Browse Collections (106 total)

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

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2020-003.pdf

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

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2019-218.pdf

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

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/EllisCollection/KEllis2018-001.pdf

Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America Newspaper Collection

Biographical/historical note The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America (AOCA), headquartered in Englewood, New Jersey, oversees…

Contributors: Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, Processed by Celine Shay, Laura Lethers, Allison Hall, and Anna Maria Hester, 2022 November-2023 April. Collection Guide written by Laura Lethers and Allison Hall, 2023 April.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/NS0021/kalemat_19570101_1_1.pdf

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.

As-Sayeh Newspapers, السائح

Biographical/Historical Note As-Sayeh, السائح [The Traveler] was a weekly Arabic literary magazine that was founded by Abd al-Masih Haddad (Albert A.…

Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2019. Collection Guide created by Laura Lethers and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October-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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0019/kc0019_001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0038/kc0038_001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/gr0005/Beirut_Consulate163_RG84_NARASM_Part2OCRWM.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0020/kc0020_001.jpg

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0004/CarolynDorrollFayetvilleObserver-1_wm.jpg

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.

kc0017_001.pdf

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.

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.

Mt Lebanon March label.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KJosephCollection/KJoseph_001.pdf

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.

StJos_1955_Jubilee_OCR.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/AttallahLetters/TAttallah2020-247.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0021/kc0021_112.jpg

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.

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0022/kc0022_001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0047/autobiography_wm.pdf

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

Khouri 2-38 Photo_wm.tif

Elizabeth Saylor Collection of Books by Women Arabic Writers

Biographical/Historical Note Salmā Sā’igh, Salwā Salāma, and Afīfa Karam were three prominent literary figures born in Syria in the 1880s. They each…

Contributors: Collection Guide content contributed by Elizabeth Saylor, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.

Karam_Fatimah al-Badawiyya_SM.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0024/kc0024_001.pdf

Father Nicola Yanney Timeline

Biographical/Historical Note This timeline of the life of Father Nicola Yanney was written and compiled by Father Christopher Morris of St. George…

Contributors: Linda Jacobs, Collection Guide written by Marjorie Stevens, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.

Yanney, Nicola timeline.pdf
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