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C1532/428/20A/80202/19016 · File · 1930-1938
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains correspondence concerning contributions from individuals, private institutions; and lists of contributions received or pledged.

Documents:
C.A.24.1931 - Governing Body 3rd Session Nansen Memorial Fund

Press clipping:
"The Times" dated 31 August 1932 on "Russian Refugees in China"
"Bergens Aftenblad" dated 18 May 1937 on "Herr redaktor - Den statslose"

C1532/428/20A/19222/19016/Jacket1 · File · 1929-1931
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains correspondence on the drafting and distribution of the appeal. National Committees were formed in Denmark and Norway for raising money for the Fund in those countries. The appeal document which entitled "Appeal for a Memorial Fund for the Completion of the Humanitarian Work of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen" or the "Nansen Memorial Fund" was signed by H. E. M. Aristide Briand, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic; The Rt. Hon. Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, K.C.; H.E. Dr. Julius Curtius, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Reich; H.E. Signor D. Grandi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Italy; The Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, P.C. M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs; H.E. Dr. T. G. Masaryk, President of the Czechoslovak Republic; H.E. M. Joh. Ludw. Mowinckel, former Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway; H.E. M. E. Venizelos, President of the Council of Ministers of Greece.

Draft document:
C.A.24.1931 - Governing Body 3rd Session - Nansen Memorial Fund
"Appel du Dr. Fidtjof Nansen - Haut-Commissaire de la Société des Nations pour les Réfugiés pour l'obtention des fonds nécessités par la liquidation de la partie matérielle du problème des réfugiés russes, arméniens, assyriens, assyro-chaldéens et turcs"
C.300.M.141.1931 - 13 May 1931 - Note by the Secretary-General (English and French) - Lettre émanant de M. Max Huber, Président du Conseil d'administration de l'Office international nansen pour les Réfugiés

Press clippings:
"Manchester Guardian " dated 22 May 1930 on " Nansen and Armenia - An Obligation that Remains"
"New York Times" dated 14 May 1931 on "The Refugees' Best Friend"
"New York Times" dated 13 May 1931 on "8 Statesmen appeal for Nansen Memorial - Henderson, Briand, Curtius and others seek fund to care for refugees"
"Deutsche Allgemeine Zeit - Abend Aus Berlin" dated 15 March 1931 on "Ein "Nansen-Fonds" zur bie Fluchlings in Europa und asien?"
"The Way of the World - No. 110" - dated 15 May 1931
"Jewish Telegraphic Agency" dated 11 May 1931 on "Nansen Memorial Fund: Appeal issued by League of Nations Council for Completion of Dr. Nansen's Humanitarian Work"
Various newspaper cuttings from Budapest

C1518/414/20A/23916/17460 · File · 1930-1931
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

Subject of the file: Securing employment for refugees for the construction of the pipe-line. Includes notes exchanged with the Information and Mandates Section and Armenian, English, French and German language press (London, Geneva, Paris, New York) cuttings as well as an excerpt of the Official Gazette (Palestine) with the Convention concluded between the Irak Petroleum Company and the British High Commissioner for the Palestine, article XI concerned employment of workers.

C1528bis/425/20A/17530/17528/Jacket2 · File · 1930-1932
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

File contains periodic expense statements, statistics, listings of patients from the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross and the American Society for Relief of Russian Exiles, Inc.; collection of information concerning tubercular refugees, information and brochure concerning tuberculosis sanatorium, explanatory note concerning the creation and the operation of the Fund from the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross.

Includes "First Annual Report 1929-1930 - American Society for Relief of Russian Exiles, Inc." and a brochure on "The General Direction of the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross - Relief of the Russian Refugees Abroad".

Documents:
F.C.30-1931: "Commission des finances le 12 octobre 1931 - Demande d'avances présentées par les differentes institutions de réfugiés russes - Demande d'avance de la Croix-rouge en faveur de ses différentes institutions"
M.c.4-1932: "Extraordinary Meeting of the Managing Committee and Finance Commission dated 6 February 1932 - Application by the Russian Red Cross for a loan of Sw.Fr.12.000 for the Paulhaguet Sanitorium" [Sanatorium in France].

