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jftnanctaI 'lReport
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OF THE
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95 'QlIlasbtngtoll Street
neat '!Rector Street
�FINANCIAL REPORT
On account of our short funds we did not puhlish the
annual reports for the last four years.
But at the request
of many friends and in order to put the financial standing
of the Society before its friends and supporters, the
accompanying report of the Treasurer's account was pre
pared.
Before giving a few statements in regard to the work
which the SYRIAN SOCIETY is engaged in, I take this
chance to thank all our friends who have helped us in
these hard times with their gifts and prayers.
Hoping
that they may continue their interest, aud that through
them we may gain new friends to help us carry on this
greatly needed aud useful work among the Syrian emi
grants in this city.
I may further say that no Society
either of the City Mission or otherwise have offered to take
the work, or is willing to undertake it as far as I know.
In fact I have applied to the Kindergarten Association
and others to assume the work, and they refused, because
they have no means to carry on this new work.
So we
had to struggle along and do the best we could by con
tinuing �the school ;which we kept open ever since the
Society was first organized in April of 1892.
We teach the children the English and primary studies,
preparing them to ent.r the public schools.
More than
that, we aim to give them a Christian education and sur
round them with Christian influences which tlIey cannot
have in any other school, trusting that it will be a founda
tion upon which their minds may grow and be the means
of maki1lg them Christian men and women.
\Ve do this
without regard to sect or creed, endeavoring ouly to teach
them to live up to the Christian principles as they learn
to read it in the word of God.
�It has been asked, and justly, why do they not attend
the public schools?
In the first place, they do not know
a word of English, and, therefore cannot get much atten
tion from a teacher who has a class of thirty or more
pupils to look after, who already speak the lauguage.
There is a teacher in a Brooklyn public school, who
devotes a half hour every morning to two Syrian children,
before the scbool exercises commence.
But how many
are willing to do likewise.
In the second place, they are not used to the regulations
and discipline of the schools here, in regard to time and
so on.
In order to make them attend our school regu
larly and 011 time, we have to offer them inducements, or
to resort to such Dlethoc1s as will make them attend as
they should.
We started by giving prizes for punctual
attendance, or make them pay a cent when they are late,
and send after them when they do not come, or learn the
reason for their absence.
School commences at 9 o'clock,
but any time before tweh'e will do;
and it is nearly
always ten or half.past before they are all in their places:
some drop in just a few minutes before twelve.
But now
they are getting used to school hours and attend more
promptly than tbey used to.
In the third place, they are mocked and laughed at,
if not beaten by the other children who attend the public
school in the neighborhood, for their peculiar dress and
inability to understand them.
The Syrian children are
naturally shy, and especial1y for being foreigners, they
cannot stand up for their rights among such a crowd of
children round about them.
In short, the same reasons that led and justified the
opening of the Children's Aid Society's schools will hold
good in every respect to the condition of the poor Syrian
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children, which led us to open our school for them.
A visit to the school-room at 95 Washington Street, will
convince any one of the need of such a place.
The work is carried on most economically and there are
no salaried officers, and every cent given is spent on the
�work.
The teacher's salary and the room rent are the
chief items of expense.
A Syrian young lady who understands both Arabic
and English, has charge of the school now.
She has a
natural interest in their welfare and works diligently to
teach them not only how to read and write English and
Arabic, but also to learn to read the Bible.
One of the
text books in both languages is the New Testament.
Be
sides, she reads and explains to them every morning a
portion of the Scriptures, aside from the Sunday School
on Sunday mornings.
We are also conducting preaching services in Arabic
every Sunday and Thursday evening, at wllich there is a
fair
attendance.
Dr.
R.
M.
Sommerville
pays
the
preacber's salary.
The SYRIAN SOCIETY depends entirely on voluntary
subscriptions and donations for its support, and craves the
assistance of all Christians for the maintenance of this
school for the Syrian children.
I will be very glad to speak in Prayer meetings, Sun
day Schools and Ladies' Missionary meetings in behalf of
of the work.
Will also :speak about the Foreign Mis
sonary work in Syria.
Terms are very easy, depending
entirely on what the parties are willing and able to con
tribute.
Every cent thus earned will be spent for the
school work.
For further information please address,
AMEEN F. HADDAD,
89
Secretary,
Broad Street, New York.
�TREASURER'S REPORT
MRS. HARRIET
E.
LEVERICH,
Treasurer,
IN ACCOUNT WITH
"THE SYRIAN SOCIIt'rY OF 'tHE CITY OF NEW YORK,"
FROM APRIL, 1
893, TO JANUARY, 1897.
"Receipts.
To balance, April1st. 1893_________________________________$ 58 53
" Donations.______________________________________________ 1.799 10
" Loan ____________________________________________________ 4530 9
$2,310 72
lExpen�ltutes.
Dy Teacher's salary________________________________________$
., Rent____________________________________________________A
.. Cash on account ofloan._________ .______________________
'.' Cleaning room__________________________________________
" Preacher's salary________________________________________
II Coal and Gas____________________________________________
II Car fares________________________________________________
" Printing, stationery and stamps_______________________
" Last two payments on Piano and tuning same_________
" Christmas expenses_____________________________________
" Books, Slates. etc., for schooL__________________________
II Evening school expenses________ . _.• . . ______ ___________
" Sundries __________________________________...••. _________
" Kindergarten matetiaL________________________________
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4530 9
125 22
55 00
3337
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22 50
13 93
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6 95
4 53
$2,41696
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Bancher, :Mr. Ed. H" Brooklyn
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?oIrs., .. New York
Blitz. l\lrs. H. E.,
Doys' Mission Band, Waterford, N. Y., Presb'n Church
Buckley, Mrs A. I., Brooklyn
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Collection at Anniversary of 1893
Collier, 1\11SS H. E
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Dodge, Rev. D. stuart,
DuBois, Miss II. F.
Eddy, Miss Agnes, Waterford, N. Y
Elliott, Mrs. H. R., New York
Favor, Mrs. (through Mrs F. W. perry.)
First Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn
Flint. Mrs.Benj., Brooklyn
Fowler, Mrs. M. B., Cbicago
Gould, l\lrs. Jas. H
Gray, Mrs. John A. C., New York
" " Geo. Zabriskie, New York
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Haddad, Dr. Ameen F.,
Ham, Mrs. James, Brooklyn
Hammond, Mrs. A. 0., New York
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Montgomery, Miss L., New York
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Morgan, Mr, James, Brooklyn
Nexon, 1\1r. J. A.,
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Olive, Mable, Brooklyn
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Parker, Mrs. Asa W., Brooklyn, N. Y
Peckham, Mrs. A. G., waterford, N. Y
Perry, Mr. Fred W., New York
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Perry, Mrs·
Perry, Miss F., New York
Peterson, Miss H. L
Philips Presb'n Church Missiou Band, New York
Phiuney, Miss F. H., New York
Platt, Miss A. H.,
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Putman, Mrs. W. A., Brooklyn
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�Constitution and
By-Laws of the
�t. David's Society
of the State of
New York, organized
January 18, 1841
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�OFFICERS
AND
COMMITTEES
FOR 1897-1898.
President
CHARLES F. JAMBS,
1St Vice-President
JULIEN T. DAVIES,
2d Vice-President
WARREN A. JAMES, M.D.,
Treasurer
HENRV J. ROBERTS,
Recording Secretary
JOSIAH D. EVANS,
Corresponding Secretary
THOMAS D. BOWEN,
. Counsel
MORNAY WILLIAMS,
Chaplain
REV. D. PARKER MORGAN, D.D.,
Physician
W,LLIAM G. EYNON, M.D.,
STEWARDS.
HUGH H. W,LL,AMS
JOHN T. W,LL,AMS
JOHN A. JAMES
THOMAS N. JONES
JAMES H. ROBERTS
COMMITTEE ON BENEVOLENCE.
THOMAS WINSTON
THOMAS MORRIS
WILLIAM JEREMIAH
WIl.LIAM A. REES
JOSIAH D. EVANS
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
WILLIAM JAMES
HENRY N. MORGAN
D. M. W,LLIAMS
COMMITTEE ON LITERATURE.
El.LIS H. ROBERTS
PROF. THOMAS R. PRICE
WILLIAM D. HOWELLS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THOMAS L. JAMES
WILI"IAM MILES
HENRY
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MORGAN
JOHN G. JENKINS
WILLIAM JAMES
RICHARD J. LEWIS
�An Act
to Incorporate the
St. David's Benevolent Society
of the
Cities of New York and Brooklyn.
Passed May 9, 1846.
The People of the State of New York, repre
sOlted in Senate and A ssembly. do enact as
follows:
SECTION I. DAVID C. COLDEN, DAVID '-rHOMAS,
WILLIAM LEWIS, DAVID ROBERTS, J. J . JONES, T.
J. EVANS, MORGAN MORGANS, Senior, T. J. JONES,
\VILLJAM J. WILLIAMS, DANIEL L. JONES, JOHN
EVANS, EVAN LEWIS, JOI-IN PHILLIPS, WILLIAM
DAVID, DAVID MORRIS, THOMAS WATKINS, J. G.
H. GRIFFITH, HUGH R. HUGHES, R. E. DAVIES,
OWEN BAXTER, E. W. MORGAN, R. E. EDWARDS,
JAMES JONES, RICHARD JONES, JOHN MORGAN, ROB
ERT EVANS, LEWIS PUGHS, THOMAS JONES, WILLIAM
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ROBERTS, S. J. JONES. EDWARD
DOLSEN, THOMAS PHILLIPS, THOMAS LLOYD, DAVID
MORGAN, ROBKRT MORRIS, TALIESIN WILLIAMS,
J OlIN RICHARDS, and such other persons as now
are associated as the St. David's Benevolent So4
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ciety, of the cities of New York and Brooklyn, or
may hereafter become associated with them, are
hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name
of "THE ST. DAVID's BENEVOLENT SOCJETY," of
the cities of New York and Brooklyn.
SEC. 2.
The objects of
this Society are to
afford pecuniary relief to the indigent and reduced
members of t1'e Society; to all distressed Welsh
men and Welshwomen, to those who have recently
emigrated to this country, as well as to those who
have resided here for a longer or shorter period of
time: and that, in addition to pecuniary relief, the
Society may offer to the distressed such other aid
and assistance as may be required, and the Society
may have it in its power to bestow; and also to
collect and preserve information respecting ';Vales
and the Welsh people and their descendants in
this country; to cultivate a knowledge of the his
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tory of Wales and of the Welsh language and
literature,
and
to
promote
social
intercourse
among the members of the Society, and those con·
nected with them by the ties of
kindred
and
country.
SEC. 3.
'fhe said corporation shall have power
to make and adopt a constitution and by-laws:
rules and regulations for the admission of mem
bers and their government; the election of
its
officers and their duties; the suspending or expel
ling any of its members, and for the safe keeping
and protection of its funds; and, from lime to
time, to alter or repeal such constitution, by-laws,
rules, und regulations.
rrhe present officers sh:111
hold their respective offices until others shall be
chosen in their places.
�SEC. 4. The said corporation may purchase and
hold any real or personal estate; bnt the annual
income thereof shall not exceed five thousand
dollars. provided the said corporation shall not
take or hold real estate, excepting sufficient for a
place to transact its business.
SEC. 5. The said corporation shall possess the
general powers, and be subject to the general res
trictions and liabilities prescribed in the third
title of the eighteenth chapter of the first part of
the Revised Statutes.
SEC. 6. The Legislature may, at any time, alter
or repeal this act.
SEC. 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
-Laws of New York, p. 172.
The Society was authorized by the Supreme
Court of the state of New York, by its decree,
entered May 29th, 1889, to assume the name of the
"Saint David's Society of the State of New York:'
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CONSTITUTION.
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ARTICLE 1.
Ihird
NAME•
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This Society shall be known as the ST. DAVID'S
SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK�
ARTICLE II.
