12 cm x 18 cm black and white. Photograph had no date on it. Could be 1936 also.
19.5 cm x 15 cm black and white. Date not precise.
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.
Sans titre14 cm x 11 cm black and white.
Biography on S. Lester before 1929 posting to Geneva.
Extract from the "International Herald Tribune": opening of Nixon's testimony transcripts which led to the indictment of A. Hiss by the grand jury to charges of communist infiltration of the U.S. government in December 1948; of interest because of A. Hiss' (pro-Soviet?) anti League of Nations measures at the 1945 San Francisco Conference.
"Irish Times" review of the book "The Last Secretary General: Sean Lester and the League of Nations" by D. Gageby; photograph of S. Lester.
Biography of S. Lester presented in six parts: early life, Geneva, Danzig, return to Geneva and war, San Francisco, and return to Ireland.
About A. Hiss' role and attitude towards the League of Nations and the anti League of Nations measures at the 1945 San Francisco Conference.
Excerpt from "Irish Studies in International Affairs".