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Shikrallah Farris' official identification card, issued at the American Consulate at Beirut, Syria (modern-day Lebanon) upon his immigration to the United States.
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Date: January 1937
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."

Olga was living in Rocky…
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A photo of Yemna Mokarzel petting a dog. (Folder 2-1-3-5)
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Date: 1930s
A bound volume containing emergency passport lists spanning from 1933 to 1939.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gkyt19e8zp7s20l/AABV5IyufwLBmCv2lPlZEyOpa/Beirut_Consulate430_RG84_NARA_SMWM.pdf

Date: 1937-10-29
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Luncheon at Palmer House information, dated October 29, (no year). The document lists Ameen F. Rihani as the principal speaker on "The Arab and the Jew in Palestine."
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0q5zcea8k3czado/AR37_175c.jpg

Date: 1937-02-20
Chicago Council on Foreign Relations Luncheon information, dated February 20, (no year). The document lists Ameen F. Rihani as one of the speakers on "The Palestine Problem."
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g2ax8w622vhov3c/AR37_174c.jpg

Cooperative Lecture Plan with Comments of Colleges. The document features comments from a number of colleges that Ameen F. Rihani spoke for, undated. Date suggested by third party, 1937.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l42rb4yx4w2k6wm/Rihani2018AR37_171.pdf

Date: 1937-11-25
A letter to Mrs. Ruth Crawford Mitchell from Costi K. Zurayk (secretary of the Beirut Committee for the Syrian Room), dated November 25, 1937. The letter lists the members of the committee and may have included a sketch of the room.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wnd525p6ootobma/AR37_170c.jpg

Date: 1937-07-12
A letter to Bayard Dodge from Ruth Crawford Mitchell, dated July 12, 1937. The letter discusses the building of a Syrian Room at the University of Pittsburgh and Ameen F. Rihani's consultation on the architecture.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8t7gv3ifriojdnr/AR37_169c.jpg

Date: 1937-06-29
A letter to Dr. Philip K. Hitti from the office of Maynard Owen Williams, dated June 29, 1937. The letter addresses Hitti's interest in getting Ameen F. Rihani's collection of Lebanon photographs featured in National Geographic.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4d4t24qv3b40e02/AR37_168c.jpg

Date: 1937-06-26
Agreement By and Between W. Colston Leigh Inc. and Ameen F. Rihani, dated June 26, 1937. The agreement stipulates a number of terms surrounding W. Colston Leigh becoming Rihani's speaking agency.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzomwi5t92v71kk/Rihani2018AR37_163.pdf

Date: 1937-04-15
A letter to Mary Waite from George B. Manhart, dated April 15, 1937. The letter addresses Ameen F. Rihani's lectures at De Pauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. The letter discusses that Rihani arrived late and was also struggling with a cold, a…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/73irohli0x8o7hs/AR37_162c.jpg

Date: 1937-04-08
A letter to Professor W.S. Bittner from the Executive Secretary from the Institute of International Education, dated April 8, 1937. The letter addresses a misunderstanding between a few of the institutions that Ameen F. Rihani visited and being…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/apd4bk7qqcylgs7/AR37_161c.jpg

Date: 1937-04-25
A letter to Mary Waite from James Wellard of International House, dated March 31, 1937. The letter discusses a change of plans and that Ameen F. Rihani is definitely scheduled to speak at the Sunday Supper on April 25, 1937.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/avcjbx6d7xwhwzz/AR37_160c.jpg

Date: 1937-03-29
A letter to Mary Waite from W.S. Bittner, dated March 29, 1937. The letter recounts Ameen F. Rihani spending several days with the Committee on Assemblies, the letter enclosed the schedule of talks he made.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dbr9me1j4d3rk27/Rihani2018AR37_157.pdf

Date: 1937
Itinerary of Ameen F. Rihani from February to March 1937. The document lists the Lecture Plan and Tentative Itinerary for Ameen Rihani in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/aodwmirp6xyhhds/AR37_156c.jpg

Date: 1937-02-02
Itinerary of Ameen F. Rihani from February 12, 1937 in Minneapolis. The document is dated February 2, 1937. It lists the activities and travel plans for the day.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0uqgo1kz533qe5v/AR37_155c.jpg

Date: 1937
Itinerary of Ameen F. Rihani from February-May 1937. The document lists all of Ameen Rihani's speaking engagements and the travel plans involved in each.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2q8f75vprg0djj1/Rihani2018AR37_148.pdf

رسالة من فيلكس فارس الى امين الريحاني بتاريخ 25 شباط 1938. فيها شي من العتب على الريحاني لانه يبدي رأيه في "كتب ورسائل" الاخرين وينسى فارس. كما يسأله فارس عن رأيه في "مسألة مي" - لم يذكر تفاصيل. اسماء اخرى في الرسالة: الغلاييني
https://www.dropbox.com/s/c63dj86zy9mlidt/Rihani2018AR56_04_071.pdf

رسالة من قسطنطين زريق الى امين الريحاني بتاريخ 29 تشرين الثاني 1937. يعلم زريق الريحاني عن اجتماع "لجنة بيروت للغرفة السورية في جامعة بتسبرغ"، واعداد "رسم" - لم يذكر تفاصيله - لغرض القبول. اسماء في الرسالة: يوسف الحويك، السيدة متشل، الدكتور "ضدج".
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jk53e67y8lo0bop/Rihani2018AR56_04_070.pdf

Date: اب 1937
رسالة من محمد امين الحسيني الى امين الريحاني بتاريخ 23 اب 1937. يشكر الحسيني الريحاني على جهود الاخير في الولايات المتحدة لدعم القضية الفلسطينية.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/me1scmeas4d56hy/Rihani2018AR56_04_069.pdf

رسالة من ياسمين لوزي ياسمين الى امين الريحاني بتاريخ 14 شباط 1937. ياسمين تاجر سوري مهاجر مقيم في البرازيل وهو معجب بادب وكتابات الريحاني، الرسالة عبارة عن عبارات ثناء واعجاب بالريحاني، كما يقص ياسمين للريحاني هويته وبعض الاشخاص الذين يعرفهم - تحتوي…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ipakzh2j43elydh/Rihani2018AR56_04_067.pdf

رسالة من عبد العزيز بن سعود الى امين الريحاني بتاريخ 10 كانون الاول 1937 - قد تكون 1936 ولكن خطأ في الطباعة الاصلية. يؤكد الملك للريحاني استلامه رسالة سابقة.
AR56_04_064 "ملحق" للرسالة اعلاه، يرد الملك على الريحاني بشأن نشر ما يتم تحقيقه في قضية…
https://www.dropbox.com/s/64npvyvzqay5ndo/Rihani2018AR56_04_063.pdf

نسخة من رسالة امين الريحاني الى رجا حوراني بتاريخ 11 كانون الاول 1937. يهنئ الريحاني حوراني على الزواج، ويخبره بتوفر مقالة "الخرشوف والارجوان" للنشر في مجلة "الطليعة".
https://www.dropbox.com/s/hnsz3d2hjcq57r1/AR55_07_045.pdf
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