OBJECTS.
The objects of this Society are, to afford pecuni
ary relief to all distressed Welshmen and Welsh
women-to such. as have recently immigrated to
this country as well as to those who have resided
here for a l�nger period of time; and in addition
to pecuniary relief, the Society may offer to the
distressed
such other aid as
may
be
needed.
and the Society may have the power to bestow:
also to collect and preserve, information respect·
ing Wales, its people and their descendants in
this country; to cultivate a knowledge of the his
I
tory of Wales and of the Welsh language and
literature;
also
to
promote
among the members of
social
intercourse
the Society and those
connected with them by the ties of kindred and
country.
ARTICLE III.
MEMBERS.
SEC'l'lO� r.
This Society shall be composed of
�all those who shall become Life Members, and of
Welshmen and their descendants, and of those
connected with them by the ties of consanguinity
or matrimony, who shall become yearly members.
SEC. 2. Every contributor of Fifty Dollars, or
of Five Dollars, or a larger sum annually until
sllch contributions or payments shan amount to
the sum of Fifty Dollars, shall be eligible to 2. Life
Membership. The contribution of Twenty-five
Dollars by a Female shall make her eligible to a
Life Membership.
SEC. 3. Every candidate for membership shall
be proposed at a meeting of the Society by one of
its members, who shan state in writing the name,
occupation, and residence of said candidate. The
election shall be conducted viva 'lIOCe, and a two
thirds vote of the members present shall be
requisite to an election.
SEC. 4. Yearly members shall pay Three Dol
lars annually in advance.
SEC. 5. When the yearly dues, or the dues and
additional payments of a yearly member, shall
aggregate the full sum of Fifty Dollars, he sh�ll
become a Life .Member.
SEC. 6. No member shall be entitled to vote
until six months after his election, and any mem
ber who shall be in arrears for dues or fines shall
be disqualified from voting until such arrearages
are paid.
SEC. 7. Any member guilty of habitual disre
spect to the presiding officer at its meetings, or of
continual gross misconduct and dolation of the
Society's rules of order thereat, may be fined or
�·
of
lie
ity
expelled,
by
a
.
two-third vote of the
members
present.
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ARTICLE IV.
Or
IIONQRARY MEMBERS.
The Society shall have the power to confer upon
such persons as it may deem entitled thereto the
degree of Honorary Life MembershijJ, but no
such honor shall be conferred unless with the
unanimous consent of all the members present at
a regular meeting; and such distinction shall in
no case be deemed to confer the privileges of
active membership.
ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS.
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the
S ECTION 1. The officers of this Society shall be
a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a
Recording Secretary. a Corresponding Secretary,
a Chaplain, a Counsel, a Physician, and five
Stewards.
In addition thereto, at the first annual election
after the adoption of this Constitution, six mem
bers, and at each annual election thereafter, two
members of the Society who do not hold any other
office, shall be elected members of the Board of
Directors, and these persons together with the
President and the first and second Vice-Presidents,
shall constitute the Board of Directors consisting
in all of nine members divided into classes as
prescribed by Article XVIII.
SEC. 2. All the officers shall be chosen from the
active members of the Society and elected an
nually by ballot, a majority to determine the
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�choice. and shall hold their respective offices until
others are elected in their stead.
SEC . 3. In case of a vacancy occurring in any
of the above offices by reason of resignation, re
moval, death, or any other cause, such vacancy
shall be filled at a regular or special meeting of
the Society, in the same manner as at the annual
election, due notice of said election having been
given to all the members at least one month pre
vious to said meeting being held.
SEC. 4.
The seat of any officer or of any mem
ber of a Standing Committee who shall habitually
absent himself from the meetings of the Society, or
who shall neglect the duties appertaining to his
office, may be declared vacant by a two-third vote
of the members present at a regular or special
meeting of the Society, but notice thereof shall be
given as in the filling of vacancies, and notice
may be given to vacate and to fill a vacancy at
one and the same time.
SEC. 5. All officers who, while in office, shall
have heen entrusted with papers, books, vouchers,
or any other property of the Society, shall at the
close of their term of office surrender all such
books, papers, vouchers, or other property to their
s.uccessors in office.
SEC. 6. It is expressly understood and agreed,
that the services of all the Officers, except the
Recording Secretary, and of the several members
of the various Committees, are freely tendered
and accepted, withont any fee or emolument.
ARTICLE VI.
DUTIES
OF
THE PRESIDENT.
The President shall preside at all meetings of
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�the Society, and of the Board of Directors. When
requested by any fifteen members of the Society
in writing, signcd by them and specifying therein
the object for which a special meeting of the So
ciety is desired, he shall direct the Recording Sec
retary to issue notice thereof to the members,
specifying the particular object for which such
meeting is called, and when requested by any four
members of the Board of Directors he shall in
like manner call a meeting of said Board. In
case of an equal division on any question he shall
give the casti ng vote.
or
ARTICLE VII.
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DUTms
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OF THE VJCJ\-PRESI DENTS.
In case of the absence of the President, his
duties, in the foregoing article set forth, shall de
volve upon the Vice-Presidents, according to
priority; and, in case of the absence of both Vice
Presidents, the Society or the Board of Directors
shall elect a President pro tempore, who shall as
sume 0111 the duties and powers of that office.
ARTICLE VIII.
DUTIES OF TIlE TREASURER.
of
The Treasurer shall have the custody of all the
monies, securities and investments of the Society.
With the consent and concurrence of the Board of
Directors he shall from time to time make such
investments of the Society's monies as shall be
deemed most expedient for its growth and success.
He shaH keep, in suitable books, an accurate [tccount of all receipts and disbursements, enter
ing therein the particulars of the same. At each
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quarterly meeting he sha1l present abstracts of
his accounts, stating the amounts of the receipts
and disbursements during the preceding quarter.
and the then condition of the Permanent and Dis
tributable Funds. His books sha1l be kept open
for the inspection of members at all reasonable
times, and they sha1l be surrendered to the Board
of Directors whenever required. On the written
requisition of the Committee on Benevolence, he
sha1l make such disbursements out of the Distri
butable Fund as that committee shall order. At
the request of the Committee on Benevolence. he
shall take a written acknowledgment from any
recipient of relief for the amount so received in
the shape of an obligation payable to him as
Treasurer of the Society.
He sha1l have the custody of the seal of the
Society.
ARTICLE IX.
DUTIES OF THE RECORDING
SECRETARY.
The Recording Secretary sha1l keep, in a book
proper for such purpose, faithful and accumte
minutes of the Society's proceedings at its various
meetings; and shaH have in his custody and safe·
Iy keep, all records and journals appert1ining to
his department. H e sha1l also keep a register of
the names of all the members; also preserve an ac
count of the contributions, donations, and be
quests made to the Society. with any conditions
attached to the same; also a recor<1 of the fees.
fines, an<1 dues collected by the Treasurer or by
him from the members, handing over to the
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Treasurer all monies collected without delay and
taking his receipt therefor.
He shall issue notices of stated and special
meetings of the Society and of the Board of
Directors, and also keep an account of the stand
ing of the members with regard to their several
indebtedness for dues or fines in arrears.
He shall promptly notify all candidates of their
election as members and all officers of their elec
tion or appointment.
He shall, at the quarterly meeting in June, read
to the Society the names of all members who owe
more than their dues for one year. And the So
ciety may; at the next or any subsequent quarter
ly meeting, by a majority vote, strike the names
of such delinquents from the roll, provided always
that at least three months' previous notice shall
have been given to such delinquents.
He shall be paid for his services at the rate of
One Hundred Dollars per annum.
ARTICLE
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X.
DUTIES OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the
Society's correspondence. whether with indivi
duals or with kindred societies, furnishing informa
tion of the design and work of this Society, with a
view to encouraging and aiding in the establish
ment of kindred societies among our fellow
countrymen throughout the land. He shall also
establish intercourse with similar associations in
Great Britain and elsewhere, for the purpose of
collecting and preserving useful information re
specting Wales and her people, her traditions and
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her bards. With the advice and aid of the Com
mittee on Literature, but only wi th funds specially
provided for that purpose, he shall solicit and
procure books, periodicals, and manuscripts con
taining desirable and valuahle information relat
ing to Wales and Welsh literature; thus. it is
hoped, establishing the nucleus of a future valu
able and attractive library, which will augment
the national interest in the Society and strengthen
the social relations among its members. He shall
preserve faithful records of his correspondence,
have in his custody all such documents and books
as may appertain to his department, and quarterly
present to the members a statement of the busi
ness done by him. The Corresponding Secretary
shall be, ex officio. a member of the Committee on
Literature, and chairman thereof.
ARTICLE XI.
DUTIES
OF
THK CHAPLAIN.
The Chaplain shall, by his counsel and example,
promote unity and harmony among the members,
and also visit such sick and distressed persons as
shall be recommended to his consideration by the
Committee on Benevolence.
ARTICLE XII.
DUTIES
OF
THE PHYSICIAN,
It shall be the duty of the Physician to visit and
relieve all such cases requiring his professional
services as shall be recommended to his attention
by the Committee on Benevolence. He shall also
furnish an annual report of the professional ser
vices rendered by him on behalf of the Society.
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�ARTICLE XIII.
DUTIES OF T H E COUNSEL.
It shall be the duty of the Counsel to give legal
advice to any officer or committee applying there
for touching any business of the Society.
ARTICLE XIV,
Dt'TIES OF THE STEWARDS.
The Stewards shall act as Tellers at elections,
and take charge of the household property of the
Society. When requested, they shall assist the
Treasurer and Recording Secretary in the dis
charge of their several duties. They shall, under
advice of the President, have the management of
the National Festival on St. David's Day, and of
all other festivals and celebrations originating in
and conducted by the Society.
ARTICLE XV.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The standing Committees of this Society shall
be, a Committee on Literature, to consist of three
members, and a Committee on Benevolence. to
consist of five members, such Committees to be
appointed annually by the President.
A RTICLE XVI.
DUTIES OF
THE COMMITTEE ON LlTERATURE.
The Committee on Literature-two of its mem·
bers shall be versed in the reading and writing of
the Welsh language-shall receive and carefulh·
preserve all literary donations made to the Societ}:.
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�such as books, manuscripts, and addresses deliver
ed before the Society, which shall be kept in its
depository, under their control. They shall also
advise with the Corresponding Secretary on the
nature of his correspondence.
The Corresponding Secretary shall be Chairman
of the Committee on Literature, and , ex o'/ficio, a
member thereof.
ARTICLE XVII.
DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON BENEVOLENCE.
The Committee on Benevolence shall have dis
cretionary powers of dispensing the bounty of the
Society, subject to the regulations and restrictions
of the Constitution and By-laws. or of any resolu
tion which may be adopted with reference thereto.
In cases of application for relief being granted,
the Chairman of the Committee shall draw upon
the Treasurer for the amount named, to be paid
by him out of the Distributable Fund, which draft
shall be the Treasurer's voucher for such disburse
ment. The Committee shall have charge of the
Society's burial-ground. and in theiT discretion
may grant interments therein at the expense of
the Society, when the indigence of the deceased
and of his relatives is such as to require the out
lay.
ARTICLE XVIII.
DUTlES OF THE
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.
Immediately after their election as
provided by Article Five of this Constitution, the
six members elected as Directors at the first annual
meeting of the Society shall be divided by lot into
SEC. I.
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�three classes of two each, these c1asses to serve
for one, two and three years respectively. The
two members elected to the Board, as also provided
by Article Five, in place of the two retiring an
nually, shall serve for the full terr,; of three
years.
SEC. 2. The Board of Directors shall manage
the Estate and concerns of the Society, and with
the aid of the Treasurer and the advice of the
Counsel, shall investigate the safest and most re
munerative investments which can be effected of
the Society's funds, and secure the same, all of
which shall be in accord with Article Twenty of
this Constitution. It shall be their duty to audit
accounts, and at least once in every three months
to examine the books and accounts of the Treas
urer. and make a detailed statement to the So
ciety, of the monies, securities and all other prop
erty belonging to the Society in his custody, their
va1ue and their condition.
