Browse Collections (106 total)
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.
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.
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.
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,…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
