ,
Avengers: dialogue sheets, Series 2, 23-26, 1967-1968 ,
Avengers: dialogue sheets, Series 2, 9-16, 1967 ,
Queen of Hearts (transcript), undated ,
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Series 13: Slides (Color),
Subseries 1: Films,
	Box	Folder
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (George Whitear), 1969 ,	2	39
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (Robert Penn), 1969 , Photographic
Subseries 2: TV,
	Box	Folder
Avengers, 1966-1971 ,	4	22
Avengers, undated ,
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Series 14: Transparencies (Color),
Subseries 1: Films,
	Box	Folder
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 ,	2	41
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1969 ,
Subseries 2: TV,
	Box	Folder
Avengers, undated ,	4	24
Avengers, undated ,
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Diana Rigg collection, 1958-1999 2493

Collection Overview

Biographical Note

Collection Overview

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Copyright Notice

Preferred Citation

Processing Information

Controlled Access Headings

Genre(s)

Personal Name(s)

Collection Inventory

Series 1: Audio Tapes,

Subseries 1: Plays,

Subseries 2: TV,

Series 2: Books,

Subseries 1: Personal,

Subseries 2: TV,

Subseries 3: TV--The Avengers,

Series 3: Clippings,

Subseries 1: Collection,

Subseries 2: Films,

Subseries 3: Personal,

Subseries 4: Plays,

Subseries 5: Radio,

Subseries 6: Theater,

Subseries 7: TV,

Series 4: Correspondence,

Series 5: Magazines,

Subseries 1: Miscellaneous,

Subseries 2: Plays,

Subseries 3: TV--The Avengers,

Series 6: Miscellaneous,

Subseries 1: Collection,

Subseries 2: Personal,

Subseries 3: Plays,

Subseries 4: TV,

Series 7: Photographs,

Subseries 1: Films,

Subseries 2: Personal,

Subseries 3: Plays,

Subseries 4: TV,

Series 8: Photographs (Color),

Subseries 1: Films,

Subseries 2: Personal,

Subseries 3: TV,

Series 9: Posters,

Subseries 1: Films,

Subseries 2: Plays,

Series 10: Pressbooks,

Series 11: Programs,

Subseries 1: Films,

Subseries 2: Plays,

Subseries 3: Poetry,

Series 12: Scripts,

Subseries 1: Films,

Subseries 2: Plays,

Subseries 3: TV,

Series 13: Slides (Color),

Subseries 1: Films,

Subseries 2: TV,

Series 14: Transparencies (Color),

Subseries 1: Films,

Subseries 2: TV,

Diana Rigg collection, 1958-1999

2493