SEC. 3. For the transaction of ordinary busi
ness five directors shall be a quorum, but no pur
chase or conveyance of real estate or other securi
ties sh!111 be made withont a quorum of se\Ten
Directors.
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ARTICLE XIX.
All monies contributed for Life Memberships.
and donations not otherwise provided for, shall be
added to the Perma�ent Fund, the annual inter·
est of which, together with the annu"l dues, shan,
after discharging the current expenses of the So17
�ciety, be expended in the futherance of its benevo
lent objects.
ARTICLE
INVESTMENT
OF
XX.
PER?tIANENT
FU:\'D.
The Permanent Fund shall, under the direction
of the Board of Directors and with the con
currence of the Society, be deposited in Savings
Banks or Trust conlpanies in the name of the So
ciety, to be withdrawn only by a resolution of
the Society, and by an order signed by the Treas
urer and countersigned by the President and by
the Recording Secretary; and the said fund may
be subsequently invested, under the direction of
the Board of Directors and with the concurrence
of the Society, in United States registered Gov
ernment bonds, in real estate, or in bonds and
mortgages 011 unencumbered and improved real
estate in tl1e c�ties of l\'ew York and Brooklyn, the
fair yaluation of which shall be at least donble
the sum so invested therein, the title to be ap
pro\'cd by counsel appro\'ed by the Society, and
the yallle shall he certified by the Board of Di
rectors.
ARTICLE
XXI.
DONATIONS.
It shall be lawful for the Society to receive any
Donation, and dispose of the same in the manner
prescribed by the donor.
ARTICLE
x..'Ur.
AN:\'UAL :\mETIX(�.
The Annual Meeting of the Society-the begin
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�lling of its fiscal year, at which all its officers
enumerated in Article V, of this Constitution
shall be elected, installed, and enter upon the
duties of their several offices-shall be held on the
third Monday in March of each year. At this
annual meeting shall be presented the reports of
the various committees and officers-furnishing
especially a statement of the Society's progress,
and the condition of its then financial status. The
regular meetings thereafter shall be held on the
third Mondays of June, September, and Decem
ber in each year.
ARTICLE XXIII.
ALTERATIONS OF T il l!: CONSTITUTJON.
'l'his Constitution may be altered or amended
by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at
any regular meeting, provided written notice con
taining the exact words of such proposed altera
tions or amendments shall have been read at two
regular me,l'tings of the Society next previous to
acting thereon. Alticles XIX, and XX, cannot be
altered or amended excepting by the unanimous
vote of the Society at its Regular Annual Meet
ing; and provided, further, that the foregoing pnr
visions of this Article are complied ,vith.
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�BY�LAWS.
ARTICLE 1. The presence of five members of
the Society shall be sufficient to form a quorum
for the transaction of all the business thereof, at
either regular or special meetings, unless other
wise provided for by the foregoing Constitution.
ARTICLE II. The proceedings of the meetings
shall be conducted in the following order:
1.
Reading and approving of minutes.
2.
Reports from officers of the Society.
3. Reports of Standing Committees.
4.
Reports of Special Committees.
5.
Collection of Dnes.
6.
Unfinished business.
7.
Proposal and election of Candidates for
membership.
S.
New business.
ARTICLE III. No motion to reconsider shall be
in order unless the same be made by a member
who voted in the majority; if the Society decide
to reconsider, the original question shall be first
in order.
ARTICLE IV. No motion or resolution shall be
debated unless the same shall have been first
seconded, and so announced by the President;
and any such motion or resolution shall be re
duced to writing if any member request it.
ARTICLE V. When a motion or resolution is
under debate none other shall be received, unless
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�it be to amend it, to commit it, to postpone it, to
lay it on the tabl� , to call for the pr�vious ques
tion, or to adjourn.
ARTICLE VI.
When a member wishes to speak,
he shall address the presiding officer, standing.
He shall not be interrupted while speaking, except
to be called to order, or to be requested to confine
himself more closely to the subject; if called to
orde!', he shall immediately sit down, unless per
mitted to explain, when he shall appeal to the
Society, who shall decide upon the case, but, in
every instance, without debate,
ARTICLE VII. No member shall be allowed to
speak longer than five minutes at any one time,
nor oftt!ner than twice on the same question, Uil
less by leave of a majority present.
ARTICLE VIII.
The presiding officer, while act
ing as such, shall not take part in any debate, but
he may participate upon leaving the chair, and a
substitute being appointed in his place.
ARTICLE IX.
These By-Laws may be amended
or altered at any Quarterly meeting, provided that
notice of such proposed amendment or alteration
has been given at a previous Quarterly m eeting,
and a copy thereof in writing has been left with
the Secretary. These By-Laws or any portion
thereof, may be snspended during any one meet
ing, upon three-fourths of the members present at
such meeting being in favor of the same.
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�Historical Sketch
of tb.
St. David's Society
of tb.
State of �evv )(ork.
ABOUT the year
1801
the Welsh members of the
Albion Society formed the St. David's Benevolent
Society, which was of short duration.
In
1805
its members organized the Ancient
Britons Benefit Society, and transferred its funds
to the latter.
In
,83;
the St. David's Benefit and Benevolent
Society was formed, and Gen. Morgan Lewis was
its first President, and Thomas Ingram J ones and
Edgar W. Davis, Vice-Presidents.
In IS41 the present society was formed, with
David Cadwalader Colden as its President, he
serving for nine years consecutively, until his
death in
r8so.
Since the year 1841 this Society has been act
iwly and successfully engaged in carrying out its
trust, nnd it has never yet failed to
relieve
plicants deemed worthy of its bounty.
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all up·
�Presidents of the Society.
';/<.)1.
G e. ,,-,.:Mn r"/<,<- « L a. -N L·S .
1!i:JS !ottll-!.
DAVID CADWALADER COLDEN . . . . . . . 1841 to r 8 so .
. . . . . . . 1850 to 1852 .
W1LLIAM MILES. . . . . . . .
. . . . . 1853 ·
PETER ROBERTS . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1 8 54 to 1858 .
WILLIAM MILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 1859·
G. W. GRIFFITH . . . . . . . .
. . . 1860.
JOliN EVANS . . . . . . .
. . . . . I86! and 1862.
THOMAS JONES, JR . . . . .
. . . 1863 .
DANIEL L. JONES . . . . . .
. 1 864 and 1865 .
HENRY N . MORGAN . . . . .
. . . 1866.
EDWARD A. JONES .
. . . . . . 1867 ·
HJ<:NRY N. MORGAN . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 1868 to 1870.
JOHN H. PULESTON.
. . . . . . . . 1 87 1 .
RICHARD TREHARNE .
JOHN T. DAVIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1872•
. . . 1873 and 1874.
JOHN L. DAVIES .
. . , . . . 187 5 .
WIJ.LIAM MILES . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 1876 and 1877 .
JOliN THOMAS . . . . .
DAVID H. MORRIS.
. . . . 1878 .
A�EURIN JONES
. . . . . . . r879 .
DAVID H. MORRIS.
. . . . . . . . . . 1880.
HUGH ROBERTS .
. . . . . . . . . . 1881 to 1884 .
TtlO"AS L. JAMES.
. . 1885 and 1886.
RICHARD J. LEWIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1887 and 1888 .
NOAH DAVIS . . .
. . . . . 1889 and 1890.
D. PARKER MORGAN, D. D .
. . . . . . I 89f .
ELLIS H . ROBERTS . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 1 892 and 1893 .
WILLlAU ]A;\IES.
. . . . . 1894 to 1 897 .
CHARLES F. JAM"�S . .
. . . . . . 1898 and 1899 .
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�LI FE MEMBERS.
Adams, Char1es T.
Adams, Joseph H.
Barker, James
Blackwell, Henry
Blackwell, D. E.
Bateman, James R.
Brophy, T. L.
Brown, J. M.
Bender, Louis
Baird, A. L.
Constant, S. V.
Courtney, William
Cutler, E. M.
Davies, Jnlien T.
Davis, Noah
Davies, John T.
Davies, John W.
Davies, W. G.
Davies, Joshua W.
Durie, Capt.
Dittenhoeffer, 1. M.
Evans, Josiah D.
Evans, Thomas H.
Foulkes, Frank
Griffith, Daniel J.
Gwynne, David E.
Giglio, S.
Hughes, D. W.
Hughes, G. A.
Hull, Chas. B.
J ames, Charles F.
James, Dr, Warren A.
James, Thomas L .
J ames, Thomas M .
Jenkins, John G .
Jenkins, David
Jeremiah, William
Jones, W. O.
J ones, Daniel L. Y!. D.
J ones, Edward A.
Jones, Wm. B.
Jones, Thomas
Jones, Bassett
J ones, Ben. F.
Jones, Charles T.
Jones, Thomas N.
Kenway, G. P.
Kidd, Cecil A.
Krey, William E.
Kuhne, Percival
Llewellyn, William D.
Lewis, John J.
Lewis, George M.
Lewis, Richard J.
Lewis, David W.
Lewis, John
Lewis, Robert C.
Lewis, Thomas
Lyman, Alex.
Mathews, G. T.
Miles, William
Miles, William, Jr.
Miles, Gwylim
:\olorgan, II. N.
Morgan, Albert J.
�[organ, Re\-. Dr. D.
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.
.
Morgan, Richard
Roberts, M. O.
Morgan, Rollin M.
Rowlands, John D.
Rowland, David H.
Morris, Thomas
Morris, D. H.
Rothbarth, A.
Seager, John C.
McLoughlin, C. H.
Thomas, John Lloyd
Nicholas, George
Thomas, Richard S.
Owen, W. W.
Parry, Henry
Washburne, C. H.
White, A. S.
Parry, John
Williams, Rev. John
Parry, William
Williams, Mornay
Powell, Morgan V.
Powell, Thomas C.
Williams, Rev. Leighton
Prodgers, G. W.
Williams, W. H.
Williams, H. H.
Puleston, Sir John H.
Rees, William A.
Williams, 1. N.
Rees, Howell C.
Williams, D. M.
Roberts, Hugh
Williams, S. J.
Roberts, Henry J.
Williams, E. C.
Williams, J. C.
Roberts, John J.
Roberts, Ellis H.
Williams, H. E.
Roberts, Rev. Dr. W. C. Williams, John T.
Winston, Thomas
LIFE MEMBERS.
:FEMALE.
Blackwell, Mrs. Henry Griffith, Miss M. 1.
Carter, Mrs. W. H.
James, Mrs. Thomas L.
Constant, Mrs. S. V.
James, Mrs. Warren A.
Griffith, Mrs. G. W.
Lewis, Mrs. John
Griffith, Miss Susannah Morgan, Mrs. D. Parker
Griffith, Miss Margaret Powell, Mrs. M. V.
Puleston, Mrs. John H.
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.
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HONORARY LIFE �1EMBERS.
Aptomas
Davies, Rev. D. D.
DeCosta, Rev. Benj.
Edwards, Rev. T.C. D.D.
Griffiths, Capt. John
Jones, Aneurin
YEARLY
Miles, William
Miles, Gwylim
Robinson, Capt.
Roberts,Rev.W . C. , D. D.
Roberts, Hugh
Williams, H. Evan
MEMBERS.
Bowen, Thomas D.
Davies, Julien T. Jr.
Edmonds, D. J.
Ellis, E. G.
Evans, Rev. W . L .
Evans, Rev. A. H.
Evans, William M.
Evans, Thomas G.
Evans, Taliesin
Gough, Richard
Griffith, Stewart W.
Howells, W. Dean
Hughes, Thomas R.
Hughes, Samuel T.
