Subseries 3 - Diaries

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SHAF/A/3

Title

Diaries

Date(s)

  • 1958-2015 (Creation)

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7 boxes

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Name of creator

Shaffer, Sir Peter Levin (1926-2016), knight, playwright
(1926-2016)

Repository

Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Shaffer's diaries span 56 volumes and run from 1958 to 2015. There are two diaries for 1963, and no diary for 1966, 1967, 1973, and 2008. The 2008 diary was lost by Shaffer at JFK Airport in New York in 2008. Shaffer used these primarily as appointment books, but regularly added short descriptions of events, including reviews of plays and concerts attended, as well as occasional descriptions of dinner parties. While traveling he made lengthier entries recording activities. He also used the diaries as a way of keeping track of the number of days spent in the UK and the US.

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