Browse Collections (110 total)

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

Baddour Family Papers

These materials were provided by Philip Augustine Baddour, Jr., and Richard Allen Baddour and primarily document the lives of their parents and…

Contributors: Philip Augustine Baddour and Richard Allen Baddour, Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa

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

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

Rabil Family Papers

Biographical/Historical Note Edward George Rabil (1897-1974) was born in 1897 in Hammana, Lebanon. He immigrated to Smithfield, North Carolina from…

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/kc0029/kc0029_001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0017/kc0017_001.pdf

Tanoury Family Papers

Biographical/Historical Note Dahr Tanoury's paternal grandparents, Dahr Joseph and Rose Nasby, emigrated from Baskinta, Lebanon to the northeastern…

Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0015/kc0015_001.jpg

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0028/Raad_Family_2009.jpg

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0014/kc0014_001.jpg

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0002/kc0002_001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0033/kc0033_001.pdf

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.

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0032/kc0032_001.pdf

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

https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0048/kc0048_001.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

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

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

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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Collection of 20th Century Arab Music

Some materials reproduced with permission from the University Libraries Department of Special Collections at the University of California, Santa…

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.

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