James, William
James, Geo. W.
J ames, Peter L.
James, John E.
James, John B .
Jones, Humphrey T.
Jones, D. O.
Jones, D, H. E.
Williams,
Lewis. Dr. David R.
Lloyd, Rev. Wm.
Lloyd, Gabriel
Lloyd, John H .
McCann, George
Powell, Henry A.
Price, Prof. J. W. P.
Price, Prof. Thos. R.
Pritchard, Rev. Hugh
Pritchard, Dr. W. B.
Rees, Geo. M.
Rees, R. L.
Roberts, James S.
R oberts, Roderick
Roberts, Rev. Jos. D.D.
Roberts, Lloyd
Roberts, James H.
Thomas, H. M.
Vaughan, W . W.
Vaughan, A. W.
Williams, John M.
Williams, Rev. W. T,
William S.
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�FORM OF BEQUEST.
HEREBY give and bequeath to my Executors
the sum of
same within
Dollars, in trust, to pay the
months after my decease
to the person who, when the same is payable, shall
be the Treasurer of the St. David's Society of the
State of New York, to be applied to the bene
volent uses and purposes of said Society under
its direction.
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OF THE CITY OF NEW
��FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
CONSTITUTION AND
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OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
ORGANIZED APRIL 26, 1892.
INCORPORATED JANUARY 19, 1893.
�IAY, 1.893.
GEORGE R. VALENTINE, PRINTER,
Nos. 49 AND 5I P..o\){K PLACE", N. Y.
�OFFICERS FOR 1893-1894.
�"",ibe.. t.
FREDERICK W. PERRY, 2 Wall Street.
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WU. M. McLAURY, M. D., 244 West 42d Street.
Seczetc.t-1;I.
AMEEN F. IIADDA.D, M. D.,
95Washington Street.
�'ten:H''''te1:-.
�IRs. II. E. LEVERICH, 76 Hicks Street, Brooklyn,
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D. AIcLEA", SIIA.W, 206 Broadway.
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of '\9"u,tce,.
Term of office ''''pirin:! April, 1896.
AIR, F. W. PERRY,
DR. E. P. TIlWING,
�IR. D. )IcLEAN SllAW,
Term of o.Dice expiring April, 1895.
DB.
W�r. �r. �lcLAURY,
MRS. CIIAS. L. SNOW,
�ln. JAMES POT,!,.
'l'enn of o.tfice ezpiril1{J ApJ'l'l, 1894
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MRR. II. E. LEVERICH,
Du. AAIEEN F. IIADDAD,
MRS. C�ROLlNE NEILSON PEHRY.
eIuxific.Z1-J �olH111ittee.
�IBs. J. G. BHOWN,
Mus. C. N. P'C'TNA)I,
MISS E. McLA'C'RY,
Ams. T. GREENLEAF,
�II.s L.
�FIRST ANNIVERSARY MEETING
HELD �'lA Y 4, l.R9S,
AT
THE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH,
TWELFTH STREET AND FIFTH AVENUE.
ADDRESS OF THE RETIRING PRESIDENT.
the existence of
At the close of the first year of
results much be
this Society I am able to report
Society was first
youd my anticipations when the
'G
,
'0\1,
D1D,
started.
te the welThe ouject of tbe Society is to promo
this city, extendfare of the SYI'ian community of
to the newly-arrived
; ing not only sylllpathy and aid
ment, but by
an d assisting them in finding employ
to pre
llleans of an Iudnstrial Rome and ::;chool
can citizenship.
pare them for the duties of Ameri
shed now ten
The night school has been establi
d
months and those who have most closely watche
have expressed
the management of these schools
achieved. The
their sU'l)l'ise at what has been
ing a docility
scholars are bright and apt, exhibit
months the day
that is remarkable. The first two
g of Miss
school was u nd er the care and teachin
Fisher.
onr school
In m aking mention of the teachers of
to the
I must call the attention of the Society
an eminent
gratuitous ser vices of MIs. Eliza Burnz,
ic spelling, who
teacher of phouography and phonet
�4
spent two hO\ll's three days in the \\'eek teachin� those
children how to speak and read English by the aid
of bel' improvement, and I might say bel' invention,
which she called phonetic print.
Mrs. O. Putnam is another active and very gen
elO11S worker who has tal1ght the clllldren to sew.
She and her hiend, Miss Montgomery, from Brook
lyn, have given their time and effort to this work
from pure benel'olellce and kindness of heart. I
know these ladies have depril'ed themselves of
needed rest and time that tbey could illy spare
froll1 household dnties.
Next I would call the attention of the Society to
the te,lclier of the Night School, MI'. Saleem F.
Haddad. Ire is employed at arduous "'ork during
the day, yet he del'otes hl'O holll's five evenings of
each week, f"om �Iay 1st to the present time, to the
noble 1I'0rk of teaching and drilling the young men
and boys of his race and nation, foregoing all the
plca"ures and recreations that young men of his
age naturally cr,we. This \\'ork and effort of his
has been wholly gmtuitous.
'Ve are now fairly afioat, and crave the kindly
sympathy and support of tbe benel·olent citizens
of New York to the necessities of tbe Syrian
Oolony of this city. We are all awal'e that tbere
is plenty of sympathy and money to support every
desel'ving calise, if it can be pl'opel'ly b l'Oll �ht before
the thoughtful, earnest citizens of New York, who
are too happy to aid by time and money and eiIort
tile ameliol'flevery scheme that has for its object
.
tion of human sufferin/l'.
The Tl'llstees and officers of the Syrian Society
h,we performed the duties appertaining to their le
spective offices "'ith a fiue'ity and zeal worthy of
all commendation.
\ "-
�Dr. Ameen F. Haddad, a Syrbn graduate of
Beirut College, Syria, and also of the New York
Uuiversity, who may be called the father of this
Society, has pnt a marvelous amount of labor and
effort in this work. He has been the pro ecto.r and
fouuder of this scheme to benefit his countrymen. In
addition to performing the arduous dnties of Secre
tary, he has had a general supervision of the schools,
furnishing and preparing tne. I'ooms, getting up en
tertainments for the amusement of the children and
for the beuefit of the Society.
Onr worthy Treasurer, who has performed her
duties with scrupulous cace, has informed yon that
we are out of debt, but practically without funds
for furthm' work. VIe now appeal to all who are
herc pl'esent to help the Society with fnnds to the
extent of their ability; also bring ils claims to their
friends and co-workers in humanity'S cause every
where, that the good work commenced in behalf of
the Syrians may continue. Donations or bequests
for the benefit of the Syrian Colony in New York
may ue sent to any officer of the Byrian Society,
which will be duly acknowledged by such officer
receiving the same.
Now, in taking leave of you as President of the
Society, I wish to thank you as officers and mem
bers for the uniform 'kindness and forbearance with
which I have been treated.
N ow, in congratulating my successor. I also COll
gratnlate yon in having in your presi<.ling officer
a man so com petent in every ,vay, so energetic and
enthusiastic in the cause. Just the man to carry it
through to a successful isslle.
j
Addresses were also made bv Rev. C. Madison
"
Peters, Rev. Stephen M
: erritt, anel I,ouis Klopsch,
Ph.D.
�SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The Syrian Society closes its first year with deep
feelings of gratitude to God for the steady progress
tbat it has attained in tbe first year of its existence.
It also acknowledges the kindness and sympathy of
the many friends who have taken such im active
interest in its work and furthered its cause. Om'
thanks arc due to the Tribune Fresh Ail' Fnnd, and
to ITon. G. ITilton Scribner for exclll'sions to Excel
sior Grove and Oentral Pal·k. ,\Ve also tender our
thanks to the New YQ1'k Herald Free Ice Oharity.
Snl'ely the Lord has been with ns, and snpplied all
our necds.
We begin the second year with more
zeal, energy and assurance that the Hand which
guided us in the past will not forsake us in the
future.
As the Society is comparatively little known, it
lViii, I have no doubt, be of intere.t to recall the
circumstances which led to itB organization.
It is a well-known fact that men are always am
bitious to improve their condition and seek to make
tbeir fortnnc whE-rever it might be possible.
The
case is none the less tme with tbe Syriaus. They
find no privileges for thei,' advancement ill their own
countr.)', and he;u'ing of the wealth, industry and of
the many ways for improvement in the United
States, that they might take advantage of, they leave
their homes for Ameriea. They are pl'Ohibited
from cOllling by the Turkish Government, and
mallY h,we to sacrifice all they possess in order to
come. Bilt there are no difficulties that can quench
their ambition and desire to improve themselves.
Those who ha,e 110 means of their o\\'n to pay their
passage Ol-CI', bol'l'olV from friends, expecting to
retnrn the same as soon as they can earn it, alld th"y
�do it, too. Their first earnings are always sent to pay
their debts. The majority who come here are very
poor.
On rear-hing America, they find to their disappoint
ment no chances for emp!o'yment, and are thus
forced to become peddlers. Yon would probably
ask me, how do the.v get their goods, if they lire
poor '( There are a few S.yrians among them who
are quite well-to-do, who have stores and keep snch
articles as are needed. They deal with wholesale
bnsiness houses aud retail to peddlers, and many
are supplied by them on C1'edit. I must state right
here, and do it with great pleasUl'e, that the deal
ings of these Syrians with American bnsiness
houses have always been honest, and theil' credit
with them is good,
\\'ashington street, near Rector street, is their
headquarters in this city, where over a thousand
resicie and from whence thev scatter all Ol'er North
and South America. Strall ers in a strange land,
ignorant of the English language, customs, manners,
!:tws and of everything American, who will become
citizens without conception of American institn
tions or love for their adopted country. They
roam from one place to anothel' seeking to eal'll
their living, not knowing what else to do, having
no one to advise and sympathize with them. They
endure gre�t hardships and privations, aud even
persecutions at the hands of other fOl'eigners around
them, le!lrning their customs and adopting their
Notwithstanding all this, they come
manners.
with their families, no matter who or what stands
in their way. Their hope of bettering theil' con
dition stimlliates them to overcome all the difficul
ties which confront them. 1'10 more peaceable peo
ple have eyer landed on these shores than the
�
�Syrians, and yet the Ohristians have singled them
out of all other emigrants by ignoring them and
doing nothing for their encomagemcnt, nntil within
a year. They thonght by so doing they ,,,ould
disconrage their emigmtion, forgctting or being
probably ignorant of the causes ,,,hioh attmct
It is simply and plainly to make
them hel·e.
money and improve their condition, as stated above.
Who can blame them for so doing, situated as they
are in their country where they have no chances for
improvement? Tiley are always ready to avail
themselves of the privileges whidl tend to improve
their condition and endeavor to make the best of
it. Our work will not in the least encourage their
emigration; and what if it does I There has been
nothing done for them for the last ten or twelve
years, and still they come. '''hy should they not
enjoy the freeelom of this land, its business facili
ties and the liberalitv of its Ohristians, as the
English, the Germans, "the II·ish, the Italians, the
S"edes. and in fact nearly every nation under the
sun? ,Yhy, when the case of the Syrians is pre
sented, to whol11 the whole Chri"tian world is
indebted, the answer comes hack with emphasis:
We do
"Let them go back; why do they come?
not want them llere, and have enongh to take cal·e
That might be trne, bnt the great fact
of."
and that
after all is, that they are here
they are coming here and will continue to
come here, as Ion!! as the door is open for them to
Some have thought that a thousand
eome.
people with oue hundred cliildren were not enough
to start a wOI·k among. But we seek to help the
few now, whilc they are fell", and cau reach them
better, for the one thollsand, as 'ome onc has
truly said, will become tell thousand. Thus they
ill turn will help and infillence the new-comers.
;
.
�Believing that something ought to he done for
the Syrians, and e'pe!"ially for the children, who
grow up without any Christiau education, a few
ladies and geutlemen mct on the evening of the
2ilth of April, 1 S{)2, at the residence of DI'� William
.M. McLaury, Hnd orgauized the above-nall1ed in
stitntion.
