League of Nations (Geneva) Collection 1920-1945

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League of Nations (Geneva) Collection

Collection ID ARCH00805 Creator League of Nations (Geneva) Period 1920-1945 Extent 4.35 m. Language list Language of Material

Context

Historical Note Created in 1919 at the Versailles Peace Conference; aimed at providing for collective security through various procedures for peaceful settlements of disputes between nations; the outbreak of World War II brought its activities to an end; its powers and functions were entrusted to the United Nations in 1945; formally dissolved in 1946.

Content and Structure

Content Collection of processed and printed documents consisting of minutes of meetings of the Assembly; reports of the secretary-general; papers relating to conferences; minutes and reports of various commissions and committees, including the Permanent Mandates Commission, the Committee of enquiry for European Union, the Financial Committee, the Economic Committee, the Committee on Arbitration and Security and the Permanent Central Opium Board; subject files on the financial and political position of various countries and regions, child welfare, slavery, health and nutrition, dangerous drugs and other subjects; catalogues of publications and press clippings.

Subjects

Geographic Names France Austria Lithuania

Persons Rost van Tonningen, M.M.

Organizations International Labour Organisation Permanent Court of International Justice

Themes

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International organizations Human rights organizations

Material Type Archival material

Access and Use

Access Not restricted

Preferred Citation League of Nations (Geneva) Collection , inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam

INVENTORY

1 L'Année de la Société des Nations. 1922-1931. 2 Résumés des travaux de la Société des Nations au cours d'un mois. 1927-1931. 3 Notes sur l'activité de la Société des Nations . 1928-1932. 4 General questions, Catalogues of publications. 1931-1940. 5 Documents concerning the Covenant. 1920-1938. 6 Documents concerning Economic Sanctions (Covenant art. 16). 1920-1938. 7 Document concerning Amendement of the Covenant after the Pact of Paris (Kellogg-Pact) I. 1929-1930. 8 Documents concerning Amendement of the Covenant after the Pact of Paris (Kellogg-Pact) II. 1930-1931. 9 Documents concerning the Assembly. 1920-1938. 10 Documents concerning the Council. 1920-1936. 11 Audited accounts of the League, the International Labour Organisation and the Permanent Court of International Justice. 1932-1936. 12 Audited accounts of the League, the International Labour Organisation and the Permanent Court of International Justice. 1937-1938. 13 Documents concerning the finances of the League. 1920-1938. 14 Various Documents concerning the organisation of the League, International Labour Organisation. 1920-1938. 15 Documents concerning the Permanent Court of International Justice. 1920-1937. 16 Reports of the Secretary-General to the 1.-3. Assembly on the work of the Council. 1920-1922. 17 Reports to the 4.-6. Assembly on the work of the Council and the Secretariat. 1923-1925.

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18 Reports to the 7.-8. Assembly on the Council and the Secretariat . 1926-1927. 19 Reports to the 9.-11. Assembly on the work of the League. 1928-1930. 20 Reports to the 12.-14. Assembly on the work of the League. 1931-1933. 21 Reports on the work of the League to the 15.and 16. Assembly. 1934-1935. 22 Annexes to the reports on the work of the League: Ratification of agreements and conventions concluded under the auspices of the League. 1923-1931. 23 Annexes to the Reports on the work of the League: Ratification of agreements and conventions concluded under the auspices of the League. 1932-1933. 24 Annexes to the reports on the work of the League: Ratification of agreements and conventions under the auspices of the League. 1934-1935. 25 Annexes to the reports on the work of the League: Ratification of agreements and conventions concluded under the auspices of the League. 1936-1937. 26 Annexes to the reports on the work of the League: Ratification of agreements and conventions concluded under the auspices of the League. 1938-1939. 27 Various documents concerning the ratification of Agreements and Conventions concluded under the auspices of the League. 1926-1939. 28 Documents concerning various political questions. 1920-1939. 29 Provisional verbatim record of the first meeting of the League of Nations. 1920. 30 Procès-verbaux of the committees of the first assembly of the League of Nations. 1926. 31 Provisional verbatim record of the second assembly of the League of Nations. 1921. 32 Procès-verbaux of the committees of the committees of the second assembly of the League of Nations. 1921. 33 Verbatim record of the third assembly of the League of Nations. 1922. 34 Compte rendu of the fifth assembly and verbatim record and compte rendu of the seventh assembly of the League of Nations . 1924, 1926. 35 Verbatim record and compte rendu of the eighth assembly of the League of Nations. 1927. 36 Verbatim record of the seventh and compte rendu of the ninth assembly of the League of Nations. 1928. 37 Verbatim record and compte rendu of the tenth assembly of the League of Nations. 1929. 38 Verbatim record and compte rendu of the eleventh assembly of the League of Nations. 1930. 39 Verbatim record and compte rendu of the twelfth assembly of the League of Nations. 1931. 40 Verbatim record and compte rendu of a session extraordinaire. 1932-1933. 41 Verbatim record and compte rendu of the thirtheenth and fourtheenth assembly of the League of Nations. 1932-1933. 42 Verbatim record and compte rendu of the fifteenth and extraodinaire assembly of the League of Nations. 1934-1935. 43 Verbatim record of the sixteenth assembly of the League of Nations. 1935. 44 Verbatim record of the seventeenth assembly of the League of Nations. 1937.

