Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as Acting Secretary General of the League of Nations in Geneva. Includes numerous diary entries and correspondence concerning Lester's threat to resign his position in June 1941 following his discovery that his name wa
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Includes the names and addresses of several of the individuals discussed by Lester in the diaries and those he was in correspondence with during the period.
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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This diary is blank apart from a handwritten note on the very last page ['Rev. Fr. Victor Dillard, French Jesuit, economist, ed. "Cité Nouvelle". Visit Sept. 1942'] and the inclusion of a business card for Monseigneur Henri Petit, Prélat de sa Sainteté, Vicaire Général, Geneva, w
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Consists of handwritten and typed diary entries, letters, postcards and other documents. Topics include Lester's final months as Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations; his assuming the role of Acting Secretary General following the resignation of Joseph Avenol on 31 A
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester' time as Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations in Geneva. Includes copy letters from Lester to: Joseph Avenol, Secretary General of the League of Nations, and RM Smyllie, editor of the Irish Times. Includes letter
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as Acting Secretary General of the League of Nations in Geneva. One of the most notable entries in this diary is Lester's extensive account of his meeting with James Joyce and his family in Geneva in December 1940. The
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Consists of unbound typed diary entries, documents and letters relating to Lester's final months as High Commissioner of the League of Nations in Danzig. Lester left Danzig on 22 December 1936 having been promoted to the position of Deputy Secretary General of the League. He took
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as Deputy Secretary General of the League of 12 Nations in Geneva, the outbreak of the Second World War, and the evacuation of his wife and three daughters from Geneva to Ireland. Includes letters and cards to Lest
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Consists of handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as High Commissioner of the League of Nations in Danzig.
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as High Commissioner of the League of Nations in Danzig. Includes telegram from Bishop Edward O'Rourke, Catholic Bishop of Danzig, to Lester dated 17 March 1936 with best wishes for St Patrick's Day, and letter from th
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations in Geneva. Includes newspaper cuttings and a programme for a St Andrew's Day dinner, hosted by the Caledonian Society of Switzerland on 4 December 1937 (at which Les
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations in Geneva. Includes draft letter from Lester to Anthony Eden, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and copy letter to HR Cummings, London representative o
Lester, Seán, 1888-1959 | Diplomacy--History | Europe--History--1918-1945
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