.• The object
of this Suciety is to provide all
Educational and Industrial School, founded on
Chl'i�tian pl'inciples ; to teach them the English lan
guage aud such branches of learning and indnstry
as may assist them to support thelllseh'es and to
become intelligent Amel'iean citizens.
While its
fonnders seek prilllarily to promote the material
welfare of the Syrian cOll1lllnnity, tho,\' do not
ignore its moral and religious well-being."
On the 5th day of May, 1892, an o'Vening class
for yonng men \ras started under the care of MI'.
Saleem F. Haddad, who does his work voll1utarily
and without recompense. While the attendance is
not large, wc fee! encolll'aged and repaid for the'
efforts we put in this direction. It is gratifying
to say that a: yOllllg man from the evening class has
a Rtore of his own and does business with the
American dry gooei.; honses iu English. Othel's
have bocn greatly helped by this evening class.
The day sohool was temporarily stal·ted by Miss
llclen J\L Fishel', forlllerly of Beirut, Syria, on tho
21st of July, 11;92, nntil we cOllld prOClll'e fl regular
teacher. She gave her services gratuitollsly for
auout twcll'e weeks and did her work \\'ell, thns
c1c>erl'ing the thanks of the Society. Now \\'e
hal'O a regn!ar kinclergarten and primar,)' tcacher,
with an attenclance of eighteen children, all wo can
comfortahh' accommodate.
The school comlllonces with del'otiona! oxorcises
�10
in which the children all take part. (The mother
of one of the children told me the other day that
her son repeats of his Ol\'n accord the pnl)'crR I>e
learned at the school eler," nigltt belol'e going to
bed).
Primal,)' hr anches, incln <1 ing the E ngli"h
langn age, geography and arithm etic are being
.
tanght.
lon
will be surprised to he al' little five
'year-old * Y usif Malouf, and other little OilOR, point
Ollt on the map, from which all nallles are omittcd,
the difIcrent States with their capitab, and name
thc l)l'incipal ril'ol's, l akcs alld mOllll!ain,.
Thoil'
pron nnciat ion is clear and disti l l e t. A pal·t of the
time iR dm'oted to kIndergarten work and exercises;
as wcll as songs and hymlls in ,\ rabi e and English.
The chi ldren Itaye wonderfull)' a<1aptc(1 thenlsch-os
to all the advantages we 'Vel'� enp-bled to oilcl' them
and made I-ery good progrcso in ",-hat they II'cre
taught.
They plainly lllustrate the advi8(1bilily
and necessity for such a school. The work has to
he seen to be appreciatcd. What little .' ou have
seen of the ehildren to-night will enfo:'ce upon you,
I hope, the importance of this "'Ol'k.
The following shows hoI\' the children thclIlBeh-cs
appreciate the school. One day one of the �ids
was sent home for disobedience. She cnmc hack
with her mOlher , asking to be excllsed and if ehe
might come back.
., I �Ion't know how to stay home
any 1I10re and d o n othing , when I may come to
school," she said. She is no\\' one of the be,t iii the
school.
The �ids are also tanght plain se \\'in�, drcBs
making and c rochet work. They take all the gar
mcnts they SCII', bn t the lace they crochet is for tIle
school.
•
Pcrtruit on cover.
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Another fcature of Ollr work in the school is
teaching the children to save their pennie�. Al
ready three of them have a small arc01111t in the
Manhattan Savings Inbtitution to tbeir crcdit, and
others will SOOIl have theirs.
A Sunday Scllool class has been started and is in
ckll'ge of a Syrian lady, who yolnntarily offered to
teach it, every Sunday aftemoon. Tuesday evening
of every week is set apart as a soc'"l evening for
WOll1en, gil'1s, and children of the school, to which
you arc all invited to attend and to help give thell1
a nice time. The children like to sec visitol's, and
always welcome them with their nsnal cordial and
pleasant manner.
In order to carry ont the objects of tbe Societ.Y,
a Home for children is greatly needed.
In fact it
is the only hope in which the Society expect to ac
complish its mission. We need the !lome to gather
the children in. and shield them froll1 the bad in·
tlnences ronnd abont them. To edncate them, and
surronnd them with Christian
atmosphe"e and
s'ympathy, anclmake of them good men and women.
COlliing in contact with stICet boys ami girlH, they
cannot help bnt be influenced by them. Thechildl'en
"tay with u� as long as they are in the city, and
when their parents leave New York, they are compelled to leave the school and go oil with them
New 80holal's al'e then taken in to till the vacallcy.
lon can \\'ell see the gt'eat clisadvantage to the
"chool alld chilclren, to have this continual change.
It �s l'eally UnfOl'tllll:lte fol' them to he obl iged to
leave, when the'y be"in to i mprove simpl'y because
the'y have no plaee w ere they can remain ancl attend
the s�hool. Bnt when we 11a'"e the Home all of this
trouble and inconvenience will he overcome.
It haR heen B,lid that the R,I'l'iallR are not willing
.
'L
,
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to be employed, and ,,"ould rather peddle; and that
lIow
the boys do not accept a usu"l boy's salary.
·
call a boy live on tl ee dollars pO ,· wook, II" hon he
has to pay Otit of it his rent, hoard a nd c u thing
bills? ·Wonld ou bl ,t e him for not accepting
such a posi tion . The American boy, young man
01' woman, Ii ving with their pal·ent, can well afIOI·d to
accept the 101V ,,·ages, uutil t h y can do better, l,av
ing no expeuses to meet. This is an th r of tho Ill a ny
instances which "·oe" to prove tho nec ss ty of 1m\,
ing a Home. ... e would gi ve a boy while learn ing
a pro fession, and anothet· who is employed at a
small pay, II home, where ill addition to suitable
food and sh elt , he can find encouragement and
Christian instructio tLat ,,·ill tit him for better
We can afford when
seniee and future usefulnes,.
we have the Home, to keep them at a nominal pri ce,
within t heir income , u til they are able to pay
more.
It is true that Syrians eome here with the inten
tion of making a little fortune and go back to theil·
own country; but "Len they are once hel·o they
stay. A few are already naturalized. They like this
country too ,,·ell, aud its attractions and freedom is
too great for them to l"Cbist. I may safely say that
of all those who come here, not one·tenth of them
go back, and if they do, thoy are sure to return
sooner or later. It was only about nin months ago,
when a yOllng man well known to me left for
y ria, with the oarnest intention of stay ng thel·e.
He is no\\' back with t\\"o of his relatil'es. lIe said
he could not remain home, for there was nothing
for him to do, so he decided to come back, and
peddle again. This is only olle case of mauy. It has
been rig t y said t at "the Syrian citi,ens will be
a cred t to the country." Shall we not give them the
n
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n
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h
�chance I Shall we not hel p them to hel]l thelll
selves 1 This is all they need.
With great pleasure and pride I state that the
l(irl8 have started the nnden,; for the Home Fund,
with the fir,t sal e of their crochet work. Thetifty
cellts earned by the children will he the 'iturting
point, and a stimulus to the I(cnerous Christi,Uls
who will not disappoint such willing and earnest
little workers.
The children's mite has already
becn aclded to, by a gift from the Mis1ion Band of
the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church.
We
hope and pm)' that when the appeal iii puhlicly
made, the friends of the Society and all interested
in the Syrians will see tbat this greatly needed
and worthy object suffers no i"colll'cnienee fur
lack of means. Come down aud see the school for
yom'sel\'es, for then we arc SUI"e that 'yon would I-(i \'e
as the Lord has prospered yon.
The Syrian Society cordially welcomcs visitors to
its school at any time. Snch visits will encourage
and intel'cst the child"en, \I'ho take pride in showilll(
their accomplishments, and will, I think, increase
the interest which has prompted the visitor to give
the tillle to make SllCh " call.
.A... F. IIADDAD,
Secretary.
�J4
TREASURER'S
REPORT.
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1'l'eftl:Jlll'U', ill accoullt wiLh
)11'H. II.\HI(.rl�·J' E. LEV .. RlCH,
'l'1I1� KYHU:-;' S OCmTY 010' 'l'ln� erl'Y 0 ..' N�w YOHK, 1'(.1' the
year endillg Jbrcll �1, 1893.
RECEIPTS.
To collections .....
...... 81�7 00
" dOIlHLiolls.
.. . .' . . . .
J.U
; 18
.. pl'Occed� fJ'om entertainments.
244 75
<. speciul contributiolls for piano ..... .
0008
..
..
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Christmas fC81ivai
2000
books.....
5 78
$617 OU
EXPENDITURE S.
By rent.
. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
d�lY �ch()ol teachers' salary .....
......•• .
pltlllO........
" expenses for entertainments. . . . .
: allCl'i!lg and furnishing rooms . . . .
,
printing
::
:
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"
.,
"
.
.
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..
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"
"
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. . . . . . • •
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
sliudries.. . . .
. .. . . . . . . . . . . . .
ch.'!lning room .....
. .
Vo!ullhlry lady teachers' fares
coal ... .... .
stlLtiollCI'Y .. .
lawyer.
gas
dry goods
...
expclH:iC:::o 011 Fresh AirExcul'�jon
Balance on hand ...
. . ..
. .... $13000
104 00
80 00
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67 49
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51 46
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41 70
29 17
16 8.;
15 24
14 00
10 14
o 75
G 61
[) 00
2 15
fil-l8 56
58 5iJ
$647 OU
1 h:we examined the accounts of Treasurer to this datc, and
certify the tiame to he corr(:ct.
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D. }lcLBJ.N tiHAw,
AurJUol'.
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MEMBERS AND SUBSCRIBERS.
Dr. W"m.)f.)lcLauI'Y, :Xcw York City ...
Dr. Edward P. Thwing, China
Mrs. E. P. Thwing, Chillll.
:Mi",� GCI'lrudc Thwing. China
Hev. Edward \Y. Thwing, China
)1I'�. 11. Eo I,cvcrich, Bl'Ooklyn ....
Miss E. B. Leverich, Brooklyn
Dr. Ameen F.lluddfld, New York City ...
Mr. ;';'alcem F. Haddad, New York Ci'Y .
Mrs. C. J.. , SIIOW, Rl'ooklyn ............ .
,Mr, J. R Hichards, New York Oily
Mrs. U.)1. :Mo�chell, Ncw York City
MI'. A. J. T... 'Vcdcmcycr. Liberty, N. Y ..........
He\,. R. B. Halliday, Brooklyn ......... .
Mr. \Y. J. Wil1ghart, New York City ... .
i\trs. \\r. •1. ,ringlull't, �cw York City
Dr. D. IL Slccm, New York City ...
)£r�. H. }�. Blit7., New York City.
J\li�s H. F. .Metz, Ncw York City ........... ..
Mr. Kalcd G. lt\lreijic, New York City.
)11'. �accd Jurciciniri, New York City ....
Hey. Bal1lucl Jc,,�up, D. D., Beirut, Syria.
::\rr�. SlllllUci .]c!"sup, Beirut, Syria .
"Mrs.S. F.lIcwitt, Bl'Ooklyn ..... . .
Miss E. E. Link, New York City.
Mis" 11. SC'j,an, New York City.
::\lr . .J. MlleLcod, Brooklyn .. .
JIll's. J. )lncLeod. Brooklyn .. .
Prof. F. Sta1'l', Kew york ....
.Mr. KlingSl1lith, Blairsville, Pa.
.Miss.M. C. I.-ove, Bl'Ooklyn .... . . _ .
Mrs. George Zabriskie Gray. New York City.
A Friend of Syrianlol, Now York City .....
Mrs. .James Ham, BroOklyn .. . .. .
Mrs. E. B. Burnz, New York City ....... .. . .
)[1'. J. )facDonel. New York City . . . . • . . . . . . •
1I{rs . •J. Vcruois, New York City . . . . . _ . . . . . . .
