Browse Collections (106 total)
Collection of Khalil Joseph Letters
Biographical/Historical Note Khalil Joseph was a Lebanese immigrant to the United States, specifically to West Virginia, in the late nineteenth and…
Contributors: Processed by Celine Shay, 2022. Collection Guide content contributed by Lala Al Saeedi and updated by Allison Hall, 2022 and 2023 December.
Zaytoun and Murman Family Photographs
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 Celine Shay, 2021-2022. Collection Guide content contributed by Celine Shay and updated by Allison Hall, 2021-2022 and 2023, December.
Collection of Reverend Tobia Attallah Letters
Biographical/historical note Reverend Tobia Attallah was a reverend of the Maronite Church who lived in Bayt Shabab village in Lebanon in the early…
Contributors: Processed by Amanda Forbes and Lala Al Saeedi, 2020-2021. Translations contributed by Akram Khater, 2020-2021. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 June.
Joseph Stewart Letters
Biographical/Historical note Joseph Stewart (1900-1967) and Emeline Romey (1916-2012) married in the late 1940s. As a child, Emeline Romey and her…
Contributors: Processed by Celine Shay, 2022. Collection Guide written by Celine Shay, 2022., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 June., Collection Guide updated by Allison Hall, 2023 September.
Angele Hobeiche Kmeid-Ellis Collection: 78rpm Arabic Records
A collection of 32 vinyl records, mostly in Arabic
Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs Records
Biographical/historical note The Southern Federation of Syrian Lebanese American Clubs (SFSLAC), known as the Southern Federation of Syrian Clubs…
Contributors: Peggy and Richard Karam, Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2020-2021. Collection Guide written by Celine Shay, 2021., Addition processed by Celine Shay, Rachel Beth Acker, and Laura Lethers, 2022 May-2023 April. Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 May.
Oussani and Fuleihan Family Papers Series 1: Documents
This series contains correspondence, legal documents, and newspaper clippings related to the Oussani and Fuleihan families.
Materials in this…
Oussani and Fuleihan Family Papers Series 2: Photographs
This series contains family portraits and photographs. Included are photos from family events, trips, weddings, and funerals.
Materials in this…
Kahdy and Wehbie Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Mike Mettrey (Mikail Mitri) Wehbie was born in Mt. Lebanon on August 8, 1888. His wife, Mary Nehra Wehbie of the Saliba…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Barbara Kahdy Estes and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Diogo Bercito Collection of Books
Biographical/Historical note Diogo Bercito is a Brazilian journalist and scholar who specializes in Arab migration to Latin America. As a journalist,…
Contributors: Processed by Amanda Forbes, Celine Shay, Harrison Camp, and Rachel Beth Acker, 2020 and 2022., Collection Guide content contributed by Diogo Bercito, 2023 November., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 November.
Ameen Rihani: Photographs, Portraits, & Sketches
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Christina Civantos Collection of Books
Biographical/historical note Dr. Christina E. Civantos, Ph.D. is a Full Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the…
Contributors: Processed by Amanda Forbes, Jordan Smith, Celine Shay, Harrison Camp, and Rachel Beth Acker, 2018-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes. , Collection Guide contributed by Christina Civantos, 2018 December., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 June.
Angele Hobeiche Kmeid-Ellis Collection: Supplemental Materials
The materials in the Ellis Family supplemental materials collection primarily relate to the family histories of the el Khazen, Hobeiche, and Kmeid…
Contributors:
Ellis Family
Translations by Lala AlSaeedi and Hadia Harb
Angele Hobeiche Kmeid-Ellis Collection: Photographs
Materials in the Ellis Family photograph collection in this collection generally relate to Angele Ellis and Toufic Ellis, and their children Marie…
Contributors: Ellis Family
Angele Hobeiche Kmeid-Ellis Collection: Correspondence
Materials in the Ellis Family correspondence collection focus primarily on the letters written between Angele Ellis and her family members in Lebanon.…
Contributors:
Ellis Family
Translations by Lala AlSaeedi and Hadia Harb
Angele Hobeiche Kmeid-Ellis Collection
Materials in the Angele Hobeiche Kmeid-Ellis Collection primarily relate to Angele Ellis and her family, who sustained a correspondence of over 300…
Contributors:
Ellis family
The letters and other documents have been translated from Arabic to English with the incredible help of two gifted translators, Dr. Hadia Harb of the Lebanese American University in Beirut and Lala AlSaeedi. Translations by Hadia Harb and Lala AlSaeedi
Description by Samantha Aamot
Ameen Rihani: Press Clippings
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Ameen Rihani: English Letters
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Contributors: Ameen Rihani Organization
Ameen Rihani: Arabic Letters
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Contributors: Ameen Rihani Organization
Ameen Rihani: Documents
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Contributors: Ameen Rihani Organization
Ameen Rihani: Arabic Manuscripts
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Contributors: Ameen Rihani Organization
Ameen Rihani: English Manuscripts
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Contributors: Ameen Rihani Organization
Ameen Fares Rihani (1876-1940) Collection
The Ameen Fares Rihani collection contains the personal correspondence, English and Arabic manuscripts, papers, notebooks, articles, press clippings,…
Contributors: Ameen Rihani Organization
Oussani and Fuleihan Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Joseph Oussani was born in 1965 and lived until 1934. In 1893, Joseph's father Tannous “Thomas” Oussani sent his two…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Khayrallah Center staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Moses and Romey Family Papers
Biographical/Historical note This collection represents three families who lived in Valdosta, Georgia, and Lake City, Florida. Ellis Moses came from…
Contributors: Teresa Bishop Angove and Sandra Moses Ryland, Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
