A photograph of two unidentified men from the Mansour branch of the family. They are dressed in military uniform and seated on horses, which are standing in front of a building. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken in the early part of the…
A photograph of two unidentified men from the Mansour branch of the family. They are dressed in military uniform and seated on horses, which are standing in front of a building. Though undated, the photograph was likely taken in the early part of the…
A photograph of three unidentified men in military uniform from the Mansour branch of the family posing with three unidentified children. They are leaning against a fence
A photo taken by Rev. Al Maloof of two men and mountain scenery in Lebanon. The photos in this folder were intended for publication by Salloum Mokarzel.
Spiral bound account of the history of St. Elias Antiochian Orthodox Church of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and important families associated with the parish. Written for the church's 100th anniversary in 2013.
A newspaper article published after the death of Magdalen Parker Mileski. The piece is a remembrance of her many years of teaching and the influence she had on her former students as a demanding, yet kind, high school English teacher. The article…
"Memoirs" by Wadea Kassab recounts Wadea's life from his childhood in Damascus and Bloudan, to his immigration to America in 1889, and through his pursuit of education and a career in dentistry.
Content Warning: Materials in this collection contain harmful content, including racist and white supremacist language, graphic descriptions of lynching, and other forms of violence.
The Moses siblings in front of a house. A note on the back says "Leo, Helen, Amelia, Jo, Juanita, Sally, Noidrie Moses." The family members pictured are: Leo Ellis Moses, Helen Moses Bishop, Amelia Moses Castrinos, Josephine Collins Moses (wife of…
Members of the Moses family gathered at a restaurant. From Left to right: Noidrie Moses Sr., Noidrie Sr.'s daughter Janet M. Moses, Noidrie Sr.'s wife Juanita Gilbert Moses, Noidre and Juanita's son Noidrie Moses Jr., Norman Joseph Moses's wife Telka…
A photograph of athletes from a Lebanese Special Olympics Team that traveled to Garner, North Carolina, in 1999 for the Special Olympics World Summer Games. Taken in Baalbek, Lebanon.
An immigration record, produced in Marseille, France, on November 8, 1913. It lists Melhem Beseybes as 20 years old. The document also states that Beseybes left for Chicago. The back of the document states that Beseybes was Syrian, could not read or…