Hey. U D. Bmdlec, Boston, ::'IIass ..
Mr. B . J. Ilill, Brooklyn ... .
Mrs. B. J. lIiII, Brooklyn ........... . . .. .... .
Mr. C. N. Putnam, Nl!w Yorl< City. _ .
)li....s 11. J'f. Fishel', Brooklyn. . .
From J.-ectul'c b y Dr. S . Jessup.
Dr. Clarence Thwing, Alaska .. . . .
$700
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5 00
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1 00
1 00
1 00
fj 00
1 00
3 00
1 00
fi 50
1 00
2 00
5 00
5 00
fi 00
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500
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1 00
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1 00
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fi 00
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35 00
100 00
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)[1'. Henry �h('ldoll. Brooklyn .....
;\rr�. Henry Sheldon, Brooklyn ...........
Mr. C. Bi"kinty, New York Cily.
Miss )L :;'\Iackt'llzie, Brooklyn.....
Mi�s ""lary Coffiu, Brooklyn .. . .
For Piano...
. ... . .
MI'. X .J. Albeely. Xew York City .. .
J? Heitz, flicksville, L. I ............. ...
*.Mrs . J.
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Mrs. J). Dc Gol,ver (from Sewing Class, Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn), Plainfield, N . •1.
MI','. II. K. Tuurbel', NewYork City.
Mrs. :;\[, 1:\. Crummey, Brooklyn .......... , . . . . . . . .
Mrs. Sidney Law, 'Yest New Brighton, S. 1.
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.i\II', K li'ul'cijie, New York City ..., . . . . . . . . . . , . . .
:;\Iis� )Iary Booth, Englewood, N. J.... '" . . . . . .. . .
AlI's. Durwin R James, Brooklyn ...
.Mrs. A. T. Burnz, New York City . .............. .
Mr. Ibrahilll Kabtllall, New York Dily.
Mr•. Geo. Wood, Ne\\' York City ...... .
M,". Abbie Bulkly, Brooklyn ... . .
)U.;;s E. McLaury. �cw York City .....
Mrs. J. D. Half), Hanover, N. II...
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".\Irfl. A. F. Kindberg. Brooklyn.. . . . . . . . . • . .
�[r. A. .J. )[ead, New York City........... .
Fron1 Conc('rt.. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . .
MIs. ,T. A. C. GnlY, Xcw York City ............ .
Clas�oll Av('uue Pn:shyt�rian Church n[i::.sionllry So.
tiety. Brooklyn .........
M,'S. 1. E. JIa,hrook,-lll·ooklyn .......
Mrs. M. K. A8�croft, Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . • . . .
j\1igS L. Montgomery, BroOklyn ... ' . , . . .
Mrs. A. H. YHn Ne."it, New 1 ork City .... ........
]\fl'. J'nmcs R, ('timing, New York City ... .
Mrs. Geo. n. PilHlmry. Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . • . . • . . . .
MI'. Gco. Bey Cu(i;i, New York City.......... .
lUI's. C. N. PUtllUl11, XewYork City .... ,
OJ'. \Vm. Ste vens. New York City ...... , . , .
Dr ..[o,eph A. Sanders, New York City ...... .
)[1'8. O. H. Hay"" New York City ................ .
Mrs. h:aac Gridley, Brookl.v n . . . .. . . , . . . . . .
..
)[". R . II. 'j'"ylor, New York City .. . .
)Iis� .lnne )fol'gan, '\�cst New Brighton, S. 1. ...... .
Dr. ThOR ·W. Rk-kerlon, Xew \"ol'k Cily ...........
Mr�. Tho�.'\'". Bickertoll, New York City ......... .
")[1'1-.. A. G. Hammond, Sailors' Snug IT arbor, S. 1. .. .
.'1 00
1 00
500
1 00
200
1 88
1 00
400
I) 00
6 00
1 011
500
1 00
200
5 00
1 00
1 00
15 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
122 7J
500
200
5 00
6 00
6 78
2
0 00
5 00
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1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
500
1 00
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500
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Mr. Frcd'k W. Pcrry, NewYork Cify ............. .
Mrs. Caroline Neilson Perry, New York City ...... .
Mr. James L. MorgaD, Brooklyn .................. .
From a parlor reading, XewYork .... ............ .
�lr. S. B. SchicITelin. Xew York City . . . . . .. . . . . . . .
�Irs. P. E. Eyel�, Brooklyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .
.Mr. E. B. Lnphnm, Mount Vernoll, N. Y ......... .
$500
500
500
110 00
200
1 00
1 00
LIFE MEMBERS.
Dn. Wru.JIAM U. :McLAURV.
DR. A MEEN }', HADDAD.
Du. EDWAJ{D P. TnwING.
Mus. E. P. TnWING.
MRS. C.lIl. )[o,ellEl,L.
l'IIR. W. J. '\\'INGUART.
:at"•. W.J.WINOIIART.
MRS.
M us.
Mns.
MRS.
..OUfSE nl� GOLYEn.
J
II. K. THURBEH.
SIDNEY LAW.
DARWIN R. JAMES.
:;\Ins. J. E. HAS-UHOOK.
)Ins. }'L K. ASHCROl'T.
MISS J..JZZIE )loXTGo.\lERY.
DR. D.IL SLEE"'.
)Ins. R. II. TAYLOR
:MR. KLrN G�l1ITH.
)1188 JANE )IoJWAN.
lIns. JAME..'J HAM.
JIRS. A. G. nAMl[OND.
I�Ev. C. D. BHADLEE.
)In. FREDERICK ",Y. PEltRY.
DR. CLAln�NCE TUWING.
}IRS. CAROLI:XE N. PEnUy.
MR. CONSTAN'fINE BISKINTY. )lR. JA:MES L. )10RGAN.
�18
MISCELLANEOUS DONATIONS.
JULY, 1892.
Dr. E. P. 1'hwillg-3 pictures.
�In�. C. L. Snow-I 'box slate pencils.
)[iss Grace Bull-l box slate pencils and 1 crayon�.
.;\Irs. A. Gridley-l dozen lead pencils.
Mi" �I. Coffin-School books.
l\[rs. Rufllcr-f l The Christian "Gnion."
�[rs . E. B. Buroz-1 blackboard.
�Ir. B . J. IIi I-Gas fixtures.
AUGUST, 1892.
Miss :AI. Mackenzie-Clothing.
Mrs. E. B. BUl'llz-Clothing.
Mrs. JI. E. Leverich -Clothing.
1\[rs. F. Terhune-Clothing and 2 slates.
�[rs. C. L. Suow-6 slates.
Mrs. _L Gridley-Plant.s for school room.
1111'S. H. E. Lcvcrich-l kaleidoscope and banner.
�1iss n. lit Fisher-l pair suspenders and 1 b auk book.
)lr8. D. T. Leverich-Plants.
)[iss N . A. Leverich-3 American flags.
)Iiss E. B. Leverich-:Uusic.
SEPTEill3ER, 1892.
)[rs . E . B. Bnroz-Rnbber stamp (Syrian Society).
)Irs. )L S. Crummey-Clothing and hats.
OC'roBER, 1892.
:i\Iiss S. D. Doremus (through Miss II. M. Fisher)-6 double
de,;:ks, 3 benches and 14 camp chairs.
)[r. C. N. Putnam-Stove.
)Irs. William Harris (through Mrs. F. Terbunc)-Cal'pet.
)[1'. Thos. Stokes-1 ton of coal.
NOVEllBELt, 1892.
Mrs. n. E. Leverich-Material for sewing, work, and 3
undcrgarment�.
�[iss E. E. Link-)f9.terial fn aprons.
)liss E. �[cLaUl'y-3 books.
Mrs. C. N. Putnam (through) -15 yards cotton cloth, 15
yards unbleached muslin, 4 towels, 3 pieces of goods for
dresses, 6 slates, 2 dozen wooden slate penc:ls, 2 dozen spool
cotton. needles, worsted, 1 globe and 2 books.
)11" . n. Sheldoll-50 yards sbirt muslin.
JIrs. E. B. Burnz-12 primers.
�Irs. .T. )IacLeod-Clotbing.
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DECEMBEH, 1892.
)[rs. }'ielitz-2 flannel shirts and jacket.
)[r. E. P. Benedict-Clock.
Mrs. 11. E. Leverich-2 shirts and 2girls' coats.
�Iiss L. )Iontgomery-2 dresses.
DONATIONS "FOR CIffiIBTllAS.
�Ir. 1. L. Lindsey (through )[rs. Fielitz)-Book, and candy.
)Ir. A. \V. Balch (through .Mrs. Fielitz)-Decorations for tree.
bh·,. O.
TIaye, (through Mrs. Fielitz)-$5for red fiannel.
Miss E. j\[cLall1'y- t dozen pairs stockings.
Mrs. B. J. Hill, dozen pairs stockings.
Mrs. 111 . S. Crummcy-14 handkerchiets.
�Irs. C. N.�[o,chrll-2games.
:M�. Albert 'Vagncr-Toys.
ll.
�{�: \�ii�::;��il��,1�E�l�����i cake.
Mrs. H. E. l"cverich-Cakes.
Mrs. Bumistone-Toys, confectionery, pictures, picture books,
games, la girls' coats, shirts, underwear. etc.
�[r. B. J. Llill-3 dozen tea plates, 3 dozen preserve plates.
Mrs. :;\1. K. Asbcl'oft-8 tea plates and 4saucers.
)lrs. Benjamin Flint-l dozen shawls.
Mrs. O. 1l. lIaycs-10 yards red fiannel.
�lrs. P. Eyers-Picture cruds.
JANUARY,
1893.
Mrs. R. LT. l\Iorris-l hat and garments.
FEBRUARY,
1893.
JUrs. Benjamin Flint-Pieces of cloth and 2shirts.
MI'. F. W. Perry-�["p of United Slates.
MARCIl, 1893.
Mrs. Mason-S dresses.
:Mrs. Buruz-5dresses, 1 cape, 2 boys' suits, 1 overco:tt and 1
girl's jacket.
Mrs. lI. E. JJcverich-l dress.
Mrs. V. �l. Tower-18 work bags.
l\Irs Rufncr-" Christhn Union."
Miss L . .Moutgomery-\Vork box, ] necktie, prizes for chil
dren and mRlel'm) for dress.
Mrs. Benjamin Flint-4 shirts and remmmt of cloth.
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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION.
We, the undersigned, AME EN F. HADDAD. D. ;)IcLEAN
S£IAW, \VILLIAM nt. }lcLAUHY, EDWARD P. TOWING, liAR
RIET E. LEVERICH, ilARRlET S. SNO".V, J.U[ES POTT, FRED
ElttCK W. PEnUy and A�DHEW J. �IEAD. citizen') of the
United State s a majority of whom arc ro,idClllS of the State of
New York, desiring to associ<lte ou�eJves together for benevo
lent, charitable, literary, scientific anti missionary purposes,
pUrSU31l1 to an Act of the Legislature o f Ihe State of New
York, entitled " An act for the incorporfltioll of benevolent,
charitable, literary and missionary societies," pn�sed April 12,
1848, and the :mveral acts amending the same, do hereby associate ourselves together and form n. society for such purpo�es.
,
F'i1'sl-The name or tille by which said Society E'hall be
known is " The Syrian Society of the City of New York."
Sfcond-The particular business and objefts of �aid Society
shaH be to provide a.n induo;:.trial ano educational institution in
New York City, or el�ewhere, for the Syrian immigrants and
for all tbo�e lol-peaking tbe Arabic tongue, to teach them the
English language and instruct them in 311 tb(> requisite,", for
self support and American citizensb ' and to extend to tbem
sympathy und aiel as needed.
Said ...-:ociety Flball I'ot be sectanan. but conducted on Cbri�lian e vangelical principles.
