Browse Collections (110 total)
Ameen Rihani Series 2: Personal Papers
Materials in this series include 168 letters, birth certificates, check and billing statements, travel documents, cards, newsletters, contracts, and…
Ameen Rihani Series 3: Manuscripts
This series contains 40 of Ameen Rihani’s published and unpublished manuscripts written in English or Arabic. The manuscripts were written between…
Ameen Fares Rihani Papers and Audio Recordings
Biographical/Historical note Ameen Fares Rihani was born on November 24, 1876, in Freike, Lebanon. One of six children, Rihani was raised in a…
Contributors: Materials digitized in Freike, Lebanon by Walid Mourad and his team through a collaboration between the Khayrallah Center, the Ameen Rihani Organization, and the Ameen Rihani Museum., Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and Amanda Forbes., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 May.
Oussani and Fuleihan Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Joseph Oussani was born in 1965 and lived until 1934. In 1893, Joseph's father Tannous “Thomas” Oussani sent his two…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Khayrallah Center staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Moses and Romey Family Papers
Biographical/Historical note This collection represents three families who lived in Valdosta, Georgia, and Lake City, Florida. Ellis Moses came from…
Contributors: Teresa Bishop Angove and Sandra Moses Ryland, Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection
Biographical/Historical note In the early morning hours of Friday, May 17th, 1929, a Lebanese immigrant was lynched in Lake City, Florida. He was shot…
Contributors: Sandra Moses Ryland and Teresa Bishop Angove, Processed by Amanda Forbes and Celine Shay, 2019-2020. Collection Guide written by Amanda Forbes, 2020., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 February.
Al-Gurbal Newspapers, الغربال and Dírectorío Líbanés
Biographical/Historical note Al-Gurbal [La Criba, The Screen], was a magazine published by Lebanese immigrants in Mexico City, Mexico, from 1922 until…
Contributors: Centro Libanés
Al-Fatat Boston Newspapers, الفتاة بوسطن
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Fatat Boston, الفتاة بوسطن [The Young Boston] was a Syrian semi-weekly newspaper. It was published by W.E. Shakir in…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Majorie Stevens, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August, and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 November.
Al-Bayan Newspapers, البيان
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Bayan, البيان [The Explanation] was a weekly Arabic newspaper published by Suleiman Baddour out of Brooklyn, New York.…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October, and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 November.
Al-Ayyam Newspapers, الأيام
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Ayyam الأيام [The Chronicle] was a weekly Arabic newspaper published by Joseph (Ussef) Namaan Malouf at 60-62…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October, and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 November.
Father Nicola Yanney Timeline
Biographical/Historical Note This timeline of the life of Father Nicola Yanney was written and compiled by Father Christopher Morris of St. George…
Contributors: Linda Jacobs, Collection Guide written by Marjorie Stevens, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Albert J. Ellis Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Albert Joseph Ellis was born to Joseph and Mary Ellis in New Bern, North Carolina on June 6, 1913. He graduated from New…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Khayrallah Program staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Abdalla Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note The Abdallah family were Lebanese immigrants who lived in North and South Carolina. The family operated businesses across…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
As-Sameer Newspapers, السمير
Biographical/Historical Note As-Sameer, السمير [The Entertainer] was an Arabic-language newspaper published in Brooklyn, New York. It was founded in…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October-November.
Al-Kown Newspapers, الكون
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Kown, الكون [The Universe] was an Arabic-language newspaper published weekly in New York City by Najeeb Sawaya, Nafi…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa and Marilyn M. Drath, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
Mira’at al-Gharb Newspapers, مرآة الغرب
Biographical/Historical Note Mira’at al-Gharb, مرآة الغرب [Mirror of the West] was one of the longest-running Arabic newspapers in the United States,…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Beirut Consulate Post Records Collection
Biographical/Historical Note The Beirut Consolate Post Records Collection represents a selection of records from the United States Consulate in…
Contributors: Collection Guide written by Marjorie Stevens, 2016., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Collection of Lawrence Public Library Materials
Biographical/Historical Note In the first decades of the 20th century, Lawrence, Massachusetts was home to one of the largest populations of Syrian…
Contributors: These records were digitized by the Khayrallah Center in collaboration with the Lawrence Public Library Special Collections., Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Marjorie Stevens, 2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Al-Wafa Newspapers, الوفاء
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Wafa, الوفاء [Fidelity] was a semi-weekly Arabic-language newspaper published in Lawrence, Massachusetts between 1907…
Contributors: Al-Wafa was digitized by the Khayrallah Center in collaboration with Lawrence Public Library Special Collections and with thanks to Dr. Linda K. Jacobs. , Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
Wadea and Aelyas Kassab Memoirs
Biographical/Historical Note Wadea Kassab was born in Damascus in 1872 to an Orthodox family connected to British and American Protestant…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Linda Jacobs and Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Al-Hoda Newspapers, الهدى
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Hoda, الهدى [The Guidance] was the longest-lived of the early Arabic newspapers, published from 1898 until…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and Khayrallah Center student workers, 2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Addition processed by Allison Hall, Sarah Bernstein, and Rachel Beth Acker, 2023. Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Al-Majalla Al-Tijarriya Newspapers, المجلة التجارية
Biographical/Historical Note Al-Majalla al-Tijarriya, المجلة التجارية [The Syrian-American Commercial Magazine], was an Arabic-language monthly…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa and student workers, 2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2019., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
Creighton Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Clara Elise Linn was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1892. In her youth, Clara was involved in the Christian Endeavor…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December.
