| Description | /1 Lista dei Cavalli per correre al Palio. Firenze, 1784. Broadsheet printed in red and black, inside which have been pasted various racing cards and a letter, 1784; /2 Typescript draft of a comic play, probably by Shuckburgh, entitled 'The Telegram', satirising life in the diplomatic service, nd; /3 Typescript of a speech about Shakespeare given by Shuckburgh to the Asociacion Argentina de Cultura Inglese, nd; /4 Photograph of a group of Embassy officials, including Evelyn Shuckburgh and Nancy Shuckburgh laying a wreath for the French after the fall of Paris, nd; /5-/6 Press cuttings - article reporting on Shuckburgh's arrival in Argentina to take up the post of First Secretary, Spanish, 1942; /7 Press cutting - picture of Nancy Shuckburgh, nd; /8 Press cutting - pictures of ceremonies to mark the laying of a wreath to commemorate the end of the Second World War, one a duplicate of /4, nd; /9 Envelope addressed to Mr John Shuckburgh, enclosing press cuttings printing the text of a speech given by Shuckburgh to the Argentine Association of English Culture; the article includes pictures of Shuckburgh, nd; /10 Empty envelope addressed to Sir John Shuckburgh, postmarked Argentina, 1943; /11 Letter to M [probably Shuckburgh's mother], from Nancy Shuckburgh, describing a family holiday in the Argentine countryside, 1944; /12 Letter to Shuckburgh from Joanna [his sister], 1945; /13 Letter from Shuckburgh to his parents, written on board ship, off the coast of Peru, describing the family's journey from Ottawa to South America, via New Orleans, the Panama Canal, Ecuador, Peru, and their train journey over the Andes, 29 October 1942; /14 Letter from Shuckburgh to his parents, written from Argentina, 17 May 1944; /15 Copy of the Buenos Aires Standard - there is a picture of Shuckburgh presenting medals for the Queen's Birthday Honours on the front page, 8 January 1944; /16 Letter from Shuckburgh to his family, written from Argentina, 1 March 1943; /17 Letter from Shuckburgh to his family, written from New Orleans, 7 October 1942; /18 Letter from Shuckburgh to his parents, written from Buenos Aires, including descriptions of social life in Argentina, 15 November 1942. |