Browse Collections (106 total)
Bearta Al-Chacar Powell Photographs
Biographical/Historical Note Bearta Al-Chacar Powell was born in Ma’asser El Chouf, Lebanon to Ramiz Al-Shakar and Isabelle Maalouf, the fourth of…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Baddour Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note The Baddour family of Goldsboro, North Carolina descends from Shickrey Baddour, who immigrated to the United States from…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Carolyn Dorroll Photographs
Biographical/Historical Note Carolyn Monsour Dorroll was born on February 11, 1928, in Garland, North Carolina, the oldest child of Lebanese…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Rabil Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Edward George Rabil (1897-1974) was born in 1897 in Hammana, Lebanon. He immigrated to Smithfield, North Carolina from…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Charles Abed Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Charles “Charlie” Ibrahim Abed was born in Kano, Nigeria, in 1959, to Lebanese immigrants. The second youngest of five…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Tanoury Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Dahr Tanoury's paternal grandparents, Dahr Joseph and Rose Nasby, emigrated from Baskinta, Lebanon to the northeastern…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Farris and Parker Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Dorothy Findlen descends from Samuel [Samir] “Sam” Abdo Parker (1890-1954) and Helen Kelly Parker (1891-1985). Helen…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
El-Khouri Family
These materials were provided by Marsha El-Khouri Shiver and primarily relate to the life of her father, Joseph Maroun El-Khouri, and his family in…
Contributors: Marsha El-Khouri Shiver, Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Bracewell and Rizk Family Photographs
Biographical/Historical Note Houda Rizk Bracewell was born in Beirut, Lebanon, to Soumaya Sokhn and Nassif Elias Rizk. She had three brothers, Elie,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Ishak Family Photographs
Biographical/Historical Note Doumit Ishak was born in Lebanon in 1964. He moved to the United States in 1985 and began college in Tennessee, but left…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Itani Family Photographs and Oral History
Biographical/Historical Note Abed [David] Salam Itani was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1952. He was the first of nine children born to Khalil and Nadia…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Moise and Vera Khayrallah Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Dr. Moise Anton Khayrallah was born in Ghbaleh, Lebanon in August 1959. In 1981, he graduated from the American…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Joseph and Thelma Knuckley Zaytoun Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Ellis Zaytoun was born in Hammana, Lebanon on May 30, 1890. He immigrated to the United States in 1906 along with two of…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Mansour Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Betrus Dahar (B.D.) Rabil was the son of Robert Dahar and Marcia Rabil. He was born on April 1, 1883 in Hammana, Lebanon…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Raad Family Photographs
Biographical/Historical Note Patricia Shaia Raad's grandparents immigrated from Lebanon to the United States. Her father, William Harry Shaia, was…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Shadroui Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Joseph and Marianna Shadroui had six sons, Richard, Peter, Alfred, Paul, John, and George. The family immigrated to the…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Wael and Lama Abou-Chakra Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Wael Abou-Chakra, the third of four children, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in December 1968. His family fled Beirut and…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Shehdan Family Collection
Biographical/Historical Note Beshara Shehdan Hatem was born in Hammana, Lebanon. He and his brother Shikery (Chick) immigrated to the United States as…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Saleh Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Samir Saleh’s maternal great-grandparents lived in Pennsylvania, and both his grandfather, Majed, and great-aunt,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Amelia and Joseph Salem Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Joseph Ramon Salem was born in Hammana, Lebanon on May 5, 1909, to Freda George and Shikery Salem. Freda and Shikery had…
Contributors: Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Khalifah Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Raja Khalifah was born in Lebanon and attended the American University of Beirut, where he played tennis and earned a BS…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Kannan Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Matthew Kannan descends from Charles Kannan and Nora Rabil Kannan, immigrants from Lebanon who settled in Goldsboro,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Nasrallah Family Photographs
Biographical/Historical Noha Nasrallah was born in Lebanon on November 22, 1956. She studied science and mathematics at Lebanese University in Beirut,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Mack Family
These materials were provided by Mitchell Mack and relate to the history of the Mack family in Mooresville, North Carolina. Biography Hanna Makhoul…
Contributors: Mitchell Mack, Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Collection of 20th Century Arab Music
Biographical/Historical note The music in this collection was performed by Arab Americans during the twentieth century. Some materials have been…
Contributors: University of California, Santa Barbara University Libraries Department of Special Collections, Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
