A related letter from Joyce to Lester prior to this meeting is also included in the diaries, as are letters from Giorgio Joyce, son of James and Nora Barnacle, and Carola Giedion-Welcker, a German-Swiss art historian and close friend of the Joyce family, following the death of James Joyce in Zurich less than a month later.ĭiary also includes letters and telegrams from: Alec Loveday, Director of the Economic, Financial, and Transit Department of the League Sir Walford Selby, British diplomat Arthur Sweetser, League of Nations Public Information Section John Gilbert Winant, Director- General of International Labour Organisation Hume Wrong, Canadian Advisory Officer to the League of Nations Elizabeth Wiskemann, British historian Royall Tyler, Economic and Financial Section of the League of Nations Carl Hambro, Head of the Supervisory Commission of the League, and René Massigli, French diplomat.Īlso includes letters and telegrams to: Ned Phelan, International Labour Organisation Carl Hambro, Head of the Supervisory Commission of the League Elsie Lester copy letter from Seán Murphy, Irish Minister Plenipotentiary in France to James Joyce, author Nora Barnacle, wife of James Joyce, and Frank P Walters, Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations. The Joyce family had fled their home in Paris the previous May and sought Lester's help in obtaining a visa for their daughter Lucia the Nazis had refused to issue her with a visa and she remained in a mental health clinic in German-occupied France. 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. Handwritten and typed diary entries relating to Lester's time as Acting Secretary General of the League of Nations in Geneva. Also includes several Christmas cards and business cards from various diplomats, dignitaries and friends. See reference: PP 274/2/871-873) Gretta Lester, Seán Lester's sister, and Frank Lidgett McDougall, Australia House, London. Lester's help', according to the finding aid for the Sean Lester collection in the United Nations Archives, Geneva. Includes numerous diary entries and correspondence concerning Lester's threat to resign his position in June 1941 following his discovery that his name was apparently on a British secret service 'watch list'.ĭiary includes correspondence with Seán T Ó Ceallaigh, Minister for Finance James John McElligott, Secretary of the Department of Finance James Dillon, TD (letter from Lester was unsent) Seymour Jacklin, Treasurer of the League of Nations Carl Hambro, Head of the Supervisory Commission of the League of Nations Hugh McKinnon Wood, Counsellor and Legal Adviser at the League of Nations Arthur Sweetser, League of Nations' Public Information Section Frank P Walters, Deputy Secretary General of the League of Nations Roger Makins, British Foreign Office Anthony Eden, British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Alexander Cadogan, British Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs David V Kelly, British Legation in Berne, Switzerland Harry Livingston, British Consulate in Geneva Lord Davies Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood Robert Collis, doctor and author Frank T Cremins, Irish Legation in Berne, Switzerland Ernst Grunwald (' Austrian textile trader, who was in a civilian camp in Switzerland with his wife and obtained visas thanks to S.
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