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A postcard from Salloum to his daughter Alice Mokarzel Jaoudi sent from Brooklyn, New York dated November 24, 1925. This postcard expresses concern for Alice's health and happiness that he's received a letter from her.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0041/kc0041_02_02_03_23.pdf

A letter from Salloum to his daughter, Alice Mokarzel, written in New York City. In this letter, dated February 4, 1926, Salloum finally writes Alice back explaining that how endearing her letters are and how much comfort he finds in reading her…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0041/kc0041_02_02_03_25.pdf

Date: 1927 June
Volume1 Issue 12 of The Syrian World published May 1927. The issue opens with an article by Alfred Ely Day on "Geology of Syria and Palestine." Following that is an article by Ameen Rihani that discusses how the East (Middle East) and West (Europe…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/NS0002/TSW1927_06reducedWM.pdf

Volume 5 Issue 04 of The Syrian World published December 1930. The issue begins with an article by Rev. W. A. Mansur that features his thoughts on the educational program that the Syrian-American generation follows. Mansur imbues his writing with…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/NS0002/TSW1930_12reducedWM.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from the Philately Union to an unknown person offering to sell a stamp collection.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_08_00000000_001.pdf

Date: 1972 April 7
A copy of a letter from Nishan Basmadjian of the Haigazian College Library to Mary Mokarzel (the letter is addressed to the Gentlemen of Al-Hoda, but in 1972 Mary owned the paper and likely sent the books) concerning volumes of Al-Hoda.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0041/kc0041_01_04_01_46.pdf

Date: 1922 Aug 7
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He tells him that working in Colombia is better than working in Beirut. Colombia is a very rich country and will be the most important country in South America.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_05_19220807_001.pdf

Date: 1922 Oct 7
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He encourages him to leave Beirut and come to Baranquilla where he could have his own work. He also tells him that Colombia will have an important future, especially with the political change, where the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_05_19221008_001.pdf

Date: 1923 Feb 17
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to his mother, sisters, neighbours, friends and relatives. He promises his brother that he is making an effort to meet together before the winter.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_06_19230217_001.pdf

Date: 1924 May 15
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges, his mother, and his sisters. He sends his greetings. He tells them that he ended his partnership in Cartagena and that he will stay sole owner of his store. He expresses his hesitation about the visit of his…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240515_001.pdf

Date: 1924 June 4
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings and kisses to his mother and sisters. He informs him that he is sending them 30 English pounds. He also tells him how much he respects the conditions and laws related to his…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240604_001.pdf

Date: 1924 June 19
Letter from Michel to his sister Victoria and his brother Georges. He expresses his happiness for receiving letters from them. He asks them if they had left Beirut for the mountains.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240619_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Aug 13
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He asks him if Mrs. Salma Moulouk has arrived in Beirut. He exchanges some ideas about the philosophy of nature and how all people are born as equals. He also expresses his conviction about luck and that the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19240813_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Oct 30
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He tells him that the economic situation will be better after November. He also tells him about a new opportunity for him in Bogota where the life is like the life in Paris. He asks him to come with the…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19241030_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Nov 5
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He sends his greetings to his mother and sisters. He tells him about trading in Cartagena. He asks him to prepare for their travel from Beirut to Colombia after Easter. He also informs him that he owns 35…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19241105_001.pdf

Date: 1924 Dec 25
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He asks him to continue the preparations for the coming of the family to Colombia. He informs him that he has sent him 50 English pounds. He also sends his greetings to his mother and sisters.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_07_19241225_001.pdf

Date: 1925 May 8
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He informs him about the arrival to Beirut of Mr. Michel Roumié who has shops in Damascus, Beirut, Colombia and New York. He asks his brother to help Mr. Roumié in his stay in the region of Ras Beirut.…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_08_19250508_001.pdf

Date: 1926 July 2
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges. He sends greetings and kisses to the family. He tells him about the improving of the business. He also asks him about the situation on his homeland and Beirut and the state of the relatives.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_09_19260702_001.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Michel to his brother Georges. He tells him that he was hospitalized, but now he is getting better. He informs him that he is now in Panama where he is the agent of a German Airline called Leadta.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_11_19280419_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 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: 1950 May 9
Letter from Michel Saykali to Jilbert Saykali. He sends greetings and wishes him success in his studies.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_28_19500507_001.pdf

Date: 1963 April 9
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali encouraging him to send his son Roger to Switzerland.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_40_19630409_001.pdf

Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He asks about news of Georges' children and about the news of their sisters.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_01_19641009_001.pdf

Date: 1966 June 9
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges. He tells him that he received letters from all family members.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_04_19660609_001.pdf

Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges. He tells him that Toufic Khalil passed by him in Cucuta and didn't tell him about his travel to Beirut.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_04_19661107_001.pdf

Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He thanks him for his letter full of beautiful family news.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_05_19670815_001.pdf

Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He discusses Israel's attack on Beirut's international airport, reviewing the positions of some countries towards it.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_07_19690202_001.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He asks him for news about Beirut and Syria.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_018.pdf

Date: undated
Letter most likely from Michel Saykali to his sister Zakiyya Saykali. He congratulates them on their marriage.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_12_00000000_044.pdf

A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1921 September 2.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19210902_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

A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1925 September 18.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19250918_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

A radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali dated 1955 October 4.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_13_19551004_001.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He sends greetings to the family and explains to Georges why he cannot come to Lebanon for Georges's wedding.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_14_00000000_001.pdf

Date: October 26
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He expresses his concerns about what is happening in Beirut and Tripoli.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_15_00001026_001.pdf

Date: undated
An undated radiogram from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_18_00000000_001.pdf

Date: undated
An undated telegraph from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_18_00000000_003.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He sends greetings.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_019.pdf

Date: undated
Letter from Michel Saykali to his brother Georges Saykali. He sends greetings to the family.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_02_19_00000000_035.pdf

Date: 1927 Apr 18
Letter from Marie Térèse to the spouse of her uncle. He expresses how much she is missing them. She asks about the news of her cousins, Michel, Georges, Shafika, Zakiyi and Victoria. She expresses her feelings about living abroad. She says that…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_11_19280418_001.pdf

Date: 1927 Sept 4
Letter from Maria Terese to Georges. She sends her kisses and greetings. She tells him that she will come back with her kids to work in Beirut and to live in the beautiful town of Bhamdoun.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0061/kc0061_01_11_19280904_001.pdf

Date: 1972 Feb 15
A letter from Linda Sadaka to Mary Mokarzel thanking her for her gift of Al-Hoda issues.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0041/kc0041_01_01_06_03.pdf

Date: 1965 Jan 3
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.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0041/kc0041_02_01_03_27.pdf
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