!r.
l'/tiJ'd-The business of suid Society shall be managed by
nine 'rrustees.
FOllrtll.-The n ames of the Trurstccs who shall manage said
Society for tbe first year are : Ameen F. JTaddad, D. )[cLean
Shaw, William U. :McLaury , Edward P. Thwing- , IIaniet E .
Leverich, Harriet S . Snow, James Pott, Frederick 'V . Perry
and Andrew J. :Mead.
Pifth-The place of business or principal oUice of the said
Society sball be in the City of New York.
IN 'VTTNESB WrmuEoF', we , the subscribers hereto,
have herewith set our bands and Fleals at tbe City of
New York, on tbe 7th dny of Se ptember, 1892.
'VILUA�[ M . )IrLAUHY,
AMEEN F. HADDAD ,
EnWAHD P. Tnw Y:.\'G.
JAMES POl'T,
D. )IcLEAN RnAW,
FRED �]UCK
I
W. PERRY,
ANDUEW J. )l"-:AD,
lL.\HHn:T E. LEVERICII,
llAlUUE'r S. SNOW.
j
I.
,
�21
STATE OF NEW Yom.:,
l 88 .
City and County of New York, r . '
On this 7th day of September. 1892, before me personally
came Ameen F. Haddad, D. McLean Shaw, William ill.
'McT....aury, Edward P. Thwing, Harriet E. Le;,'cricb, Harriet
S. Snow, .l ames Pott, ,b'rederick ",V. Perry and Andrew J.
MeadJall of fun age, and aU citizens of the United States, and
all residents of the City of Kew York, to me known and
known to me to be tbe individuals described in, and who
signed the foregoing instrument, and they severally acknowl.
edged to me that they signed tbe same for the use and pur·
poses therein mentioned.
ISAIAII n. lIANNA,
Notary Public, Kino, Co.
Cerlificate filed i n N. Y. Co.
IN THE )1ATTER
of
Tbe Or,!!3nization and Incorporation of
TUE SYIUAK SOCIETY OF THE CITY I
OF NEW YonK.
J
'Whercus, Application has been made to the St. tc Boar(} of
Charitie.-; for its approval of the organization and incorpora.
tion of The S�'riau Society of the City of New York ; and
Whereas, On due inquiry and icvestigation. it appears to
said Brard desirable and proper that the said institution st all
be so eswblished and incorporated.
Now, therefore, in fursuance of and in conformity with the
laws of the State of New York, passed lIIay 18, 1883, the said
State Board of Charities bereby certifies that it approves of the
organizatil'n Hud incorporation of the said " The Syrian SOCiety
of the City of New York," the certificate of incorporation of
whieh is hereto annexed.
Iu Wi tn ess 'Vhereof, the said Board have this JanuHry
e
c
e
It9�k�c��� ���nrS ���i�l�:l ��;oh�:e���� :!���e�
J. H. VAN ANTWEIU\
l
Attest :
Vice President.
JAMES O. FANNING,
.Assistant Secretary.
�22
CONSTITUTION A N D BY-LAWS.
ARTICLE I.-XA�E.
TlIe name by which the corporution shall be known shall
be " T HE SYRIAN SOCIETY 01;' TilE CITY OF' NF.W YOUK."
ARTICLE Il.- OBJECT.
The object of the Society sha]] be to provide Ull Educational
and Industrial Institution fo], Syrians, founded on Christian
principles, by which they shall be taught tbe English lan
guage, and such branches of Jearnin g and inelustry as may
assist them to support themsel ves and to become intelligent
Alnerican citizens.
ART ICY,E III. -l\1EMBERSIJIP.
SECTION 1. Any person of good moral chal"Hcter [md slanding
in tile community may be eligible for election to membership.
f:)RC. 2
. The payment of tbree dollars annually shall con
stitute a n active member.
A dOIlHtion of twenty.five dollars
shnll constitute a life membership.
A donation of one hundred dollars shall com�lilute u P a tron .
SEC. 3. AU applications for membert-,hip shall be pres("nted
by a member of the Board of Trustees. tlnd if the candidate is
approved by the Board, he may be elected by a majority vote
of two-thirds of those prescot at tbe time of electioo.
AUTlCLE IY.-·OFFICEUS.
The officers of the Society 8ball be a President, a Yice
Prcf.l.ident, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all of whom shall
hold office for one year from the date of the annual eleclion,
or unlil their succcssors are elected .
ARTICLE V. -TRUSTEES.
S W'l'ION
I
1. There shall be nine mcmbers of the Board of
Trustees.
Tbey shall have cbarge of all the airn,irs of the
Corporation, subject to the approval of the Corporators. They
shall annually choose a Pre::.ident, Vice·Pre<o;ideut, Secretary
and Treasurer of their bod y .
S�C. 2
. '1'he Board of 'lirustecs shall be divided into three
cln<.:ses of three members each. and they shall he elected by
ballot at each nnoual meeting of the Corporators. rrbe term
of office of each Trustee shall be determined by ballot.
Three of the Incorporators shall be chosen for tbl'cc years,
three for two years. and three for one year, so l11nt at errcll
annual meeting after the first, three Trustees shall be elected
to hold office for the next three years.
SEC. 3. The Board shall have power to fill all vacancies
caused by death or resignation for the unexpired term.
�23
ARTICT,E YI.-)IEETINOg,
SECTION 1. ']'he regular meeting of the Board of Trustees
shall be held on the second Thursday of caell month, at 3.30
r. M., at the rooms of the CorporatioD, or at such other place
as the Board may appoint.
SEC. 2. Special mC2tings may lie called by the President,
or at the request of any two members of the Boarcl.
Foul'
members sllall constitute a quorum at any meeting of theBourd.
and seven members shall constitute a quorum at the annual
meeting of the Corporation.
SI':C. a. The annual meeting of the Corporation shall be held
on the second Tuesdny of April, in each yen!', Ht such time
and pltlce as shall be designated by the Board of 'l'rustees.
AnTrcLE VIL-COMM11"I'EES.
Sttlnding or Special Committees lllay be apPOinted 1)), the
Boanl, who shall report at the annual meeting, 01' SOOHel' if
called upon 80 to do.
An advbory or auxiliary Board of
Managers may be appointed to further the interests of the
Corporation, but their proceedings wall be subject to the
approv111 of the Board of Trustees.
The Board mlly also
appoint a general superintendent or manager to look after the
interest of the school.
ARTICLE VIII.-OnDER OP BCSJNE�S.
At the regular stated meetings of tbe Corporation as well a�
that of the Board of Trustees, tbe following sball be the order
of business :
1. Calling the ))leeling to Order.
2. �{eadil1g of the :Minutes.
3. Ueport of the Treasurer.
4. H('port of Committees.
5. Heport of Auxiliary Committee.
6. Comm.uuicaLions.
7. Unfinished and New Business.
8. Nomination of Xew 1llembers.
9. Election of New Jlembers.
10. Adjournment.
AR'rICLE IX.-�blENDMEx'rs.
Amendments to the By-laws may be proposed i n writing n.t
nny regular meeting of the Board of 'l'ru:->Iees, and they may
be acted upon at the next regular meeting of the Bonrd, pro
vided notice be gh'en to each member, and pro\'ided a1c:o two
thirds majority of members present vote for any proposed
amendment.
�24
THE SCHOOL.
3fTss GRACE E. EGBERT.
S.\.L'fA B.\DIR.
JAllE�LY B.\SlIA..
ELBS BASITA.
II.\BEEB KINAAN.
YCSIF )[AI.OUF.
)[Alty 1\IALotiF.
A.NTOUN FARrs.
HAX1o.y )IOBAID.
DEEBY FEY.\D.
JALERLY NAllAAS.
Cl.AM_\N'flNB .lADOON.
KATAR SAADI.
RO�A JADOON.
WADIIIA SUROn.
WADorA KARSA.
NAJEE13Y SUROR.
SHAFEEKA KARSA.
l\IICIIAEL Senon.
NAnUIA BALAnr.
TAUF!]{ 'l'ANNUS.
�'The paymC/lt of
Three Dollars anllually sltall
toustitute au Active Member.
Ii
,
A dOllatioll of Twmty
five Dollars sltall cOllstitllte a Life Member, aud aile
HlIlldred Dollars a Patroll.
FORM OF BEQUEST.
[give and bequeatlt to " Tlte Syrian Society of Ihe
City of New York," illcorporated ilt tlte year
1 893 ,
ullder tlte Laws of the State of New York, the Sll11l
of
)
]
Dollars, to be used
for the purposes of said Society.
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<p>The Syrian Society of The City of New York was established in 1892 with the aim of "promot[ing] the welfare of the Syrian community in this city...to prepare them for the duties of American citizenship" (First Annual Report). It was founded by several prominent white American Presbyterians and Syrian Presbyterian Dr. Ameen F. Haddad to assimilate Syrian immigrants culturally and linguistically into the United States. It was largely supported by white Presbyterians and Dr. Haddad was the only Syrian on its Board of Directors. The Syrian Society operated a school at 95 Washington Street to carry out their mission which taught children English, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, and vocational skills during the day. English classes for adults were offered by the school at night.</p>
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<p>The Syrian Society of the City of New York Reports includes the 1893 Annual Report and the 1898 Financial Report.</p>
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Syrians--United States
Emigration and immigration
Cultural assimilation
Americanization
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Syrian Society of NY Annual Report, 1893 May
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Reports
Syrians--United States
Emigration and immigration
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The 1893 Annual Report for The Syrian Society of the City of New York.
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The Syrian Society of the City of New York
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
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<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
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Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
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Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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1905-1932
Contributor
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Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
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Arabic
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KC 0046
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kc0046_19311211_reaction_14
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching to Florida Governor Carlton
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from Arthur Raper of the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching to Florida Governor Carlton, dated December 11, 1931. The letter originally accompanied a copy of the Commission's report.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1931 December 11
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1930s
Discrimination
Florida
Letters-English
Reports
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/49c9f68386f71f0fe56823e3dad076fd.pdf
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
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This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19310831_reaction_13
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from K.I. Hamway to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Lynching
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from K.I. Hamway of Brooklyn, New York to Florida Governor Carlton, dated August 31, 1931, regarding outrage over white complicity and participation in lynchings in the South.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1931 August 31
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1930s
Discrimination
Florida
Letters-English
New York
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/91b1a9db365208fe22dee6f10b1f6b3d.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19301103_reaction_12
Title
A name given to the resource
Telegram from "A Group of White Women" to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Lynching
Description
An account of the resource
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 telegram from twenty-two women throughout the South to Florida Governor Carlton, dated November 3, 1930 expressing outrage over the sharp increase in lynching and urge Carlton and other governors to "erase this crime from the record of his state".
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1930 November 03
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1930s
Crime
Discrimination
Florida
Telegrams
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/5308a1668ee89eccfae7e4e97e1098cf.pdf
fad5c6fbef2430b0709ac64486306663
PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19301009_reaction_11
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from George Fort Milton to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding the Southern Commission for the Study of Lynching
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from George Fort Milton of Chattanooga, Tennessee to Florida Governor Carlton, dated October 9, 1930. Milton explains his participation in the efforts of the Commission and asks Carlton to assist the commission as well.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1930 October 09
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1930s
Florida
Letter-English
Tennessee
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/a7cd56c01990be2f0f292b12744c61ba.pdf
5a4f1148120b6edffb77c5dc6637c155
PDF Text
Text
�
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19300612_reaction_10
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from The General Conference of the Religious Society of Friends to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Lynching and Anarchy
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from Arthur Jackson, Chairman of The General Conference of the Religious Society of Friends in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Florida Governor Carlton dated July 12, 1930. The writer is "shocked at this year's record of twleve lynchings."
