GB 0100 KCLCA MGA/GRF - Greek Relief Fund (Modern Greek Archive)

15 boxes

The papers are the organisational archives of the League for Democracy in Greece Relief Committee and the Greek Relief Fund.
GB 0100 KCLCA MGA/GRF 1947-1984 Collection (fonds) 15 boxes League for Democracy in Greece , Great Britain and Northern Ireland , Relief Committee
Greek Relief Fund , Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The League for Democracy in Greece was a political pressure group founded in 1945 whose aims included the provision of relief to Greeks who suffered for their left-wing beliefs and activities, to their dependants, and to the dependants of Greeks who died fighting for democracy. These relief functions were initially exercised by a sub-committee of the League, but when it was realised that charitable status would encourage broader support of the Fund's humanitarian objectives the committee was succeeded in 1968 by the Greek Relief Fund, which assisted political prisoners and their families, and former prisoners. The charity had premises at Goodge Street, London. The Fund was wound up in 1984.

The papers are the organisational archives of the League for Democracy in Greece Relief Committee and the Greek Relief Fund.

The papers were sorted by Marion Sarafis and deposited in King's College London Archives by A Christopher Lake and Diana Pym (chairman and secretary of the Fund) in 1985. A second deposit was made by Diana Pym in 1991.

Records, 1947-1984, of the League for Democracy in Greece Relief Committee and its successor the Greek Relief Fund, including minutes; administrative, legal and financial material; correspondence with donors and with organisations including branches of the Red Cross, relief funds, and pro-Greek democracy organisations in various overseas countries; material relating to appeals for funds for relief work; press cuttings on the visit of Queen Frederika of Greece to Britain, 1963; papers relating to visits to Greece and to conferences on Greece, including a draft paper, 1979, by Diana Pym on 'The British Philhellenic Movement, 1944-1974'; correspondence concerning the archives of the League for Democracy in Greece; and winding up of the Greek Relief Fund, 1984. The bulk of the material pertains to recipients of aid, including correspondence, and the papers are relevant to the resistance activities and prison records of individual Greeks opposed to the regime in Greece.

Correspondence with recipients of aid is largely arranged alphabetically.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
English, Greek

List available in reading room at King's College London Archives.

King's College London Archives holds records of the League for Democracy in Greece and associated bodies, 1935-1992.

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Sources: Diana Pym and Marion Sarafis, 'The League for Democracy in Greece and its Archives' (typescript available in reading room at King's College London Archives); King's College London Archives, MGA/GRF17. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Feb 2001 Associations Charitable organisations Charities Democracy Disadvantaged groups Europe Finance Financial administration Foreign relations Frederika , 1917-1975 , Queen Consort of Paul I, King of Greece Greece International relations League for Democracy in Greece , Great Britain and Northern Ireland , Relief Committee x Greek Relief Fund , Great Britain and Northern Ireland Liberation movements Newspaper press Oppression Organizations Political movements Political systems Press Press cuttings Prisoners Pym , Diana , fl 1944-1991 , philhellenist Red Cross Resistance to oppression Western Europe Nonprofit organizations

The papers were sorted by Marion Sarafis and deposited in King's College London Archives by A Christopher Lake and Diana Pym (chairman and secretary of the Fund) in 1985. A second deposit was made by Diana Pym in 1991.

Records, 1947-1984, of the League for Democracy in Greece Relief Committee and its successor the Greek Relief Fund, including minutes; administrative, legal and financial material; correspondence with donors and with organisations including branches of the Red Cross, relief funds, and pro-Greek democracy organisations in various overseas countries; material relating to appeals for funds for relief work; press cuttings on the visit of Queen Frederika of Greece to Britain, 1963; papers relating to visits to Greece and to conferences on Greece, including a draft paper, 1979, by Diana Pym on 'The British Philhellenic Movement, 1944-1974'; correspondence concerning the archives of the League for Democracy in Greece; and winding up of the Greek Relief Fund, 1984. The bulk of the material pertains to recipients of aid, including correspondence, and the papers are relevant to the resistance activities and prison records of individual Greeks opposed to the regime in Greece.

Correspondence with recipients of aid is largely arranged alphabetically.

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Photocopies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees, attention of the Director of Archive Services.

• English

• Latin

English, Greek

King's College London Archives holds records of the League for Democracy in Greece and associated bodies, 1935-1992.

List available in reading room at King's College London Archives.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English