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The Personal Papers series is arranged into Incoming correspondence, Outgoing correspondence, Diaries, Photographs, Printed Material, and Other papers. All of the incoming and outgoing correspondence has been listed, if not catalogued in full. Letters Shaffer received on his knighthood are together after the general alphabetic run, as are letters from unidentified correspondents. Other correspondence relating directly to various plays may be found in the Works subseries under the title of the play.

There are nearly 200 photographs of Peter Shaffer and his friends and relatives, a mix of candids and portrait photographs. They have been arranged roughly chronologically by date; the earliest is a portrait of Peter and Anthony at around one year of age. Many of the photographs do not have captions, and some subjects of photographs have not been identified.

8 photographs of the interior of the Estates Theatre in Prague, the Old Watermill and Wickham Court, a postcard of Château de Montfort, and other locations not specified.

34 candid and portrait photographs, some of them lacking captions. Includes photographs of Victor Spinetti, including a portrait of him in 'O What a Lovely War', a photograph of Peter Firth, two production photographs by Angus McBean of Frank Finlay as Iago and Laurence Olivier as Othello in a National Theatre production of 'Othello' with a National Theatre postcard of Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith in 'Othello' as well.

28 candid photographs of Peter alone and with friends, not all of them identified, including one slightly damaged print of Anthony, Peter, and Brian Shaffer, and another of a gathering on Valentines Day 2001 with Martina and Milos Forman, Barbara and Arthur Gelb, Louise and Al Hirschfeld, and Judy Goetz Sanger.

Photographs of the ceremony on 18 May 2001, with proof sheets of the ceremony, formal photographs in folders, accompanied by order forms, receipt, and the original envelope. There are 6 sheets of proofs of the ceremony itself, close up images of Shaffer and Prince Charles. There are 11 formal photographs just after the investiture, 4 of them of the same pose; 4 of those who accompanied Peter, including his brother Brian. Photographer: Charles Green.

Five photographs by an unidentified professional photographer of the St Andrews graduation ceremony in which Shaffer was conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Arts and Letters, accompanied by the programme for the ceremony.

10 candid photographs of Peter alone and with friends, not all of them identified, including one with Robert Leonard and one with Zubin Mehta.

Proofs from a photo session in Peter's apartment[?], with one larger format image. Stamped on the verso 'Roddy McDowall, copyright 1988, Harlequin Enter. Ltd.'

Two images of Anthony, one of them damaged, with a note on the back from his widow Diane Cilento at New Year's 2008, and two images of Anthony's gravestone at Highgate Cemetery.

18 portrait and candid photographs, including a proof sheet of photos of Shaffer and Peter Firth by Richard Avedon, three portraits of Shaffer by Claus Bach in Weimar, a set of photographs of Shaffer with Peter Firth and one with Paul Giovanni, , and a candid from a Theatre World Awards ceremony[?] with Shaffer and Colleen Dewhurst taken by Van Williams.

12 photographs accompanying an undated note from Victor Spinetti, with images from a trip to Morocco[?], and three other images of Spinetti.

Drawing of head with glasses and large grin, signed by David Kossoff.

Eleven photographs, including one of Shaffer with Peter O'Toole, one image from a holiday in Mallorca and two from a holiday in Morocco.

15 photographs accompanied by a verse by Malcolm Diamond on Peter's 22nd birthday. The photographs depict Shaffer and two other men individually and in pairs. The photographs are not captioned, but are taken at the fountain and sundial in Great Court, on Trinity Street outside Whewell's Court, and on the Backs by the Cam. Accompanied by 16 negatives, some of which are not represented by photographs here.

Eight photographs and one photocopy, most of them lacking captions and identifications. Includes a portrait photograph of twins [Peter and Anthony] at about one year of age, photograph by Messrs. Burrell & Hardman, Liverpool, a photograph labelled 'Daddy' which may include Peter and Brian Shaffer, and a photograph of Peter's mother Reka Shaffer at the Venice Lido in July 1962.

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, diaries, photographs, and printed material which document the life and work of playwright Sir Peter Levin Shaffer.

Thanks for sending the copy of his edition of John Grote's Utilitarian Philosophy: Ely

Has high church feelings, liberal views and sympathy with the evangelical view of atonement: The Close, Exeter

Henry Grote to Harriet Grote

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.

A Ryman diary used as an appointment book.

A Ryman diary, an appointment book, with many entries in other hands.

A Ryman diary, an appointment book with occasional descriptive notes by Shaffer. Some appointments recorded in another hand.

A Ryman diary with many appointments written in another hand. Includes some brief comments by Peter, including the start of an apology on the same day as his brother's birthday.

A WH Smith diary, an appointment book with occasional descriptive entries, especially recording travels, with some erasures of entries.

A WH Smith diary, with telegraphic descriptions, some entries in another hand, and erasures of entries evident.

A WH Smith diary, an appointment book with longer descriptive entries at the beginning of the year, with evidence of increasing ill-health, with some medical appointments recorded in a different hand. Some entries have been erased.