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45 Verbatim record of the eighteenth assembly of the League of Nations. 1937-1938. 46 Minutes and reports of the sessions of the Permanent Mandates Commission. 1923-1933. 47 Various documents concerning Mandates. 1920-1929. 48 Various documents concerning Mandates. 1930-1938. 49 Documents concerning Minorities (General questions, Lithuania, Poland and the autonomous territory of the Ruthenes south of the Carpathians). 1923-1934. 50 Various documents concerning disarmament. 1920-1922. 51 Various documents concerning disarmament. 1923-1938. 52 Reports concerning the Temporary Mixed Commission for the reduction of Armaments. 1921-1924. 53 Documents concerning the supervision of the private manufacture of arms. 1923-1929. 54 Documents concerning financial assistance to states victimes of aggression. 1927-1930. 55 Documents concerning the general convention to improve the means of preventing war. 1930-1932. 56 Commission preparatoire du désarmement Procès-verbaux provisoires des séances 1-9 de la première session . 1926. 57 Provisional minutes of the meetings of the Drafting committee of the first session of the Preparatory committee for the Disarmament conference. 1926. 58 Procès-verbaux provisoires de la 5. session de la Commission préparatoire de la Conférence du désarmement. 1928. 59 Preparatory commission for the disarmament conference Documents concerning the Committee on arbitration and security I. 1928-1930. 60 Preparatory Commission for the disarmament conference Documents concerning the Committee on arbitration and security II. 1930. 61 Various documents concerning the Preparatory commission for the Disarmament Conference. 1925-1927. 62 Various documents concerning the Preparatory commission for the Disarmament Conference. 1928-1930. 63 Conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments Indications relatives à 1'état des armements des divers pays I. 1931-1932. 64 Conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments Indications relatives à 1'état des armements des divers pays II. 1931-1932. 65 Provisional minutes of the commissions of the Conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments. 1932-1934. 66 Various Documents concerning the Conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments. 1932-1933. 67 Preliminary report of the conference for the reduction and limitation of armaments. 1932-1935. 68 Minutes 1.-3. session of the Committee of enquiry for European Union. 1930-1931. 69 Minutes 3.-5. session of the Commission of enquiry for European Union. 1931. 70 Various Documents concerning the organisation of a system of European federal union and the Commission of enquiry for European Union. 1930-1932.

