Browse Collections (106 total)
North Carolina Newspapers
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington papers that refer to Syrians that ranges from 1877 to 1942.
Alex Daye and Maronite Patriarchate Letters
Biographical/Historical note Alex Daye (As'ad al-Dayyeh) immigrated in 1889 from Tripoli, Lebanon. From the 1900s-1930s, he resided in Winston-Salem,…
Contributors: Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October-November.
Edward and Callie Saleeby Papers
Biographical/Historical Note The Saleeby-Saliba Relief Association was created in 1916 with the objective of unifying and supporting members of the…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Domit Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Moussa Domit was born May 24, 1932, in Mazraat al Toufah in Zgharta, Lebanon to Majed Moussa Domit and Jamili Yousef…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Habit Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note John Francis Habit immigrated to the United States with his brothers at the beginning of the 20th century. After settling…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Saleeby Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Labibee Courie and Rasheed Saleeby, inspired by relatives and hoping to save their sons from service in the Army of the…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Safy Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note In 1894, George Joseph Safy immigrated to the United States at 26 years of age; he lived in New York City for nine years,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Khayrallah Program staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
The Syrian World Newspapers
Biographical/Historical Note Salloum Mokarzel, a Lebanese American intellectual, founded The Syrian World in 1926. Salloum Mokarzel was the younger…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2015-2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
Mokarzel Family
Introduction Naoum Antoun Mokarzel (1864-1932) and Salloum Antoun Mokarzel (1881-1952) were influential intellectuals who immigrated to the United…
Contributors: Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Ameen Rihani Audio
Follow this link for the audio clips: Ameen Rihani audio
Contributors: Richard Toth, Audio Cleaning Online
Newspaper Collections
The collections linked at the bottom of this page are historic newspapers and journals.The Arabic-language newspapers held by the KCLDS Archive are…
Kawkab Amirka Newspapers, كوكب أمريكا
Biographical/Historical Note Kawkab Amirka, كوكب أمريكا [Star of America] was the first Arabic-language newspaper published in the United States. It…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023.
Creighton Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Clara Elise Linn was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1892. In her youth, Clara was involved the Christian Endeavor…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Al-Majalla Al-Tijarriya Newspapers, المجلة التجارية
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Majalla al-Tijarriya, المجلة التجارية [The Syrian-American Commercial Magazine], was an Arabic-language monthly…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and student workers, 2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2019., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
Al-Hoda Newspapers, الهدى
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Hoda, الهدى [The Guidance] was the longest-lived of the early Arabic newspapers, published from 1898 until…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Addition processed by Allison Hall, Sarah Bernstein, and Rachel Beth Acker, 2023. Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Wadea and Aelyas Kassab Memoirs
Biographical/Historical Note Wadea Kassab was born in Damascus in 1872 to an Orthodox family connected to British and American Protestant…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Linda Jacobs and Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Al-Wafa Newspapers, الوفاء
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Wafa, الوفاء [Fidelity] was a semi-weekly Arabic-language newspaper published in Lawrence, Massachusetts between 1907…
Contributors: Al-Wafa was digitized by the Khayrallah Center in collaboration with Lawrence Public Library Special Collections and with thanks to Dr. Linda K. Jacobs. , Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
Collection of Lawrence Public Library Materials
Biographical/Historical Note In the first decades of the 20th century, Lawrence, Massachusetts was home to one of the largest populations of Syrian…
Contributors: These records were digitized by the Khayrallah Center in collaboration with the Lawrence Public Library Special Collections., Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Marjorie Stevens, 2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Beirut Consulate Post Records Collection
Biographical/Historical Note The Beirut Consolate Post Records Collection represents a selection of records from the United States Consulate in…
Contributors: Collection Guide written by Marjorie Stevens, 2016., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Mira’at al-Gharb Newspapers, مرآة الغرب
Biographical/Historical Note Mira’at al-Gharb, مرآة الغرب [Mirror of the West] was one of the longest-running Arabic newspapers in the United States,…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Al-Kown Newspapers, الكون
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Kown, الكون [The Universe] was an Arabic-language newspaper published weekly in New York City by Najeeb Sawaya, Nafi…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa and Marilyn M. Drath, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
As-Sameer Newspapers, السمير
Biographical/Historical Note As-Sameer, السمير [The Entertainer] was an Arabic-language newspaper published in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October-November.
Abdalla Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note The Abdallah family were Lebanese immigrants who lived in North and South Carolina. The family operated businesses across…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Albert J. Ellis Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Albert Joseph Ellis was born to Joseph and Mary Ellis in New Bern, North Carolina on June 6, 1913. He graduated from New…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Khayrallah Program staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