C1531/427/20A/80619/18766/Jacket3 · File · 1934-1935
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

Documents:

C./Min.Ass./114 - 23 May 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report, forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul camp during April 1935
C./Min.Ass./113 - 9 May 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Report on the situation of the Assyrians in Iraq
C./Min.Ass./112 - 29 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegation of Iraq commenting on the communication from Mar Shimun
C./Min.Ass./111 - 29 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Text of a message adopted by the Committee and transmitted to the Iraqi Government on 17 April 1935 for communication to the Assyrians
C./Min.Ass./110 - 27 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report on the position of the Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during March 1935
C./Min.Ass./109 - 26 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Letter from the Chairman of the Committee thanks the French Government for the proposals made by it on 14 April 1935 for the settlement in Syria of the Assyrians of Iraq
C./Min.Ass./108 - 16 avril 1935 - Etablissement des Assyriens de l'Irak - Lettre du Gouvernement français soumettant au Comité du Conseil diverses propositions pour l'établissement en Syrie des Assyriens de l'Irak
C./Min.Ass./107 - 5 April 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during February 1935
C./Min.Ass./106 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report on the situation in the Mosul Camp, from the Administrative Inspector, Mosul, to the Ministry of the Interior, Baghdad
C./Min.Ass./105 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report, forwarded by the Permanent Delegation of Iraq, on the position of Assyrian refugees in the Mosul Camp during December 1934 and January 1935
C./Min.Ass./104 - 26 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegation of Iraq to the Secretary-General, containing supplementary information on the situation in the Mosul Camp
C./Min.Ass./103 - 19 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the International Committee for Inter-Church Aid to the Chairman of the Committee of the Council, suggesting the possible settlement of the Assyrians in Abyssinia and the despatch of help to necessitous Assyrians
C./Min.Ass./102 - 7 February 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from Mar Shimun, Patriarch of the Assyrians with annex concerning the situaiton of the Assyrians of Iraq up to December 1934
C./Min.Ass./101 - 31 January 1935 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Argentine Government in reply to the telegram despatched by the Secretary-General concerning the settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq in the Argentine Republic

C1531/427/20A/80619/18766/Jacket2 · File · 1934
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

Documents:

C./Min.Ass./50. - 26 July 1934 - Comité pour l'établissement des assyriens de l'Irak (English and French) - Letter from the Iraq Tiarian Association of America
C./Min.Ass./49. - 27 July 1934 - Etablissement des assyriens de l'Irak (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegate of Iraq on health situation in the Assyrian refugee camp at Mosul
C./Min.Ass./48. - 25 July 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq - Letter from the Permanent Delegate of Iraq answering questions relating to the Assyrian refugee resettlement situation
C./Min.Ass./47. - 21 July 1934 - Committee for the Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from the Permanent Delegate of Greece on the difficulties in accepting Assyrians refugees from Iraq into Greece
C./Min.Ass./46. - 21 July 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report presented by Major Thomson regarding the Assyrian refugee camp in Mosul
C./Min.Ass./45. - 25 June 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Observations of the Iraqi government on the letter addressed by the Mar Shimun to the President of the Committee on refugee camp situation
C./Min.Ass./44. - 20 June 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Two reports for March and April 1934 concerning the Assyrian situation in Iraq and abstract of sums spent by the Iraqi government on account of assistance and maintenance of Assyrian families
C./Min.Ass./43. - 18 June 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter to the Iraqi government requesting information on the situation of the Assyrian refugees
C./Min.Ass./42. - 7 June 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from Mar Shimun, Assyrian Patriarch, on refugee starvation
C./Min.Ass./41. - 2 June 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Note to the Mexican Minister regarding the immigration of Assyrians into Mexico
C./Min.Ass./40. - 31 May 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Letter from Mar Shimun, Assyrian Patriarch, on forced resettlement and attack of Assyrian refugees in Iraq
C./Min.Ass./39. - 30 May 1934 - Comité pour l'établissement des Assyriens de l'Irak - Démarches faites auprès de divers gouvernements et réponses obtenues
C./Min.Ass./38. - 28 May 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report on Assyrian Refugee Camp, Monsul
C./Min.Ass./37. - 25 May 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Reports to the Permanent Delegation of Iraq on the Assyrian situation in general and a protest against the manner in which the Local Committee has been set up by the Iraq government
C./Min.Ass./36. - 17 May 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Report presented by the Administrative Inspector, Mosul, on the Assyrian Refugee Camp
C./Min.Ass./35. - 11 May 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Translation of a letter which appeared on 16 April 1934 in the Palestine journal "El-Djamiael-Islamish"
C./Min.Ass./34. - 11 May 1934 - Settlement of the Assyrians of Iraq (English and French) - Communication from the government of Ecuador on possible immigration of Assyrian agricultural families into Ecuador

C1520B/416/20A/80844/17460/Jacket1 · File · 1935-1936
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

Correspondence regarding subscription to Argus International de la Press S.A., Genève, leading to a trial subscription for 250 articles, subsequent correspondence indicates the subscription with the Geneva Agency was ended and services sought from other press agencies, namely "Argus de la Presse" in Paris (spring 1936) . The goal of the Office is to have access to the press at an international level as far as it covers the Office's activities or the subject of refugees in areas where the Office is represented.