1. Student papers
2. Architectural practice
3. Teaching Positions
4. Public lectures and symposiums
5. Articles and reviews
6. Books
7. Correspondence
8. Organisational and Research Papers
9. Personal and miscellaneous
10. Maxwell's computer contents
11. Publications and events relating to Maxwell after his death

Robert Maxwell was born on 6th July 1922, in Downpatrick, Co. Down. He was educated at Down High School (1933 to 1940) and went on to receive a degree of B. Arch (Hons) and a Diploma of Civic Design at Liverpool University, graduating in 1949. 

During the second World War he volunteered for the British Army (1944 to 1947) in the hope of getting to see the baroque churches of southern Germany, as part of the army of occupation. Unexpectedly he was posted to India, sent on his way to fight the Japanese. 

He was saved from this fate by President Truman’s use of the atom bomb. At the end of three years, he ended up as Captain Maxwell, greatly enjoying his life in India. He retains a lasting respect for the country and its people. 

Returning to the U.K. he also enjoyed his remaining time at Liverpool, where he met and made friends with Colin Rowe, James Stirling and Douglas Stephen. He joined the faculty at the Architectural Association (1958 to 1962) while working as an architect in London, in 1962 completing the Kirke house in Kennington Park Road. He then joined the L.C.C. where he worked on the Royal Festival Hall extensions. Later, as a Partner in Douglas Stephen & Partners, he participated in the design of the Brunel Centre, Swindon and apartments at Highgate.

In London he became a Year Master at the Architectural Association (1958 to 1962) before joining the Faculty of the Bartlett School, University College London, where he taught for twenty years (Senior Lecturer, Reader, Professor); after four stints at Princeton as Visiting Professor, he was appointed there as Dean of Architecture, (from 1982) and remained there for eleven years. 

Returning to the U.K. in 1993, he was invited to teach the history of Modern architecture at the Architectural Association (1994 to 2006).

After retiring in 2006, he continued to give lectures abroad as well as at home, visiting Medellin (Colombia), 
India, Japan, Slovenia, The Czech Republic, as well as France, Germany, Italy and Greece.

He also lectured at the Royal Academy where he took part in a Group known as Architectural Forum, bringing a greater knowledge of architecture to that Institution.

He died on 2nd January 2020 in Aix en Provence, France