Letters, photographs, and printed material relating to the award of the William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre in April 1992. Includes letters and faxes of congratulation from those who could not be there: Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Julie Harris, Jessica Tandy Cronyn, Anthony Shaffer, Stephen Sondheim, Milos Forman, Roddy McDowall, Simon Callow, Ian McKellen, Bob Dole, Anthony Hopkins, Sidney Lumet, Michael Blakemore, Robert Lantz, Brian Bedford, David Carradine, and Gerald Schoenfeld.

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.

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.

Photographs of the interior of Trinity College Hall set for the May Balls, signed at bottom by Turner & Sons, Cambridge and Bruce, Cambridge.

Three photographs from the same time period, probably commercially produced, with captions in white lettering at the bottom. The Great Gate is captioned "Henry's[?] Gateway Trinity College Cambridge", and shows the gateway with two lamp posts outside, and one visible in Great Court. The fountain is captioned "Fountain Trinity College Cambridge," and carries the number 15321. J.V. A figure is facing the camera across the court under the Great Gate arch, and a wheelbarrow is parked by the sundial, while lamp posts are present. The photograph of the bridge shows punts in the foreground with seats in back with scrollwork, people in boats in the distance and people on a blanket on the St. John's bank of the river.

View with Clare College and King's College in centre foreground, Trinity at left and the rest of the city beyond. The Erasmus building at Queens' is shown as a building site.

Letter of donation tipped in to the front of the album. Most portraits have pencil captions, but the accompanying letter does indicate that some of the identifications are guesses. It is not clear whether Jesson owned the album initially, as he appears to have been from a slightly different generation at Trinity.

Oval photograph. The other two men are identified as possibly brothers of J. W. Gedge.

Oval photograph.

Oval photograph with Mayland's name at left.

Oval photograph with Mayland's name at left.

Oval photograph with Mayland's name at left.

Oval photograph with Mayland's name at left.

Oval photograph with Mayland's name at left.

Three men are identified: Wigram, Prof. Hughes, and W. Jones.

A group of six men, unidentified.

Photograph of five men includes J. W. Clark, J. Kempthorne, and Thomas Henry Burn[?]. The photograph of three men identifies one man as "? S'r Butler."

Six men, four of them identified by Jesson, and two by a later hand. A photograph below this on the page with the caption "Pembroke College" has been removed, before acquisition, as part of the caption is written in the space that would have been occupied by the photograph.

Two men, identified as Charles Thompson, corrected to R. E. Thompson by a later hand.