Includes two letters from Joseph Cassidy to CVV (1947); "Raise a Stein to Gertie" and "A Nude Descends," typescript poems by James Nichols, enclosed with letter from Shaffer to CVV (1949); typescript letter, carbon copy, from Shaffer to William J. Petersen, enclosed with letter from Shaffer to CVV (1952); letter from J. Archer Eggen to Shaffer, with note from Shaffer to CVV (1953); letters from Mary Schuyler to CVV and FM (1953, 1959); letter from Richard B. Hudson to Shaffer (1955); photograph of Shaffer and Angevine Shaffer with five grandsons, enclosed with letter from Angevine to CVV (1956); typed letter, carbon copy, from Shaffer to Joseph and Stewart Alsop, enclosed with letter from Shaffer to CVV (1956); typed transcript of letter from Shaffer to "Polly," sent to CVV (1957)