Identity area
Reference code
SHAF/A
Title
Personal papers
Date(s)
- 1926-2016 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
25 boxes, 1 vol.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Personal Papers series is arranged into Incoming correspondence, Outgoing correspondence, Diaries, Photographs and artwork, Printed Material, Other papers, and Writings by others. A distinction was made to keep material relating to specific plays and other works in the Writings series, but material relating to Shaffer's entire life, such as the transcript of the oral history interviews (SHAF A6/1), would be kept in this series.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some items of a more personal nature relating to living persons are presently closed., which may account for gaps in the numbering of materials.