Research Guides

League of Nations

Research Guide for the League of Nations Archives

Materials related to the Republic of Lithuania

1. League of Nations Secretariat - Political Section

Registry files (1919-1927)

         11 - Political - General
         - R575-R583/11/6596 - Dispute between Lithuania and Poland (1920-1924)
         - R588-R589/11/11397 - Dispute between Lithuania and Poland (1921-1922)
         - R593-R597/11/15971 - Memel Territory (1921)
         - R600-R602/11/19704 - Polish-Lithuanian Dispute (1922)

         28 - Admissions to the League of Nations
         - R1452/28/7435 - Admission of Lithuania (1920-1921)

Registry files (1928-1932)

         1A - Political - General
         - R1829-R1831/1A/173 - Polish-Lithuanian Relations (1927-1932)

Section files

         - S4/4 to S12/12 - The dispute between Poland and Lithuania (1920-1923) 

         - S26/26 to S28/28 – Memel (1919-1931)

 

 

2. Collections - Conventions, Ratifications and Other Diplomatic Instruments (League of Nations)

Court of International Justice

         - LON/CRID/CIJ/195/5/30 - Lithuania: Ratification of the Statute for the Court of International Justice (1922)
         - LON/CRID/CIJ/200/9/73 - Lithuania: Protocol Concerning the Revision of the Statute of the Court of International Justice and Annex. Ratification (No date)
         - LON/CRID/CIJ/204/11/102 - Lithuania: Protocol and Ratification (1930)
         - LON/CRID/CIJ/207/14/131 - Railway Traffic Between Lithuania and Poland (Railway Sector Landwarow-Kaisiadorys) (1931)

         Protocols of Amendments to the Covenant - Signature and Ratifications of the Protocols:
         - LON/CRID/CIJ/216/21/25 - Lithuania - Amendments to Articles 4, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 26 of the Covenant (1924)

         Amendments Arising out of the Decisions of the 19th Assembly of 1938 and Ratifications:
         - LON/CRID/CIJ/220/26/58 - Lithuania: Protocol for the Amendment of the Preamble of Articles 1, 4 and 5, and of the Annex (1939)

Convention on Economic Statistics, 1928
         
         - LON/CRID/AdmL/262/61/15 - Ratification by Lithuania

Minorities 
         
         - LON/CRID/AdmL/281/78/2 - Lithuanian Declaration re Minorities in Lithuania (1922)

Social and Opium
         
         - Traffic in Women and Children: LON/CRID/AdmL/301/98/78 - Ratification by Lithuania (1931)
         - Second Opium Conference, Geneva, 1924-1925: LON/CRID/AdmL/312/108/56 - Ratification by Lithuania (1930)
         - Convention re the Manufacture and Distribution of Narcotic Drugs, 1931: LON/CRID/AdmL/317/112/109 - Ratification by Lithuania (1933)

Transit and Communications

         - LON/CRID/AdmL/342/134/157 (1-2) - Freedom of Transit and Relations between Poland and Lithuania