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Lester, Sean
Lester, Sean
Sub-Fonds · 1929-
Part of Private Archives

S. Lester's Diary (1935-1941) consists of two bound volumes.
Vol. I contains a typescript copy of pages 1-753 and a copy of an article on S. Lester published in "UN Special", July 1959;
Vol. II contains photocopies of pages 754-978 (including annexes and an index to the diary).

The collection of Lester papers (including some pages from the diary, private and official correspondence, reports, many press cuttings,relating particularly to the Danzig period when he was targeted by the Nazi press, etc.) covers essentially the period 1929-1946, but also includes some post-retirement material running up to 1959, as well as some photos and family letters.

 Lester, Sean 1888-1959 Irish journalist, diplomat and last Secretary-General of the League of Nations Sean Lester was born on 27 September 1888 in County Antrim, Ireland, where his father was a shopkeeper. The family subsequently moved to Belfast and it is here, that after some years in the Methodist College, S. Lester ended his formal education. During a first period when he worked in a number of minor jobs, Lester discovered the cause of Irish independence. He joined the Gaelic League, an inspirational cultural organisation, and also the Dungarnon clubs, a young revolutionary group that sought to unite protestant and catholic Irish and to achieve independence for the country. Lester was also sworn into the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a small and secret organisation, and became a member of the Irish Volunteers. In 1909 Lester went into journalism, starting in small provincial newspapers, and finally in the national paper, The Freeman's Journal. Shortly after Ireland's independence was recognised, h
High Commissioner for Refugees - Individual Avances.
High Commissioner for Refugees - Individual Avances.
S544/3/02 · File · 1924.02-1924.09
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains mainly money advanced to refugee organisations and individuals with signed guarantees of their repayment; a letter of appointment to renew the appointment of A. Kotelnikov as Representative of the Office in Greece, a LON document (A.21.1938.XII) on "les problèmes concernant les réfugiés russes, arméniens, assyriens, assyro-chaldéens, de la Sarre et turcs" and the report (C.A.156 1938) from the "Comité de direction & Commission des finances".
Delegation in Athens of the High Commissioner for Refugees - Armenian Section - Outgoing correspondence.
Delegation in Athens of the High Commissioner for Refugees - Armenian Section - Outgoing correspondence.
S544/3/03 · File · 1924.10-1928 (ca.)
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains correspondence on the League policy on the evacuation of Armenian refugees in Greece; form for renewal of identity card, visa registration list, questionnaire "enseignement supérieur des refugiés", evacuation lists; a protest letter regarding auction sales of real estates belonging to Armenians of Smyrne; censure of Armenian in the Athens and Piree.
Nansen International Office for Refugee - Individual Cases.
Nansen International Office for Refugee - Individual Cases.
S544/3/04 · File · 1938.01-1940.03
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains correspondence of congratulations on this nomination, many individual refugee migration cases, coordination with other governmental and non-governmental organisations on white Russian and Armenian refugee matters, financial matters. The Union of Russian War Disabled in Greece awarded A. Pallis the title of Honorary Member. The High Commissioner for Refugees under the Protection of the League of Nations nominated Alexandre A. Pallis as LON Delegate in Greece.
Nansen International Office for Refugees - Correspondence of A. Kotelnikoff - List of Accounts [Refugee Section, A. Kotelnikov].
Nansen International Office for Refugees - Correspondence of A. Kotelnikoff - List of Accounts [Refugee Section, A. Kotelnikov].
S544/3/06 · File · 1930.04-1934.06
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains mainly financial documents and correspondence relating to refugee evacuation operations, a list of Armenian refugees needing financial assistance and a LON document (C.61.M.23.1923) "Russian Refugees - Report by Dr. Hansen" dated 24 January 1923.
Delegation in Greece of the High Commissioner for Refugees - Outgoing correspondence of the Russian Section [Nansen International Office for Refugees].
Delegation in Greece of the High Commissioner for Refugees - Outgoing correspondence of the Russian Section [Nansen International Office for Refugees].
S546/05 · File · 1924-1936
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains mainly identity certificates, telegrams on visitors to Greek office, LON document (C.50me Session/P.V.5(1) on the "Procédure à suivre par le Conseil dans l'examen de la question du traitement des personnes de race et de langue lithuaniennes dans la région de Vilna", correspondence with the Greek government and Geneva Office on the evacuation operations of Russian refugees in Greece, reporting on the number and condition of Armenian refugees in different camps in Greece. Includes accounts.
Athens Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees - Armenian Section's Incoming Correspondence.
Athens Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees - Armenian Section's Incoming Correspondence.
S547/6/3 · File · 1924-1925
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains information on the situation of Circassian refugees in Greece, Greek authorities communicated sample of identity certificate for Armenian refugees which was similar to the one issued to Russian refugees, minutes of meeting with Greek authorities, number of Armenian refugees in Salonica.
Creator: High Commissariat for Refugees Salonica Office - Armenian Section, later International Labour Office - League of Nations Refugee Section.
[Refugee Section, Nansen International Office for Refugees] - Reports, Minutes and Correspondence.
[Refugee Section, Nansen International Office for Refugees] - Reports, Minutes and Correspondence.
S547/6/4 · File · 1927-1933
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

The file contains Greek government's reply to questionnaire relating to future organisation of refugee work, copy of questionnaire, statistics of refugees from different origins arrived in Sao Brazil, arrangement with a French bank to grant agricultural credits to refugees and their repayment, LON documents C.609.M.236.1930.X on "Rapports adoptés par la Commission de contrôle à sa 39ème session - Organisation future de de l'oeuvre des réfugiés", A.75.1930.XIII, A.23.1929.VII and A.30.1927 on "Réfugiés russes, arméniens, assyriens, assyro-chaldéens et turcs", C.47me Session/P.V./5(1).1927 on "Retablissement des réfugiés arméniens", A.90.1927.IV, A.33.1927 and A.125.1927.VIII on "Mesures en faveur des réfugiés russes et arméniens", 3eC.G.C.T.1(Vol.II) on "3me conférence générale des communications et du transit - pièces d'identité pour personnes sans nationalité", A.48.1927.VIII "Réfugiés russes et arméniens", excerpt No.60 on the "Statuts de l'Office international Nansen pour les réfugiés", C/59meSession/P.V.3(1) on "Hommage rendu à la mémoire du Dr Nansen", C./61me Session/P.V.8(1) "Création à Paris d'une Ecole internationale de Hautes Etudes d'hygiène: Propositions du Gouvernement français", correspondence on the replacement of the Nansen certificate, the feasibility of creating a National Committee for the prosecution of the appeal for a Nansen Memorial Fund. The file contains records of a diverse nature, in addition to the correspondence between headquarters and the Greek delegation and accounts.