Alex Dayyeh Census for Maronite Patriarch

Title

Alex Dayyeh Census for Maronite Patriarch

Subject

Immigration

Description

Introduction
This collection contains letters sent from Alex Daye (Dayyeh) in North Carolina to the Maronite Patriarchate in Lebanon, May-June 1921. The letters were written in response to a call from the Maronite Patriarchate in Lebanon to enumerate Lebanese immigration around the world. Daye wrote about the immigrant communities in three North Carolina cities: Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and Burlington. He includes names, place of origin, and date of immigration. 

Scope and Contents
The collection contains scans of the original letters in Arabic as well as an English-language translation of the documents.

Creator

Alex Dayyeh

Publisher

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Date

May-June 1921

Contributor

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

Language

Arabic
English

Collection Tree

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Alex Dayyeh Census for Maronite Patriarch