Includes: pocket diaries and more detailed diaries for 1946 and 1949; a small amount of material relating to Kaufman's early life; constituency papers, particularly relating to Kaufman's Manchester seats in Ardwick and Gorton; some political papers, including from Kaufman's time as press liaison officer to [James] Harold Wilson and in the Shadow Cabinet in the 1980s; political correspondence, including with Wilson on Israel, 1967; papers relating to Kaufman's career as a journalist and scriptwriter, particularly on the satirical comedy show "That Was the Week That Was", and on his lifelong interest in film; some literary papers, particularly for his book "How to be a Minister"; press cuttings; personal and political photographs.