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Printed material consists of cuttings and miscellaneous programmes, small publications, and catalogues.

Catalogue accompanied by a letter to Peter Shaffer from Angus Stewart, curator.

Includes obituaries for John Dexter, Bertie Hope-Davies, James Mossman, and John Wood. Includes an issue of The Listener 14 Oct. 1976 with an article by Shaffer, "Peter Shaffer on faith, farce and masks."

Order of service for for Dr Frank Tait, the Crematorium Chapel 13 July 2007 and for the service of thanksgiving for the life of Kenneth Ewing, St. Paul's Church, 19 June 2008 and for Dr Frank Tait, the Crematorium Chapel 13 July 2007. Shaffer gave the address for Frank Tait.

The published speech of winner Samuel Mendes remembers attending the 1989 ceremony in which he was presented the student prize by Peter Shaffer.

Harriet Frazer's Memorials by Artists (Snape Priory Saxmundham Suffolk, 1993) and The Scribe for Spring 1994, number 60, both depicting Nicholas Sloan's design of Robert Leonard's headstone.

Photocopies and typescripts, biographies for a variety of publications including British Writers 1977, Who's Who in the Theatre_, the programme of 'Gift of the Gorgon.' A proof for his entry in Debrett's is also present.

Published by the 'Granta', starting, "A True Address to the Publick on a matter concerning the Election to Parliament of a Member for the Seat of Cambridge." With an ad on the verso for a 'Granta' parody of 'The Leader': 'The Follower.'

Programme for 'Mozart' with Irene Bordoni in the title role, book and lyrics by Sacha Guitry.

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

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.

Includes profiles about both Peter and Anthony Shaffer, and Shaffer's article, "My three years in this grim and disgusting family business..." in the Evening Standard dated 14 Jan. 1972. There is also an entire issue of The Daily Mail for 9 June 1981, the Times 2 section of The Times for 18 May 2001, an entire issue of Theatregoer Magazine from 2001, and a letter from Derrick F. Mead of Peat Marwick dated 27 Feb. 1985 forwarding an article from The Sunday Telegraph magazine.

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.