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  • Tags: New York

Date: 1912
An unsigned Contract of Sale Agreement detailing the transaction of Oussani (the seller) and Jenkins (the buyer). Pencil notes written in the margins. Dated for July 20th, 1912.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0315.pdf

Date: 1912
A contract signed by Joseph Oussani, Gladys Oussani, H.W. Nichols, and J. Alva Jenkins detailing the payment of $68,000 from Jenkins to Oussani. Stamped with three red star stickers on bottom of page by signatures. Stamped on sides of sections with…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0314.pdf

Date: 1912
A letter from Joseph Oussani providing proof of his purchase of land from J. Alva Jenkins to Equitable Trust Co. Four pages.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0313.pdf

Date: 1912
A deed certifying Joseph and Gladys Oussani's sale of several pieces of land in Pocantico Hills to J. Alva Jenkins for the price of $68,000, signed 18 September 1912.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0312.pdf

Date: 1912
A bond from the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Inc., to Joseph Oussani for the sum of $30,000, dated July 1912.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0311.pdf

Date: 1912
A tax receipt dated 1912 marking that Joseph Oussani paid taxes on certain parcels of land.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0310.pdf

Date: 1912
A letter from Margaret Oussani to her Grandma, dated 12 February 1912 written from Egypt.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0309.pdf

Date: 1912
A document referring to Pocantico Hills, dated July 12, 1912
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0308.pdf

Date: 1912 Dec 14
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, Immigration Service, on December 14, 1912. It was produced at Ellis Island, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_GoenemToulfi001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 May
Contract for transportation by sea for Nicola Nazria (16) and her sister Nabeha Nazria (11). They were going to New York and were departing on June 1, 1912. The back of the document states that Nicola was Syrian, was travelling to Dover, New…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_NaziraNicola001_wm.pdf

Date: 1912 May 12
Passport for Sailem Assid, written in French and Arabic. This passport was given to Sailem in Lebanon (then Ottoman Empire territory). The information portion of the document states that he was 19 years old and was born in El Chamis, Yemen. His…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AssidSailempassport_wm.pdf

Date: 1913
The History of the United States and the History of Syrian Emigration by Basil M. Kherbawi. Though split into two files here for readers' convenience, the two were published as one volume, in Arabic for immigrant readers, in 1913. Kherbawi was the…
history of the united states_wm_red.pdf

This immigration record was produced at Ellis Island on August 15, 1913, sent to Fred G. Ghusn at 369 Elm St., Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting Commissioner Byron Hall. It confirms Nahil Akel's arrival in the United States on February 19, 1913 on…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AkelNahil001.pdf

Date: 1913 Dec
Contract for transport by sea for Murad Razouk [45] and his family. His family consisted of two sons, Hami [25] and Navrah [16], a child named Malaheh [3], and a baby named Razouk [2]. The back of the document states that he was Syrian, was…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_RazoukMurad001_wm.pdf

Date: 1913 July 21
An immigration record issued by the United States Department of Labor, Immigration Service on July 21, 1913. It was was produced at Ellis Island, sent to Bernard M. Sheridan, Superintendent of Schools in Lawrence, MA, and signed by Acting…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_HaberMarie001_wm.pdf

Date: 1913 June 16
This letter, dated June 16, 1913, was handwritten by Father Georges Kallass. It confirms Najeeb Assad's birthdate as October, 1896 and states that the Father performed his baptism at the St. Shalitah Church on October 23, 1896. It lists his father as…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_AssadNajeeb001.pdf

Date: 1914 April 4
Contract for transportation by sea by the Transatlantic General Company out of Marseille, France, issued on April 4, 1914. Sabooha F. Hatem was a 33 year old Syrian woman traveling to New York with three children, Habib (17), Elase (10), and Najle…
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_HatemH001_wm.pdf

Date: 1914 March
An immigration record issued in Naples, Italy, on March 27, 1914, for a journey to New York. The record, likely a ticket, was issued to Saud [?] [Saa?].
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/GR0007/LPL_BRR_SaudS001_wm.pdf

Date: 1915
A photograph of the basketball candidates at Dobbs Ferry High School, taken on school grounds on Thursday 7 October 1915. Property of Thomas Oussani.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0101.pdf

A photograph of the English I Class at Dobbs Ferry High School, taken at the English and French Room. Dated Monday, 19 April 1915. Property of Thomas Oussani.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0085.pdf

A photograph of a large group of students, including Thomas Oussani, sitting in the study hall at Dobbs Ferry High School, dated 19 April 1915.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0082.pdf

A photograph postcard of Principal B. M. Sheppard of Dobbs Ferry High School in his office seated at a desk. Labeled, "Property of Thomas Oussani," and dated 19 April 1915.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0079.pdf

Date: 1915-1917
A bound photo book belonging to Margaret Oussani containing photographs of various Oussani family members in California and New York, hiking, swimming, and at the beach.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-1181.pdf

Date: 1917
A photograph of the Dobbs Ferry High School Basketball Team featuring Thomas Oussani.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0087.pdf

Date: 1917
A photograph of the Dobbs Ferry High School Basketball Team featuring Thomas Oussani.
https://lebanesestudies.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/uploads/OussaniCollection/Oussani2018-0084.pdf
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