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1930 June 12
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1930s
Crime
Discrimination
Florida
Letters-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/6c19fd8849932d96c4079417f2ea1e27.pdf
e3e47d6048add63a09b9aeb636050b08
PDF Text
Text
�
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
kc0046_19300428_reaction_9
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from James T. Smith to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Mob Violence in Tampa
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from James T. Smith of Tampa, Florida to Governor Carlton, dated April 28, 1930 regarding two incidents of mob violence reported in Tampa that day. The writer urges the governor to enforce the laws in his state.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1930 April 28
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1930s
Crime
Florida
Law
Letters-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/57e14c6de437c0559a4ab65385ee98e9.pdf
9b3e4bc7fe21709722b4adbaa0bdb067
PDF Text
Text
�
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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kc0046_19291111_reaction_8
Title
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Telegram from Commission on Interracial Cooperation to Governor Carlton Regarding Third 1929 Florida Lynching
Description
An account of the resource
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 telegram from W. Alexander Director of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation to Florida Governor Carlton regarding the third lynching in Florida in 1929 and calling for action to be taken.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 November 11
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
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Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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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.
1920s
Crime
Discrimination
Florida
Telegrams
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/d8cb67cc0ee3a38f5b74b519774c6b54.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290705_reaction_7
Title
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Letter from the Southwestern Syrian Merchants Association to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding the Romey Murders
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from Edward J. Dieb, secretary-treasurer of the Southwestern Syrian Merchant's Associtation of Fort Worth, Texas to Florida Governor Carlton, dated July 5, 1929 regarding the murders of Nola and Hasna Romey. The writer urges the governor to order an investigation into events and hopes that "if the preponderance of testimony shows as we believe, that the policement involved were to blame, we hope you will immediately suspend them pending the outcome of their trial."
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 July 05
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
Texas
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/eba78b7630a15a0d7722977138d3139d.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290626_reaction_6
Title
A name given to the resource
Correspondence between The Syrian-Lebanon-American Association and Florida Governor Carlton Regarding the Romey Murders
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from Elies Moses, Roy Allem, and Peter Deeb officers of The Syrian-Lebanon-American Association to Florida Governor Carlton, regarding the murders of Nola and Hasna Romey. The Association urges the governor to order an investigation into events and hopes that "if the preponderance of testimony shows as we believe, that the policemen involved were to blame, we hope you will immediately suspend them pending the outcome of their trial." The reply from Governor Carlton's secretary states that the governor has no authority to suspend the policemen involved as they are under the Sheriff (Douglass) of the county.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 June 26
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Edward J. Dieb
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/5489118e267fb405194a30b2e63b7d00.pdf
50dc83d029fe0caf56e640e4b3187f8e
PDF Text
Text
�
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290625_reaction_5
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from The Moral Progress Society to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding the Romey Murders
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from Joe. M. Joseph, president of The Moral Progress Society of Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Florida Governor Carlton dated June 25, 1929. Arabic script on the letterhead indicates that the society was a Syrian Society. The writer urges the governor to order an investigation into events and hopes that "if the preponderance of testimony shows as we believe, that the policement involved were to blame, we hope you will immediately suspend them pending the outcome of their trial."
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 June 25
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Joe M. Joseph
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
Minnesota
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/6075977c8db2fcd4f04578703db73637.pdf
61f16bbdd73acb1f75556014bfaa9bf9
PDF Text
Text
�
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290524_reaction_4
Title
A name given to the resource
Article in The Lake City Reporter
Description
An account of the resource
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
An article in The Lake City Reporter published in Lake City, Florida on May 24, 1929 "Woman's Club Condemns Acts of Lawlessness".
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 24
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Lake City Reporter
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Articles
Crime
Florida
Newspapers
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/e1337dfe61028f460fffedbc2d8a6a26.pdf
45dddbd648759664a0e74628d5702562
PDF Text
Text
�
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
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Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
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Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
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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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
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kc0046_19290524_reaction_3
Title
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Article in The Lake City Reporter
Description
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Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
An article in The Lake City Reporter published in Lake City, Florida on May 24, 1929 "Rotary and Kiwanis Condemn Lynching". The two clubs published separate statements condemning the lynching of Nola Romey and "all such acts of mob violence".
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 24
Creator
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The Lake City Reporter
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
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English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
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Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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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.
1920s
Articles
Crime
Florida
Newspapers
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/aa3279c4057bada2fdbca78d99c5028f.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290524_reaction_2
Title
A name given to the resource
"Mob Violence" Statement in The Lake City Reporter
Description
An account of the resource
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
An article in The Lake City Reporter published in Lake City, Florida on May 24, 1929 "Mob Violence" making a statement about mob violence. The article begins "Acts of lynching and mob violence are strictly against all rules of law..." The notice appeared on the same page as headlines about the killing of Hasna and lynching of Nola Romey.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 24
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The Lake City Reporter
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Articles
Crime
Florida
Law
Newspapers
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/927011fc2d53d3d2ca27bda0f7e942bb.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290518_reaction_1
Title
A name given to the resource
Letter from Salina, Kansas to Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Romey Murders
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from Salina, Kansas to Florida Governor Carlton dated May 18, 1929 expressing outrage over the lynching of Nola Romey.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 18
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Kansas
Letter-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/60e8b8ad6378df5ed81307d03ce655fc.pdf
fb1cea16313c4b91c95b23bff6804b41
PDF Text
Text
�
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0046_nd_carlton_3
Title
A name given to the resource
Anonymous Letter From Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton Regarding the Romey Case and Investigation
Description
An account of the resource
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
An undated letter from an anonymous citizen of Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton regarding the deaths of Nola and Hasna Romey. The writer urges the governor to send a special detective to Lake City to investigate the murders.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
undated
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/b69f6b114b292d0b5747d0e049b7a9b5.pdf
19183c6599e7e25e7ab170945a4a8f41
PDF Text
Text
��
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0046_19300318_carlton_2
Title
A name given to the resource
Correspondence between Charles Taylor and Florida Governor Carlton Regarding Romey Investigation
Description
An account of the resource
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
Correspondence between Charles Taylor of Lake City, Florida and Governor Carlton regarding Taylor's investigation of the Romey lynching case. The notes are dated between March and April 1930.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1930 March 18
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1930s
Correspondence
Crime
Florida
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/64923c849e944a21b4d8ced71b0f1ccf.pdf
b328fbf76991bf43d409500c2cf55490
PDF Text
Text
���
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_1929_carlton_1
Title
A name given to the resource
Anonymous Letter From Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from "one of the sheriff's best friends" in Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton undated but likely 1929 regarding the deaths of Nola and Hasna Romey. The writer claims Sheiriff Douglass "is no good for a sheriff he is gone now and it is a good time to investigate murder, bootlegging white slavery abd numerous other crimes are going unpunished."
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/52f4e92f1846bbf0fefb861b51127564.pdf
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Title
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The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
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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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290520_carlton_4
Title
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Letter From Citizens of Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from "the American citizens of Lake City," Florida to Governor Carlton dated May 20, 1929 regarding the deaths of Nola and Hasna Romey. The writer claims "it seems you are asking Guilty Parties to investigate this matter." It also states "cheaf [sic] Baker did not do the shooting as reported we hope this comes to light".
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 20
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
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Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
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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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/d313096cc3a7103a5f79c905b64a9851.pdf
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290518_carlton_5
Title
A name given to the resource
Anonymous Letter from Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from an anonymous citizen of Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton dated May 18, 1929 regarding the deaths of Nola and Hasna Romey. The writer claims "our sheriff (Douglass) is not doing his duty".
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 18
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
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Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/99ff55c60717cc416b5abf87e426b511.pdf
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PDF Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
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English
Arabic
Identifier
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KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290518_carlton_6
Title
A name given to the resource
Anonymous Letter from Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton
Description
An account of the resource
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 letter from an anonymous citizen of Lake City, Florida to Governor Carlton dated May 18, 1929 regarding the deaths of Nola and Hasna Romey. The letter names Chief John Bake, Deputy Sheriff Leo Cox, and Arthur Hall. It claims that Cox fired the shots that killed Hasna and "the balance of the police force killed Romey next morning" and that Sheriff Douglass and his deputies were involved. The writer calls for Carlton to investigate more.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 18
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Letter-English
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/f0557fe278a6baf878217f612909ab50.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19290517_carlton_7
Title
A name given to the resource
Telegram from George Lahood to Florida Governor Carlton
Description
An account of the resource
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 Telegram from George Lahood to Florida Governor Carlton dated May 17, 1929, requesting Icer Romey (son of Nola and Hasna Romey) be removed from the Columbia County Jail for his safety.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1929 May 17
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
George Lahood
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Crime
Florida
Telegrams
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/14d17fca58f5324888250032a74b17bd.pdf
a7c71bccf1de4c81b8cdd262cae6b5c7
PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1905-1932
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
Language
A language of the resource
English
Arabic
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
KC 0046
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
This digital material is provided here for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law.
Dublin Core
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Identifier
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kc0046_19220630_lawencounters_4
Title
A name given to the resource
Newspaper Article in The New York Times
Description
An account of the resource
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
An article in The New York Times, published in New York City, New York on June 30, 1922 "Another Beaten In South: Georgia Business Man Says He Was Seized by Five in White Robes". The article reports the beating of Nola Romey by five white robed and hooded men old him to stop selling whiskey, drinking, and talking to white women.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1922 June 30
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
The New York Times
Subject
The topic of the resource
Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
A language of the resource
English
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Text/pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
Information about rights held in and over the resource
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.
1920s
Articles
Crime
Discrimination
Georgia
New York
Newspapers
-
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/files/original/a028a2ee5bfe7ad7fa24581d0004b050.pdf
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PDF Text
Text
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Description
An account of the resource
<h4>Biographical/Historical note</h4>
<p>In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot multiple times and left to die along a lonely stretch of the road heading south out of Lake City to Fort White.</p>
<p>N'oula Romey (نقولا رومي) was the fourth victim of racial terror that year in Florida, and one of ten people who were lynched by white mobs across the US in 1929 alone. Just hours before, his wife Hasna (Fannie) Rahme was fatally shot by Lake City police in their store. Their tragic murders were the most gruesome and violent attacks on Lebanese immigrants in the US, but this was not an isolated incident. Their killing was a part, and the culmination, of a widespread pattern of racially-motivated hostility, vitriol and physical abuse directed at early Arab immigrants who came to, worked, and lived in America between the 1890s and the 1930s.</p>
<h4>Scope/Contents note</h4>
<p>The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants collection includes primary sources used in <a href="https://lebanesestudies.ncsu.edu/explore/projects/romey-lynchings/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">The Romey Lynchings</a> project.</p>
<p>Materials date from 1905-1932 and include newspaper articles and correspondence that contain accounts of anti-immigrant discrimination that predate the Romey lynchings, contextual material from the time period, racial violence, corruption in the law, and personal stories surrounding the tragic deaths of Nola and Hasna.</p>
<p>Researchers should be advised that m<span>aterials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.</span></p>
Subject
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Lynching--Florida
Racism
Emigration and immigration
Lebanese--United States
Lebanese Americans
Creator
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Source
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Sandra Moses Ryland
Teresa Bishop Angove
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Date
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1905-1932
Contributor
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Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove
Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020.
Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
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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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English
Arabic
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KC 0046
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Identifier
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kc0046_19220629_lawencounters_3
Title
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Newspaper Article in The Valdosta Daily Times
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Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
An article in The Valdosta Daily Times , published in Valdosta, Georgia on June 29, 1922 "Valdosta Man Is Taken Out And Given Beating". The article reports the beating of Nola Romey by "five white-robbed and hooded men" who alleged he "rather familiarly addressed a lady who entered his place of business" they also told him to stop selling moonshine, drinking, and talking to white women.
Date
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1922 June 29
Creator
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The Valdosta Daily Times
Subject
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Lynching--Florida
Racism
Language
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English
Type
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Text
Format
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Text/pdf
Publisher
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Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
Rights
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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.
1920s
Articles
Crime
Discrimination
Georgia
Newspapers