Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh (1909-94) was Principal Private Secretary to Anthony Eden and Under-Secretary in charge of Middle East Affairs at the Foreign Office.
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 20th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 5,000
Item cost: 15,000
Institution: Birmingham University
Town/City: Birmingham
County: West Midlands
Item date: 20th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 5,000
Item cost: 50,000
Institution: Birmingham Archives and Heritage Service: The Library of Birmingham
Town/City: Birmingham
County: West Midlands
The archive documents Professor Hill's activity as an independent photographer, AUTHOR, teacher and lecturer from the 1970s to 2004.
Item date: 19th and 20th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 8,000
Item cost: 45,000
Institution: Victoria & Albert Museum
Town/City: London
This is a collection of diaries, correspondence, drafts and calligraphy of Edward Johnson, the renowned calligrapher and designer of lettering.
Item date: 1806 to 1843
Date acquired: 2003
Grant Value: 4,000
Item cost: 58,647
Institution: Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage
Town/City: Grasmere
County: Cumbria
The Trust bought 10 lots at the sale, including letters of William & Mary Wordsworth to William's cousin Edward Ferguson of 1837 and books owned and annotated by the poet.
Item date: Early 16th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 10,000
Item cost: US$350,000
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
The Sforza Hours, a small volume designed for private devotion, is one of the most lavishly illustrated books of the Renaissance. It was illuminated first in Milan around 1490 and later in Ghent after 1504. In all there are 64 full page miniatures and 140 pages with small miniatures and borders.
Item date: 1979
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 1,700
Item cost: $12,000
Institution: Exeter University Library
Town/City: Exeter
County: Devon
The autograph manuscript of 'Under the North Star' was written by Ted Hughes (1930-98) in 1979 for children and was illustrated by the artist Leonard Baskin. The manuscript consists of 29 pages of autograph text abd illustrations.
Item date: 1713
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 195
Item cost: 195
Institution: Faversham Society
Town/City: Faversham
County: Kent
The book was lost from the Parochial Library of Doddington in Kent, formed by Daniel Somerscales, vicar (1694-1737). It is a variant issue from the three recorded in ESTC.
Item date: c. 1200-1421
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 1,500
Item cost: 5,000
Institution: Nottinghamshire Archives
Town/City: Nottingham
County: Nottinghamshire
This is a coherent group of medieval charters from the parishes of Morton and Fiskerton.
Item date: 1407-1929
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 9,000
Item cost: 35,000
Institution: Northamptonshire Archives Service
Town/City: Northampton
County: Northamptonshire
The Cokayne collection is a collection of records concerning the Viscounts Cullen of Rushton and various related families. The collection, which was formed by G. E. Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms, consists of over 3,400 documents covering the period 1407-1929.
Item date: 19th and 20th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 255
Item cost: 1,011
Institution: Norfolk Record Office
Town/City: Norwich
County: Norfolk
The three items purchased are the minute book of the Forncett St.