| Description | Beginning of a chapter about Prague, with other documents dating from Shuckburgh's time in Prague, including letters from Shuckburgh to his parents, and letters to him from friends.
/1-/2 Manuscript and typescript drafts of the first paragraphs of a chapter about Prague, 1992?
/3-/23 Letters from Shuckburgh to his parents, Sir John and Lady Lilian Shuckburgh, written during his time in Prague, 19 Sept 1945-13 Apr 1947. The letters are mostly concerned with family news: reporting on the children's progress, describing the family's accommodation and holidays, and arranging to send books, clothes, and furniture. There are occasional references to Shuckburgh's work: /14 mentions the visit of the Anglo-American Committee on Palestine and the British Ambassador Sir Frederick Leggett; the state visit of Allenbrooke; and a visit by Anthony Asquith, 'a most intelligent and charming person'; /15 describes a visit to Vienna 'much destroyed and full of Russian soldiers'; /22 tells them that he will be returning to London and given the South American Department, which is a disappointment, because he wanted to stay in Prague.
/24 Letter to Shuckburgh from Edwin Muir [poet, Director, The British Institute, Prague], enclosing /25 a proof of his lecture entitled 'The Politics of King Lear', 16 April 1947
/26 Letter to Shuckburgh from Laurence Whistler, discussing designs for a box, a Christmas present for Nancy Shuckburgh [his wife]. It is described in his diaries as 'the veneered cigarette box with engraved glass panel by Laurence Whistler'. (Descent to Suez, p. 30)
/27 Letter to Shuckburgh from John Copley, 1 February 1950, thanking him for his letter of condolence on the death of his wife, Ethel Leontine Gabain.
/28 Seating plan for an official dinner at 1, Carlton Gardens, 28 Jan 1949
/29 Typed note to Shuckburgh from Julian Shuckburgh [his son], 31 January 1947
/30 Letter to Shuckburgh from J. Smutny [Prime Minister, Czechoslovak Republic], written on Shuckburgh's leaving Prague, 22 April 1947
/32 Postcard to Shuckburgh from JES, congratulating him on his CMG, 9 Jun 1949
/33 Letter to William S from Montgomery of Alamein, asking for help with a speech he is giving to the dinner of the English-speaking Union, forwarded to Shuckburgh, 26 Sept 1949
/34 Programme for a concert of music by Beethoven, given by the Czech Philharmonic, Czech, 1947
/38 Letter to Shuckburgh from Ralph Stevenson [British Ambassador, Nanking], 29 April 1947
/39 Letter to Nancy Shuckburgh from JP apologising for missing Robin's christening, nd
/40-/41 Letters to Shuckburgh from H, 26 November 1947 and 12 March 1948, discussing Shuckburgh's comments on a book H is writing about Czechoslovakia, provisionally called 'Broken Circle'; which comments on the current political situation in Czechoslovakia. |