Nansen International Office for Refugees Illustrated Annual Report
Scope and Contents
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. 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.
Dates
- Creation: 1934
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge. Copyright status for other materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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.
Partial Extent
1.29 Linear Feet (1 box)
Partial Extent
96.3 Megabytes
Language of Materials
French
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.
Physical Access
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased, 2024.
Processing Information
Carri Frola, 2024
Genre / Form
- Title
- Guide to the Nansen International Office for Refugees Illustrated Annual Report
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2025-01-07
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections & Archives Repository
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