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  • Tags: Immigration

Date: 1922
Asaf Kahdy holds his young son, George Kahdy, on their trip from Lebanon to the United States. Asaf Kahdy leans over slightly as he and his son sleep. An unknown woman sits next to them. The back of the photo reads, "My grandfather Asaf George Kahdy…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2019_009.pdf

Mettrey Wehbie Naturalization Certificate
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2015_071.pdf

Assif George Kahdy Certificate of Naturalization. Assif was naturalized in Sherman, Texas, on September 12, 1906, but this certificate was issued on April 8, 1947.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0026/Kahdy2015_045.pdf

Lebanese passport of Sam Norman. While his wife, Rose Nader Norman, became a United States citizen, Sam Norman did not.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_7_004.pdf

Date: 1942 Nov 20
Certificate of Naturalization from the US government for Rose Norman. Includes her information and a photograph.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_7_003.pdf

Date: undated
Alien Registration Receipt Card for Sam Norman with his registration number and signature.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_7_001.pdf

Date: 1987
Proposal titled "The Arab-American Experience" for research in sociology written by Genevieve R. Joseph in the spring of 1987 for a class called Writing in Sociology with Professor John Logan.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_2_002.pdf

Date: circa 1980s
Sociology paper written by Genevieve R. Joseph. Full title of the paper is "The Methodological Problems of Historical Sociology: Case in Point: Determining Historical Sociological Factors Contributing to the 'Ethnic Invisibility' of Early Syrian-Arab…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_2_001.pdf

Date: 1964 Nov 10
Correspondence regarding the topic of "The Lebanese in Poughkeepsie" drafted by Lebanon-American Club secretary Philip J. Andrews and sent to Rev. Father John O'Neill.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_011.pdf

Date: 1964 May
Typewritten history of the Lebanon-American Club, founded in 1922 by Captain Michael A. Mokarzel. Possibly written as a speech to be given at a club event.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_010.pdf

Date: 1972 11 Nov
Program booklet for the celebration of the Lebanon-American Club 50th anniversary. Includes a program of events, committee lists, and a brief history.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_009.pdf

Date: 1977 Dec 8
Program booklet for the celebration of the Lebanon-American Daughters 50th anniversary. Includes leadership and membership lists, a program of events, the Arabic alphabet, a prayer, the national hymn of Lebanon, and more.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_008.pdf

Date: circa 1967
Booklet with the constitution and by-laws of the Lebanon-American Daughters Club, an affiliate group of the Lebanon-American Club.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_005.pdf

Date: 1960 Jan 16
Invitation from the Lebanon-American Daughters and Lebanon-American Club for Charles and Genevieve Norman Joseph to attend the 25th annual installation of new officers.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_004.pdf

Date: 1976 Sep
Photograph of a meeting of the Lebanon-American Daughters in Poughkeepsie, New York. At this meeting the women, listed on back of the photograph, show off their banners for the Bicentennial Parade.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_003.pdf

Date: 1976 Sep
Photograph of a meeting of the Lebanon-American Daughters in Poughkeepsie, New York. At this meeting the women, listed on back of the photograph, prepared for the American Bicentennial Parade.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_002.pdf

Date: 1976 Oct
Photograph of a meeting of the Lebanon-American Daughters in Poughkeepsie, New York. At this meeting the women, listed on back of the photograph, prepared for the American Bicentennial Parade.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_2_10_001.pdf

Date: undated
Special issue of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee editorial ADC Reports. After two introductory articles, the special issue describes 11 unique communities of Arab-Americans across the United States.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0062/kc0062_1_1_004.pdf

Date: 1911
A postcard depicting the Whitehall Building on Washington St. in Battery Place. There was a store in the bottom corner of the buildling run by a Syrian man by the name of Kato or Kado. This view of the building shows what the Arabs saw when they were…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/KC0059/LJacobs012.pdf

Date: 1929
Clippings from the New Bern Sun newspaper detailing Joseph Salem's academic achievements: from the point he entered school as a non-English-speaking eleven-year-old, Salem advanced rapidly in his studies to graduate from high school as…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0048/kc0048_002.pdf

Date: 2001
The autobiography of Edward C. Saleeby, revised in 2001. It contains detailed reminiscences of his childhood, time serving in the United States military during World War II, and his marriage and children. In addition to covering Saleeby's own life,…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0047/autobiography_wm.pdf

Date: circa 2005
A brief account, given by Edward Saleeby, of the immigration of his paternal family including his father, Nasry Rashid Saleeby, uncle Gibran Rashid Saleeby, and grandmother Labibee Courie Saleeby.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0047/comingtoamerica_wm.pdf

Date: 2013
Transcription of interview with Callie R. Saleeby Stanley, conducted by Dr. Akram Khater. 66 minutes (see PDF). Stanley married into the Saleeby family as a young woman. She was the author of the 2008 genealogy Worldwide Saleeby-Saliba Family from…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0047/Callie_Saleeby_Transcript_CP.pdf

Date: 2013
Transcription of interview of Bearta Powell by Akram Khater. 50/10 minutes (see PDF).
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0038/kc0038_006.pdf

Date: 1993
Two photographs of Moise and Vera Khayrallah at their naturalization ceremony.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/kc0036/kc0036_013.pdf
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