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Date: 1942 Nov 3
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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_180.pdf

Date: 1941 Oct 3
Content Warning: Materials in this collection may contain harmful content, including racist language and graphic depictions of historical events.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/ns0001/ns0001_179.pdf

Date: 1943 Apr 26
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He expresses his empathy with the Greek people and asks God to save him from his enemies. He also tells him that he has sent financial aid to the Greek Red Cross…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_21_19390426_001.pdf

Date: 1940 Jan 15
Letter from Goerges to his brother Michel. He expresses his concerns about Michel with the war going on. He tells him that he now has a fourth son and hopes that Michel will be his godfather.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_22_19400115_001.pdf

Date: 1940 Nov 15
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He tells him that sending money through the post is very hard. This is why he is sending $150 with Mr. Antoun Ibrahim. He also asks Georges if he could tell him the situation in Greece.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_22_19401110_001.pdf

Date: 1945 Mar 17
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He tells him that his business is going very good and that he has a capital of 50 thousand Riyal. He promises him that once the war ends he will come back to…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_23_19450317_001.pdf

Date: 1946 Jan 1
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He tells him that he now has a second son. He also tells him that he was hospitalized because of Typhoid. Finally, he confirms receiving $300 and not $500.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_23_19450317_002.pdf

Date: 1946 Mar 5
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings, kisses to the family, and congratulations for George's recovery from Typhoid. He also tells him that he has sent him $1000.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_24_19460101_001.pdf

Date: 1947 May 30
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and tells him about his excellent business in Cúcuta. He also tells him that he has a capital of 70 thousand Riyal and that he is now a member of the commercial league in the city. He also…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_25_19470530_001.pdf

Date: 1947 Aug 20
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He sends greetings. He informs him that they are in Bhamdoun until the end of September. He tells him that life cannot be measured just by material fortune but that a man has spiritual and emotional duties…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_25_19470820_001.pdf

Date: 1947 Aug 20
Letter from Georges to his brother Michel. He expresses his concerns about Michel and urges him to come back to see his mother before she dies.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_25_19471025_001.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and expresses his wish to see his family very soon.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_26_00000000_001.pdf

Date: 1948 Apr 6
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family and asking them to be patient with him for not being able to come back to his family immediately.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_26_19480318_001.pdf

Date: 1948 May 18
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He reassures him about his situation despite the dramatic events that happened in Colombia. He also expresses his concerns about what is happening in his homeland especially with the news of occupying Haifa…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_26_19480518_001.pdf

Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He asks him to accept becoming an agent for a textile agency. He tells him also about his journey to London via New York.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_27_19491021_001.pdf

Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He tells him about the bad commercial state of Colombia due to the critical political situation.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_27_19491120_001.pdf

Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He tells him that the elections took place in Colombia and there is no longer fear of a civil war. He also tells him that the commercial situation…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_27_19491204_001.pdf

Date: 1940 June 7
A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1940 June 7.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19400607_001.pdf

Date: 1940 May 16
A telegraph from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1940 May 16.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19450516_001.pdf

Date: 1947 May 27
A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1947 May 27.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19470527_001.pdf

A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1947 December 15.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19471215_001.pdf

Date: 1948 April 8
A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1948 April 8.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19480408_001.pdf

A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1948 April 18.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19480418_001.pdf

Date: 1948 May 28
A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1948 May 28.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19480528_001.pdf

Date: 1948 June 11
A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1949 June 11.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19490611_001.pdf

A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1949 October 3.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19491003_001.pdf

A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1949 October 5.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19491005_001.pdf

A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1949 October 15.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19491015_001.pdf

A radiogram from Georges Saykali to his brother Michel Saykali dated 1949 October 28.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_11_19491028_001.pdf

A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1941 February 6.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19241206_001.pdf

Date: 1941 July 28
A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1941 July 28.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19410728_001.pdf

Date: 1941 July 29
A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1941 July 29.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19410729_001.pdf

A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1944 August 28.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19440828_001.pdf

Date: 1948 April 7
A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1948 April 7.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19480407_001.pdf

Date: 1943
A photograph of Joseph El-Khouri (center) at 19 years of age, sitting between two unidentified young men, likely his brothers or friends.

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_033.pdf

Date: 1945
Joseph El-Khouri posing in front of a large cedar in Lebanon.

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_011.pdf

Date: 1948
Passport photograph for Joseph El-Khouri.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_020.pdf

Date: 1949
A photograph of Joseph El-Khouri leaning against a wall shortly after his immigration to the United St.ates.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_034.pdf

Date: circa 1940s
Joseph El-Khouri's driver's license from Lebanon.
kc0023_2015_04_001.pdf

Date: circa 1940s
A photograph of Butros Maroun El-Khouri, relative of Joseph El-Khouri. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken circa 1940s.

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_045.pdf

Date: circa 1945
A photograph of Rev. Joseph Michael Maroun El-Khouri, father of Joe El-Khouri, seated in front of his house. Two unidentified men crouch at the bottom right of the photograph.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_036.pdf

Date: circa 1945
Unidentified friends or relatives of Joseph El-Khouri pose in front of a cedar tree. Also in the background are a bus and other vehicles. Though location is unidentified, the photograph was perhaps taken during a trip to Ba'albek that Joseph went on…

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_032.pdf

Date: circa 1945
Caption: "Joseph El-Khouri (second from left) with Father (Rev. Maroun El-Khouri) & Brothers & Sisters in front of their home in Kour, Batroun Lebanon (1945?)." Sister Victorine El-Khouri stands on the far right, but Joe and Sr. Victorine's other…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_031.pdf

Date: circa 1945
A group of men posed outside in Kour, Batroun, Lebanon, identified only as brothers and friends of Joseph El-Khouri.

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https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_025.pdf

Date: circa 1945
An unidentified young man, likely a friend or relative of Joseph El-Khouri, stands in front of columns at Ba'albek. Ba'albek is a significant archaeological site in Lebanon containing Phoenician ruins.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_024.pdf

Date: circa 1945
Sister Victorine El-Khouri and cousin in Lebanon.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_023.pdf

Date: undated
A damaged photograph of the cedars of Lebanon. The date of the photograph is unknown, but it was likely taken prior to Joseph El-Khouri's immigration to the United States in 1949.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0023/kc0023_2015_01_026.pdf

A letter from Ameen Rihani addressed to unknown, dated April 20, 1940. It is noted by a third party that this may be to Don Juan Beigbeder.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/htmqfafa4a7k7c8/Rihani2018AR39_436.pdf

Date: 1940 June 29
A letter from Ameen Rihani to Colonel Don Juan Beigbeder, dated June 29, 1940.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p68ciks72doxu65/Rihani2018AR39_437.pdf

Date: undated
A letter from Ameen Rihani to Mr. Palmer, dated August 19, (no year). Date suggested by third party, 1940.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lgv59dbodmrc7ib/Rihani2018AR39_450.pdf
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