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  • Tags: 1950's

Date: 1959
A small (3 x 4.5 inches) pocket notebook with a leatherette cover that belonged to Joseph El-Khouri. The notebook contains handwritten notes in both English and Arabic, likely drafting a speech that Joseph gave for the Kiwanis Club in January of…
El-Khouri_joes notes on a speech_c 1959_wm.pdf

Date: 1957-1960
Notes found in Joseph Maroun El-Khouri's pack of letters from Lebanon, 1957-1960.
El-Khouri_Note1_wm.jpg

A letter to Joseph El-Khouri from the Secretary of the Consulate General of Lebanon giving instructions for tasks to carry out before "legalization of signature." (Folder 11-21)
Khouri 11-21 Letter_wm.pdf

A letter asking for donations to contribute money to the building of the American Museum of Immigration in the name of Lebanese communities. (Folder 7-9)
Khouri 7-9 Letter_wm.pdf

Letter to Joseph Maroun El-Khouri of Andrews, North Carolina from Lebanon postmarked December 19, 1957.
El-Khouri_Letter to Joseph from Lebanon Dec19 1957_1_wm.jpg

Letter to Joseph Maroun El-Khouri of Andrews, North Carolina from Lebanon, postmarked December 31, 1957, January 2, 1958, and January 6, 1958.
El-Khouri_Letter to Joseph from Lebanon Jan6 1958_1_wm.jpg

Letter to Joseph Maroun El-Khouri of Andrews, North Carolina from Lebanon postmarked December 17, 1959.
El-Khouri_Letter to Joseph from Lebanon Dec17 1959_1_wm.jpg

Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minn) sends letter to Joseph El-Khouri regarding the status of the Jacob immigration case. Fred Gates requested a favor (Folder 3-5).
Khouri 3-5 Letter_wm.pdf

A series of letters between Joseph El-Khouri and others written February 1953 concerning a bond which he executed in the case of Youssef El-Khouri. (Folder 7-1)
Khouri 7-1 Letters_wm.pdf

Date: June 1955
A photo of Mary Mokarzel (left) with Albert Rihani (center) and an unidentified man in front of Salloum Mokarzel's coffin. Mary made this trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. (Folder 2-1-4-1)
Mokarzel 2-1-4-1 Funeral_wm.jpg

Date: 1955
This photo was taken during Mary Mokarzel's trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. Mary stands in the back row with sunglasses on. The other individuals in the photograph are unidentified, but may be relatives to the Mokarzels. (Folder…
Mokarzel 2-1-4-2 Lebanon_wm.jpg

Date: 1955
This photo was taken during Mary Mokarzel's trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. Mary sits in the front row in the dark dress and sunglasses. The other individuals in the photograph are unidentified, but may be relations. (Folder…
Mokarzel 2-1-4-3 Lebanon_wm.jpg

Date: 1955
This photo was taken during Mary Mokarzel's trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. The arabic caption (referring to the man in robes) states "Halim Fakhoury, Zahleh." (Folder 2-1-4-4)
Mokarzel 2-1-4-4 Men_wm.jpg

Date: 1955
This photo was taken during Mary Mokarzel's trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. It depicts Mary at a meal with a number of other people. Lily Szegoe sits third from the left and Mary Mokarzel is across from her. The arabic caption…
Mokarzel 2-1-4-5 People_wm.jpg

Date: 1955
This photo was taken during Mary Mokarzel's trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. Rose M. Tannous stands third from the left, in dark glasses; Lorrice Rihani stands first on the left. (Folder 2-1-4-6)
Mokarzel 2-1-4-6 People_wm.jpg

Date: 1955
This photo was taken during Mary Mokarzel's trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. Mary Mokarzel stands third from the left in a checked dress and glasses. Rose M. Tannous stands fourth from the left in a dark dress and glasses. (Folder…
Mokarzel 2-1-4-7 People_wm.jpg

Date: 1955
This photo was taken during Mary Mokarzel's trip to Lebanon to repatriate her father's remains. Mary Mokarzel sits second from the left. The other individuals in the photograph are unidentified. (Folder 2-1-4-8)
Mokarzel 2-1-4-8 Mary_wm.jpg

Date: Unknown
Caption from Marsha El-Khouri Shiver: "Sithoo Moura & Photo of Giddoo." Moura Isaac posing beneath a portrait of her deceased husband, Thanios Isaac. Thanios passed away in 1939. Though the photograph is undated, it was likely taken in the early to…
ElKhouri_Moura_Isaac_and_photo_of_Husband_Thanios_wm.jpg

Black and white photograph of Joseph El-Khouri (or Khoury) and Rose Isaac at their wedding in 1950 (Folder 2-3).
Khouri 2-3 Photo_wm.tif

A program outlining the history of the Maronite rite, Rev. George J. Webby's biography, the First Solemn High Mass, the dinner menu, speakers, and the benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. (Folder 11-8)
Khouri 11-8 Program_wm.pdf

Date: 1953
A bronze relief sculpture done by Lebanese artist, Joseph Howayek in 1953.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t102wjhjivns63h/AR70_061.jpg

Date: 1950
This photograph of Rose El-Khouri (center, in white) was taken on her honeymoon to Niagara Falls.
ElKhouri_Rose_Isaac_ElKhouri_Honeymoon_Niagara_Falls1950_wm.jpg

Date: circa 1950
Rose Isaac and Joseph Maroun El-Khouri at their engagement dinner in Rose's hometown of Wilkes-Barre, PA circa 1950.
ElKhouri_Joseph_ElKhouri_Engagement_to_Rose_Isaac_WilkesBarrePA_wm.jpg

Yemna Mokarzel's library card for the U. S. I. S. library in Beirut, Lebanon. The card was put in care of Dr. Eugene Szegoe, relative of the Mokarzels. (Folder 2-1-3-27)
Mokarzel 2-1-3-27 Library_wm.jpg
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