Collection of North Carolina Newspaper Clippings

Newspaper clippings

Newspapers--United States

Emigration and immigration

Biographical/historical note

Robert H. Hartmann worked with Beverly Tetterton, a librarian at New Hanover County Public Library, to find newspaper clippings published in Wilmington, North Carolina that referred to the Syrian community living in the city at the turn of the twentieth century.

Scope/content note

This collection is comprised of newspaper clippings from Wilmington, North Carolina that refer to the Syrian community living in the city between 1877 to 1942. Some of the clippings are articles reprinted from other newspapers within North Carolina.

Topics referred to in the clippings include immigration, business, life events, or instances of crime. Some individuals are mentioned more than once throughout the collection.

Researchers should be advised that materials in this collection may contain harmful content, including racist language and graphic depictions of historical events.

New Hanover County Public Library Special Collections Department

Special Collections Department, North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina

Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies

1877-1942, 2006

Collection Guide written by Khayrallah Center staff.

Collection Guide and collection metadata updated by Laura Lethers and Ginni Leeman, 2024 August.

The donor retains full ownership of any copyright and rights currently controlled. Nonexclusive right to authorize uses of these materials for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes are granted to Khayrallah Center pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. Usage of the materials for these purposes must be fully credited with the source. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials.

English

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