Browse Collections (106 total)

Frank Lackteen Papers

Biographical/Historical note The Frank Lackteen Papers are a collection of documents, primarily correspondence, related to Frank Lackteen that were…

Contributors: Processed by Sarah Bernstein, 2023 . Collection Guide created by Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0051/Lackteen2020-001.pdf

Fred and George Kadane Papers

Biographical/Historical note Fred and George Kadane were brothers born in Baskinta, Lebanon along with their sister and brother Charles (1889-1961).…

Contributors: Processed by Sarah Bernstein, 2023 . Collection Guide created by Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0053/kc0053_001.pdf

General Reference Collections

The collections linked at the bottom of this page are general reference collections held by the KCLDS Archive.

The collections include books,…

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0025/kc0025_001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0006/Ishak_001.jpg

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0007/kc0007_001.jpg

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0030/Zaytounsatatlanticbeach_wm.pdf

Joseph Family Papers

Biographical/Historical Note Genevieve R. Joseph, also referred to in the collection as Genny, was born in Poughkeepsie, New York on February 6th,…

Contributors: Inventoried by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2022 May. Processed by Allison Hall and Rachel Beth Acker, 2023 April-August. Collection Guide created by Allison Hall, 2023 September.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_5_1_010.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/StewartLetters/JStewart001.pdf

Jurab al Kurdy Newspapers, جراب الكردي

Biographical/Historical Note Jurab al Kurdy, جراب الكردي [The Kurd’s Pocket], also written as Jurab-ul-Kurdy, was an Arabic Boston newspaper produced…

Contributors: Processed by Amanda Forbes and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2019-2020. Collection Guide created by Laura Lethers and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October-November.

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_255.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0009/kc0009_001.pdf

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.

KCLDS Archive Reference Book Collection

Biographical/Historical note The publications included in this collection are related to the global Lebanese diaspora. Noteworthy authors in the KCLDS…

Antoine Khater _  poems Binder_wm.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0027/Raja_Khalifah_Book_wm.jpg

Khayrallah Center Collections

The collections linked at the bottom of this page are the manuscript collections held by the KCLDS Archive.

The collections include materials…

Kuri Family Collection

Biographical/Historical note Maximo Kuri is the son of Victor and Guillermina Kuri. Maximo's paternal grandparents, Dalel and Hanna, immigrated from…

Contributors: Processed by Laura Lethers, Sarah Bernstein, and Allison Hall, 2023. Collection Guide created by Sarah Bernstein with contributions by Allison Hall, 2023 October.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0055/kc0055_006.pdf

Linda Jacobs Collection

Biographical/Historical note Dr. Linda Jacobs has a PhD in Near Eastern Archaeology/Anthropology. Author of Digging In (2011) and Strangers in the…

Contributors: Processed by Amanda Forbes, 2020-2021., Collection Guide created by Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0059/LJacobs001.pdf

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

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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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0037/kc0037_001.pdf

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.

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0036/kc0036_001.pdf

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

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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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/MosesCollection/Moses2019-001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0012/kc0012_001.jpg
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