| Description | Papers relating to the Red Cross, including letters of support written to Shuckburgh following the publication of a letter (item /13) from him in the Times, 1986: 'The vote to unseat South Africa at the International Red Cross Conference in Geneva is a deadly blow to the Red Cross movement and could prove to be the end of the whole concept of an impartial, independent, and universal Red Cross.' /1 Issue of 'The International Magazine of the League of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies', Jan 1987, which includes an article by Shuckburgh entitled 'The Vote on South Africa', with /2-/9 related letters to Shuckburgh, 1980s;
/10-/13 Cuttings of letters from the Times about South Africa's expulsion from the Red Cross, 1986 and /15-/17 related letters, 1980s; /18 Text of a speech by Shuckburgh given to the European Regional Conference of the Red Cross, 1981.
/19-/20 Cuttings from the Buenos Aires Herald reporting on a speech by Shuckburgh at the Hurlingham Club, 1944; /21 Issue of 'Orbis', journal of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, including an article by Shuckburgh entitled 'The Atlantic Alliance: An Institutional Structure for the 1970's', 1969;
/22 Typescript essay by Shuckburgh entitled 'French Motor Horns', nd; /23 Essay by Shuckburgh entitled 'Eugenics', nd; /24 Essay by Shuckburgh entitled 'Gold', describing gold mining in Africa, nd; /25-/26 Letter from Shuckburgh to the Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography enclosing a draft article about Sir Pierson Dixon, 1971; /27-/28 Issues of 'Britannica', the journal of the British Society in the Argentine Republic, including essays by Shuckburgh entitled 'Entertainment and Good-will' and 'Moving Pictures', 1944; /29 Typescript lecture about Shakespeare given by Shuckburgh to the Philosophical Faculty at Prague University, nd; /30 Typescript lecture given by Shuckburgh at the prize distribution ceremony of the Asociacion Argentina de Cultura Inglesa, nd; /31 Typescript lecture given by Shuckburgh to the Argentine and River Plate Centre of the Institute of Transport, nd; /32 Typescript of a lecture by Shuckburgh given to the Twentieth Century Women's Club, nd; /33-/34 Comic poem and memo from staff, nd; /35 Typescript speech, probably by Shuckburgh, in 'defence of modern inventions', nd; /36 Manuscript and typescript speech by Shuckburgh entitled 'On Being a Diplomat', 1989; /38 article by Shuckburgh about the difference between film acting and stage acting, nd; /39 article by Shuckburgh entitled 'Moving Pictures', nd; /40 list of quotations from Macbeth, probably part of an essay, nd; /41 Cutting from 'The Standard' printing an address given by Shuckburgh to the Institute of Transport, 1944; /42 Letter, probably written by Shuckburgh to Nancy Shuckburgh [his wife], describing the Lake Correntoso area of Argentina, 1945. |