Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Article with photos from January 13, 1962, in The Raleigh Times about the trip and itinerary for the European school trip Nell Kahdy would be leading that summer. A small photograph of Nell is in the corner, likely a passport photo.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
A piece of an unknown newspaper stating the good deeds of Shukri Baddour as a person and the President of the Lebanese Syrian American Association in North Carolina. Written by Shukri Beshareh Murad in Wilson, North Carolina.
An article, published in the Smithfield Herald, profiling Robert Rabil. Rabil, a former track star for Smithfield High School, won the 1969 Football Forecast Contest put on by the newspaper, and with it tickets to the Orange Bowl game in Miami,…
An article excerpted from an unknown newspaper titled "Hunt's Pick for Commission Has Helped at Rex 36 Years." The article describes Thelma Knuckley Zaytoun's decades of volunteer work which preceded her appointment to the North Carolina Commission…
An article published in the Wall Street Journal profiling Wael Al-Chakra's position as leader for IBM's Corporate Service Corps, established in 2008 and dedicated to aiding local nonprofits.
An article from the society section of the Bladen Journal detailing the wedding ceremony for the marriage of Alma Parker and Shikrallah Farris. The article describes the decor of the Our Lady of the Snows Church, the ceremony, the members of the…
Article titled "Cruel and Unusual: Negative Images of Arabs in Popular American Culture" in ADC Issues No. 19 from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Split into sections about songs, jokes, television, cartoons, movies, and comics, the…
Article titled "The Influence of the Arab Stereotype on American Children" in ADC Issues No. 2 from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The article discusses multiculturalism in the United States and the difficulties faced by…
Article titled "The Other Anti-Semitism: The Arab as Scapegoat" in ADC Issues No. 3 from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. The article discusses the development of anti-Semitism in Germany and compares it to the rise of anti-Arab…
Article titled, "Death Baffles Coroner: Peter Oussani Found on Rockefeller Estate Brother of Tobacconist." Notation on the article states that it is from N.Y. American March 8, 1910. The article describes the discovery of Peter Oussani's body…
A copy of an article in the Florida Times-Union from Jacksonville, Florida titled "Probe Order Issued for Romeo Case: Governor Orders Investigation in Death of Man and Wife at Lake City". The date is 18 May 1929. The article recounts the timeline of…
A group of articles of alHuda newspaper in Arabic. P.1: title 'Reader's Letters',
P.2: titles 'Emile Bustani believes in Arab Union', 'Churchill Birthday'.
Asaf and Adma Kahdy's home in Portland, Oregon. Behind the house stands a large, well kept garden and lawn. Back of the caption reads, "Sawaya-Kahdy sittie and jiddie home and garden in Portland. Early 1950 or late 40s."
Asaf Kahdy stands behind his counter as an unknown man leans against the counter and smokes a cigar. George Kahdy stands with his hands behind his back near another unknown man. The back of the photo reads, "Our store in Macon, Georgia. About the…
Asaf Kahdy holds his young son, George Kahdy, on their trip from Lebanon to the United States. Asaf Kahdy leans over slightly as he and his son sleep. An unknown woman sits next to them. The back of the photo reads, "My grandfather Asaf George Kahdy…
Asaf Kahdy sits with young George Kahdy on his lap and Adma Sawaya Kahdy sits next to them. Caption on the back reads, "Asaf George Kahdy, son George Asaf Kahdy, Adma Sawaya Kahdy."
A handwritten letter in Arabic. Confirms the birthdate of Assaad, son of Sulaiman Ta'my, on October 1, 1894, and their baptism on November 5. Written by Father Khouri Romanos on October 9, 1909.
Assif George Kahdy Certificate of Naturalization. Assif was naturalized in Sherman, Texas, on September 12, 1906, but this certificate was issued on April 8, 1947.
A series of estate documents relating to the death of George Yacoub consisting of handwritten and typed letters, envelopes, deposit slips, and application materials.
A photograph of group of men standing on front porch of the Purdue University Cosmopolitan Club holding a banner with the letters ACC (Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs). Caption reads "ACC Convention Purdue" and "Chiu." C.Q. Chiu was 1912 President…
A photograph of group of men standing on the front porch of the Purdue University Cosmopolitan Club holding a banner with the letters ACC (Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs).
A photograph of group of men standing on the front porch of Purdue's Cosmopolitan Club holding a banner with the letters ACC (Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs). Nasri Fuleihan on far right.
A photograph of a group of men at the Association of Cosmopolitan Clubs convention standing on the front porch of the Cosmopolitan Club of Purdue University.
A newspaper article titled 'Augustinian To Graduate 40 Seniors'. The article dated 1967 lists the names of graduating seniors and mentions Kail Ellis as a deacon.
A Program Book for the 50th Annual Labor Day Convention, hosted by the Austin American Lebanon Association, in Austin, Texas on August 31-September 3, 1979.
