Shepheard's own notes: 'The Shepheard Family in Hamburg (1935-1939)', 'The Shepheard Family in Wartime (1939-1945)' and 'Post-war Shepheard Highlights.' Books in the collection are 'Strength of Ships' by A. J. Murray, 1916; 'Ship Stability and Trim' by Percy A Hillhouse, 1918; the 'Geddes Report' H. M. S. O. Shipbuilding Inquiry Report, 1966; first report and accounts of the Shipbuilding Industry Board, H. M. S. O., March 1968; Shipbuilding Industry Act 1967, H. M. S. O. 1968; 'Fresh Start for Shipbuilding' a brief version of the proposals of Geddes, 1968. Three framed and glazed photographs: A portrait of Sir Amos Ayre, instrumental as a major figure in shipbuilding nationally and in the appointment of Shepheard to become Chairman of the Shipbuilding Conference in 1952; yacht BRITANNIA of King George V by Beken of Cowes; Shepheard's model of a naval dockyard made between 1912 and 1915 when he was a boy.

Administrative / biographical background
Shepheard was formed Director of the Shipbuilding Conference and later joint Director of the Shipbuilders and Repairers National Association when the conference was amalgamated into it. He retired on 30 September 1968.