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71 13.-24. Report by the Commissioner-General for (the Financial Reconstruction of) Austria. 1923-1924. 72 25.-36., 41. and 42. Report by the Commissioner-General for (the financial reconstruction of) Austria with Index. 1924-1926. 73 Reports by M.M. Rost van Tonningen concerning the financial position of Austria. 1931-1936. 74 Various documents concerning the financial and economic reconstruction of Austria. 1922-1932; Reports by the Financial organisation of the League concerning the public finances of Austria. 1936-1937. 75 1.-14. Report of the Commissioner of the League in Bulgaria. 1926-1930. 76 15.-23. Report by the Commissioner of the League in Bulgaria. 1930-1932. 77 24.-33. Report of the Commissioner of the League in Bulgaria. 1932-1934. 78 34.-52. Report of the Commissioner of the League in Bulgaria. 1934-1939. 79 Various Documents on the settlement of refugees in and the financial stabilisation of Bulgaria. 1926-1935. 80 Documents concerning China and the Japanese aggression. 1930-1937. 81 Documents concerning the Free City of Danzig. 1920-1935. 82 Documents concerning the banking and currency reform in Estonia. 1926-1930. 83 Quarterly reports of the Greek Refugee Settlement Commission. 1926-1930. 84 Various documents concerning the refugees in and the stabilisation of Greece. 1923-1931. 85 1.-10. quarterly report by Mr. Royall Tyler, the representative, of the Financial committee, on the financial position of Hungary. 1931-1934. 86 11.-25. quarterly report by Mr. Royall Tyler representative of the Financial committee on the financial position of Hungary. 1934-1938. 87 Various documents concerning the financial reconstruction of Hungary. 1923-1927. 88 Periodical Reports of the Governing Commission of the Saar Basin (Saargebiet) 1923- 1931. 89 Documents concerning the relations between Poland and Lithuania. 1920 -1930. 90 Documents concerning the dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. 1928-1934. 91 Documents of the Co-ordination committee concerning measures under article 16 of the Covenant in the dispute between Ethiopia and Italy. 1935-1936. 92 Documents concerning the Committee of experts for the progressive codification of international law. 1926-1928. 93 Various documents concerning the progressive codification of international law. 1927-1931. 94 Documents concerning the conference for the codification of international law, march-april 1930. 1928-1930. 95 Documents concerning the Status of Women. 1932-1938. 96 Documents concerning various legal matters. (Criminal law, prevention and suppression of crime, repression of terrorism, the creation of an inter-national criminal court, convention on nationality, adopted at the 7. conference of American states and the International Institute for Unification of private law) 1933-1938. 97 Documents concerning the 2.-4. general conferences on communications and transit (calendar reform). 1923-1931.

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98 Minutes of the 13. and 14. sessions of the Advisory and technical committee for communications and transit. 1929-1930. 99 Minutes of the 15.-17. session of the Advisory and technical committee for communications and transit. 1930-1932. 100 Minutes of the 18.-19. session of the Advisory and technical committee for communications and transit. 1933-1935. 101 Records of the 20.-22. session of the Advisory and technical committee for communications and transit. 1937-1939. 102 Various documents concerning communications and transit, calendar reform and migration problems 1923-1937. 103 Documents concerning Communications of importance to the League at times of emergency. 1927-1930. 104 Various documents concerning general economic and financial questions (incl. agriculture). 1923-1939. 105 Documents concerning the Inter-national Financial Conference, 1920, and the Monetary and Economic Conference. 1933 106 Documents, compte-rendu and journal of the International Economic Conference May 1927. 1926-1927. 107 Verbatim reports of the 1. committee (Tariff truce) of the 1. conference with a view to concerted economic action. 1930. 108 Various documents concerning the 1. conference with a view to concerted economic action. 1930. 109 Documents concerning the 2. international conference with a view to concerted economic action. 1930-1931. 110 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Financial Committee. 1926-1928 Index to the reports. 1920-1926. 111 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Financial Committee. 1929-1932. 112 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Financial Committee. 1933-1939. 113 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Economic Committee. 1926-1929 Index to the reports of the Economic Committee and of the Economic Consultative Committee, 1920-1929 114 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Economic Committee. 1930-1939. 115 Various documents concerning the Economic committee and the economic work of the League. 1926-1932. 116 Minutes of the 1. session of the Consultative Committee of the Economic Organisation. 1928. 117 Various documents concerning the Consultative Committee of the Economic Organisation. 1928-1929. 118 Documents concerning the Inter-national conference relating to economic statistics. 1928 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Committee of statistical experts.. 1931-1939. 119 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Fiscal committee. 1929-1939 Documents concerning double taxation and fiscal evasion. 1923-1928.

