Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- 1926-2016 (Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
125 boxes
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Histoire archivistique
The Shaffer Papers were bequeathed to Trinity College by Peter Shaffer in 2016. These papers came to Trinity in two groups in 2018, from Peter Shaffer’s homes in London and New York City.
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Bequest of Sir Peter Shaffer, 2016.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, diaries, photographs, and printed material which document the life and work of playwright Sir Peter Levin Shaffer. The papers consist of two series: personal papers and writings. The personal papers include correspondence, diaries, and photographs while materials relating to his writings are gathered in the second series by date. The writings include correspondence, drafts, photographs, and printed material for his best-known plays, and drafts of unpublished and unfinished plays as well.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d’accès
The papers are still being catalogued and some descriptions and reference numbers may change. Some items of a more personal nature relating to living persons are presently closed.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- anglais
Script of material
Language and script notes
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Finding aids
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
The Robert Lantz Collection, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University