Nansen International Office for Refugees Illustrated Annual Report, 1934

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Summary

Title:
Nansen International Office for Refugees Illustrated Annual Report
Dates:
1934
Creators:
Nansen International Office for Refugees (1931-1938)
Abstract:
The illustrated annual report of the Nansen International Office for Refugees documents the humanitarian aid provided by the Office to Armenian refugees from Turkey settling in Syria and Lebanon from 1926 to 1934.
Extent:
1.29 linear feet and 96.3 Megabytes
Language:
French.
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Background

Scope and content:

The illustrated annual report of the Nansen International Office for Refugees documents the humanitarian aid provided by the Office to Armenian refuges from Turkey settling in Syria and Lebanon from 1926 to 1934. The initial report at the front of the book is titled "Installation of Armenian refugees in Syria and Lebanon" (Installation des refugies Aremeniens en Syrie et au Liban). The report depicts where thousands of Armenian refugees from Turkey were settled in Aleppo, Syria and Beirut, Lebanon. What follows is an inventory of constructed settlements per neighborhood accompanied by photographs. Overhead photographs and ground level photographs depict housing construction, images of refugees, neighborhood layouts, and living conditions.

Biographical / historical:

The Nansen International Office for Refugees (Office International Nansen pour les Réfugiés) authorized by the League of Nations in the fall of 1930, began active operations on April 1, 1931. This office was the successor of the first international agency dealing with refugees, the High Commission for Refugees, established by the League of Nations under the direction of Fridtjof Nansen on June 27, 1921. It received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1938. The Nansen International Office for Refugees was closed in 1938.

Acquisition information:
Purchased, 2024.
Processing information:

Carri Frola, 2024

Physical / technical requirements:

Due to physical deterioration the scrapbook was deconstructed. Photographs and reports were separated from the glue holding them to the book wherever possible. A digital scan of the original compiled report is available for viewing. The scan depicts the original placement of layered items showing reports associated with specific photographs on each individual page of the scrapbook.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Photographs
Ephemera
Scrapbooks
Documents

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:
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