Browse Collections (110 total)
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Edward and Callie Saleeby Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Callie R. Stanley married Elijah Saleeby in the mid-nineteenth century. Elijah's parents were Rasheed Asaad Tannous…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 April.
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.
North Carolina Newspapers
This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington papers that refer to Syrians that ranges from 1877 to 1942.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