Kawkab Amirka Newspapers, كوكب أمريكا
Biographical/Historical Note Kawkab Amirka, كوكب أمريكا [Star of America] was the first Arabic-language newspaper published in the United States. It…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2017-2018. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2018., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023.
Newspaper Collections
The collections linked at the bottom of this page are historic newspapers and journals.The Arabic-language newspapers held by the KCLDS Archive are…
Mokarzel Family
Introduction Naoum Antoun Mokarzel (1864-1932) and Salloum Antoun Mokarzel (1881-1952) were influential intellectuals who immigrated to the United…
Contributors: Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
The Syrian World Newspapers
Biographical/Historical Note Salloum Mokarzel, a Lebanese American intellectual, founded The Syrian World in 1926. Salloum Mokarzel was the younger…
Contributors: Processed by Claire A. Kempa, 2015-2017. Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 August.
Safy Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note In 1894, George Joseph Safy immigrated to the United States at 26 years of age; he lived in New York City for nine years,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Khayrallah Program staff and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Saleeby Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Labibee Courie and Rasheed Saleeby, inspired by relatives and hoping to save their sons from service in the Army of the…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Habit Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note John Francis Habit immigrated to the United States with his brothers at the beginning of the 20th century. After settling…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Domit Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Moussa Domit was born May 24, 1932, in Mazraat al Toufah in Zgharta, Lebanon to Majed Moussa Domit and Jamili Yousef…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Edward and Callie Saleeby Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Callie R. Stanley married Elijah Saleeby in the mid-nineteenth century. Elijah's parents were Rasheed Asaad Tannous…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 December., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2024 April.
Alex Daye and Maronite Patriarchate Letters
Biographical/Historical note Alex Daye (As'ad al-Dayyeh) immigrated in 1889 from Tripoli, Lebanon. From the 1900s-1930s, he resided in Winston-Salem,…
Contributors: Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers and Sarah Bernstein, 2023 October-November.
Collection of North Carolina Newspaper Clippings
Biographical/historical note Robert H. Hartmann worked with Beverly Tetterton, a librarian at New Hanover County Public Library, to find newspaper…
Contributors: Collection Guide written by Khayrallah Center staff., Collection Guide and collection metadata updated by Laura Lethers and Ginni Leeman, 2024 August.
Collection of 20th Century Arab Music
Biographical/Historical note The music in this collection was performed by Arab Americans during the twentieth century. Some materials have been…
Contributors: University of California, Santa Barbara University Libraries Department of Special Collections, Collection Guide written by Claire A. Kempa, 2017., Collection Guide updated by Laura Lethers, 2023 October.
Mack Family Papers
Biographical/Historical note Hanna Makhoul Fakhoury was born in Roum, Lebanon. On the encouragement of a friend who had settled in Marion, South…
Contributors: Mitchell Mack, Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa, 2017. Collection Guide updated by Allison Hall and Laura Lethers, 2023 December and 2024 May.
Nasrallah Family Photographs
Biographical/Historical Noha Nasrallah was born in Lebanon on November 22, 1956. She studied science and mathematics at Lebanese University in Beirut,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Kannan Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Matthew Kannan descends from Charles Kannan and Nora Rabil Kannan, immigrants from Lebanon who settled in Goldsboro,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Khalifah Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Raja Khalifah was born in Lebanon and attended the American University of Beirut, where he played tennis and earned a BS…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Amelia and Joseph Salem Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Joseph Ramon Salem was born in Hammana, Lebanon on May 5, 1909, to Freda George and Shikery Salem. Freda and Shikery had…
Contributors: Collection description written by Claire A. Kempa
Saleh Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Samir Saleh’s maternal great-grandparents lived in Pennsylvania, and both his grandfather, Majed, and great-aunt,…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Shehdan Family Collection
Biographical/Historical Note Beshara Shehdan Hatem was born in Hammana, Lebanon. He and his brother Shikery (Chick) immigrated to the United States as…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Wael and Lama Abou-Chakra Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Wael Abou-Chakra, the third of four children, was born in Beirut, Lebanon in December 1968. His family fled Beirut and…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Shadroui Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Joseph and Marianna Shadroui had six sons: Richard, Peter, Alfred, Paul, John, and George. The family immigrated to the…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Raad Family Photographs
Biographical/Historical Note Patricia Shaia Raad's grandparents immigrated from Lebanon to the United States. Her father, William Harry Shaia, was…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Mansour Family Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Betrus Dahar (B.D.) Rabil was the son of Robert Dahar and Marcia Rabil. He was born on April 1, 1883 in Hammana, Lebanon…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Joseph and Thelma Knuckley Zaytoun Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Ellis Zaytoun was born in Hammana, Lebanon on May 30, 1890. He immigrated to the United States in 1906 along with two of…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Moise and Vera Khayrallah Papers
Biographical/Historical Note Dr. Moise Anton Khayrallah was born in Ghbaleh, Lebanon in August 1959. In 1981, he graduated from the American…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Itani Family Photographs and Oral History
Biographical/Historical Note Abed [David] Salam Itani was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1952. He was the first of nine children born to Khalil and Nadia…
Contributors: Processed by Khayrallah Program staff. Collection Guide content contributed by Claire A. Kempa and updated by Allison Hall, 2023 November.