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120 Documents concerning general social questions, "Suppression of the exploitation of the prostitution of others", "Penal and penitentiary questions" and obscene publications. 1928-1945. 121 Documents concerning the International Relief Union. 1926-1938. 122 Documents concerning la Commission Consultative des questions sociales 1. session. 1937. 123 Documents concerning la Commission Consultative des questions sociales 2. session. 1938. Etude sur le placement familial des enfants transmise par le sous- comité I. partie. 124 Documents concerning la Commission Consultative des questions sociales 2. session. 1938 Etude sur le placement familial des enfants, transmise par le sous- comitée II. partie. 125 Various documents concerning la Commission Consultative des questions sociales 2. session. 1938 3. session. 1939. 126 Minutes of the sessions. of the Traffic in Women and Children Committee. 1923-1927. 127 Minutes of the sessions of the Traffic in Women and Children Committee. 1928-1929. 128 Summaries of annual reports on traffic in women and children, prepared by the Secretariat. 1926-1945. 129 Various documents concerning traffic in women and children. 1923-1929. 130 Minutes of the 2. and 4. session of the Child welfare committee. 1926-1928. 131 Reports of Minutes of the 5. and 6. session of the Child welfare committee. 1929-1930. 132 Documents of the Centre d'Information en matière de protection de 1'enfance. 1937. 133 Documents of the Centre d'Information en matière de protection de 1'enfance. 1938. 134 Various documents on child welfare. 1928-1936. 135 Reports of the Advisory committee of experts on Slavery on its 2. and 3. sessions. 1935-1936. 136 Reports of the Advisory committee of experts on Slavery on its 4. and 5. session. 1937-1938. 137 Various documents on Slavery. 1926-1934. 138 Documents on refugees . (General, Russian, Armenian, Assyrian Assyro- Chaldean, Turkish and German refugees). 1923-1938. 139 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Health Committee. 1926-1939. 140 Minutes of the 6.- 8. session of the Health Committee. 1926. 141 Minutes of the Health Committee 9. and 11. session. 1927. 142 Minutes of the 12. and 13. session of the Health Committee. 1928. 143 Minutes of the 14. and 16. session of the Health Committee . 1929-1930. 144 Minutes of the 16. and 18. session of the Health Committee . 1930-1931. 145 Annual reports of the Health Organisation for 1926-1928.

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146 Annual reports of the Health Organisation for 1929-1930. 147 Various documents concerning Health, Nutrition and Housing. 1920-1937. 148 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Advisory Committee on traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs. 1931-1935. 149 Reports to the Council on the work of the sessions of the Advisory committee on traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs. 1936-1939. 150 Minutes of the 15. and 16. session of the Advisory committee on traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs. 1932-1933. 151 Minutes of the 17. and 19. session of the Advisory committee on traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs. 1933-1934. 152 Minutes of the 20. and 21. session of the Advisory committee on traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs. 1935-1936. 153 League of Nations Minutes of the 22. and 23. session of the Advisory committee on traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs. 1937-1938. 154 Summaries of annual reports of governments on the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs for 1929-1931. 155 Summaries of annual reports of governments on the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs for 1932-1933. 156 (Summaries of) annual reports of governments on the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs for 1934-1935 157 Annual reports of governments on the traffic in opium and other dangerous drugs for 1936 and 1937. 158 Reports to the Council on the work of the Permanent Central Opium Board during its 8. - 13. sessions and on the statistics for 1930-1931. 1931-1932. 159 Reports to the Council on the work of the Permanent Central Opium Board during its 14. - 21. session and on the statistics for 1932-1933. 1933-1934. 160 Reports to the Council on the work of the Permanent Central Opium Board during its 22. - 28. sessions and statistics for 1934. 1935-1936. 161 Statistics for 1935 and 1936 furnished to the Permanent Central Opium Board and the report to the Council on the work of the Board during 1937. 1936-1937. 162 Reports to the Council on the statistics of narcotics for 1936-1937 and the work of the Permanent Central Opium Board during 1937 and 1938. 1937-1938. 163 Documents concerning the Conference for the limitation of the manufacture of narcotic drugs. 1931. 164 Convention for limiting the manufacture and regulating the distribution of narcotic drugs (1931) Supplements to the Statements by the supervisory body under art. 5 on Estimated requirements of dangerous drugs in 1935 and 1936. 1935-1937. 165 Documents concerning the Conference for the suppression of the illicit traffic in dangerous drugs. 1935-1936. 166 Various Documents concerning Opium and other dangerous drugs. 1920-1939. 167 Indices to the Minutes of the I. - XII. session of the International Committee on Intellectual Co-operation Minutes of the XII. and XIII.session. 1925-1931. 168 Reports of plenary sessions of the International Committee on Intellectual Co- operation. 1926-1939. 169 Various documents on international intellectual co-operation. 1920-1938.

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