Kuri Family Collection

Photographs

Business

Photography--Mexico--Exhibitions

Portraits

Biographical/Historical note

Maximo Kuri is the son of Victor and Guillermina Kuri. Maximo's paternal grandparents, Dalel and Hanna, immigrated from Lebanon to Mexico in  and adapted the family name "Khoury" to "Kuri." Following a family trip to Lebanon in 2003, Maximo began to research his paternal family history. 

During the 1970s, the family traveled within Mexico for the children’s swim meets. The kids swam for Centro Acuático del Pedregal (Pedregal Aquatic Center, also referred to as CAP), located in the neighborhood Jardines del Pedregal in Mexico City. In 1976, they spent two months traveling in Western Europe.

Scope/Content note

The Kuri Family Collection includes a written family history, "This is Y," compiled by Maximo Kuri in 2019, focused on his paternal Lebanese side and their immigration to Mexico and South Africa. The collection also holds multiple photographs of the Kuri family, most of Maximo's father Victor Kuri, and documents that relate to the Khoury family's life in Lebanon.

A series of film reels and tapes are included in this collection, but are not available online. Please email kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu for all research requests or questions concerning this collection.

Maximo Kuri

Maximo Kuri

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

1920-2019

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

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

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