A portrait of the Baddour family ot their Chestnut Street home in Goldsboro, NC in 1936. The home was purchased from selling stock in the Mt. Olive Pickle Company. Shickrey Baddour stands in the back row, third from the right.
Shikrallah Farris' official identification card, issued at the American Consulate at Beirut, Syria (modern-day Lebanon) upon his immigration to the United States.
A photograph of Philip Shehdan outside on a porch, dressed in cultural clothing of Lebanon. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken circa 1937.
A photograph of Beshara and Serina's five children outside their house. The children are Philip, Evelyn, Theresa, Frederick, and Victoria. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken circa 1932-1935.
A photograph of three of Beshara and Serina Shehdan's children. Philip Shehdan is in the middle; he is standing between two of his sisters: Theresa and Evelyn. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken in 1935-1937.
A meeting of the Hammana Club at the Raleigh Moose Lodge, circa 1930s. Identified individuals in the photo include:
"Victoria Baddour
Neil Joseph
Nora Kannan (Matt’s great-grandmother)
Fadwa Rabil
Ellis Kannan (Wilson)
Evon Rabil (George’s…
A narrative family tree "based on the village church records of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths and some oral history, which were compiled in 1934 by Father Yousef (Kalem Cory's father)," priest of the village referred to in the document as…
From Trey Matthews: "Death Certificate for Sue Olga Safy. Daughter of George Joseph and Susie Safy. Born 3 May 1916, Marion Co, SC. Died 14 Jan 1937, Rocky Mount, NC. Buried in Pineview Cemetery, Rocky Mount, NC."
Handwritten autobiographical notes made by Maron Domit Barkett written in February of 1939. Some of the overlaps with the diary that Barkett kept between 1905-1915, focusing on his marriage, the birth of his children, and ending with the death of…
