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The D. H. Hill Jr. Library will be closed beginning on Monday, May 5, 2025, for planned electrical work. The Special Collections Research Center is located in Hill Library, and will be closed for all appointments during this period. Special Collections can only make appointment requests until April 25th and after August 3, 2025. During the closure, Special Collections staff will be available to answer questions about our collections, if they are accessible, and to support researchers using digital materials for their research. Some materials will not be available for reproduction requests. Please contact us!KCLDS Archive Reference Book Collection 1895-2023
This collection is found in the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies
- Size
- 3.375 linear feet (2.25 cartons); 3.14 gigabytes (17 files)
- Call number
- GR 0001
- Access to materials
This collection is open for research and contains digital material.
The English-language volumes that are digitally available in this collection are provided on the Khayrallah Center Archive’s website for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The Arabic-language volumes that are digitally available are located on the Khayrallah Center’s Arabic Newspapers database.
Physical material in this collection is also available to researchers. Physical access to materials requires 48 hours advance notice. For any questions regarding the materials, please contact the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu.
Language
Materials in this collection are mostly in English or Arabic with some titles in Spanish or French.
Biographical/historical note
The books included in this collection are related to the global Lebanese diaspora. Noteworthy authors in the KCLDS Archive Reference Book Collection include Nagib T. Abdou, Antoine F. Khater, Salloum Mokarzel, Mikhail Asad Rustum, Ameen Rihani, Salom Rizk, and more. Publishers include Jaridat al-Ayyam Press and the Syrian-American Press. Also included are self-published biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs of Lebanese Americans.
Scope/content
The KCLDS Archive Reference Book Collection contains books and publications held by the KCLDS Archive.
The publications include Arabic, English, Spanish, and French titles ranging in publication date from 1895 to the twenty-first century.
Materials in Arabic are fully searchable on the Khayrallah Center's Arabic Newspapers database.
To search the database and index created by the Khayrallah Center from The Syrian Business Directory by Salloum Mokarzel and H.F. Otash, see here.
Arrangement
The materials in this collection are arranged alphabetically by title.
Use of these materials
The Khayrallah Center claims only physical ownership of the materials. Due to the nature of archival collections, information about copyright and rights ownership in the materials may be difficult to find despite reasonable efforts. 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], KCLDS Archive Reference Book Collection, GR 0001, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Source of acquisition
Materials gifted by authors or purchased by the Khayrallah Center (Accession Nos. 2014.003, 2021.005, 2022.013, 2024.001).
Processing information
Finding Aid created by Laura Lethers and Allison Hall, 2023 November.
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.
VI Festival International de Baalbeck [Sixth Ballbeck International Festival] 1961 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in FrenchCarton 2
Abe, Son of Abraham: Stories, Vignettes, Remembrances, Reflections, Thoughts, & Tributes by Abe J. Bassett 2013 (Accession 2021.005)
Carton 2
The Arcade Memoirs: Selected Poems 1970-1980 by Antoine F. Khater 1981 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in PortugueseThe Best of South Louisiana Cooking by Bootsie John Landry 1983 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
The Book of Khalid by Ameen Rihani 1911 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
Diwan al-Ghareeb fi al-Gharb, (ديوان الغريب في الغرب (الجزء الثاني [Strangers in the West: The Trip of Mikhail Asad Rustum to America, Part 2 Excerpt from the 3rd Edition] by Mikhail Asad Rustum 1909 Feb 16 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)Dr. Abdou's Travels in America by Dr. Nagib T. Abdou 1907 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)Alternative Title: Travels in America and Commercial Directory of the Arabic Speaking People of the World
Dr. Ma Haide (George Hatem) by Various Authors undated (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in ChineseCarton 3
Elias' Modern Dictionary, English Arabic by Elias A. Elias 1968
Carton 1
Faris Saleem Malouf (1892-1958), A Voice in the Dark: One Man's Arab American Activism by Charles Malouf Samaha 2019 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
The First One Hundred Years in America: Recollections of a Lebanese-American Grandson by Norman J. Hobbie 2003 (Accession 2024.001)
Carton 2
The First One Hundred Years in America: Other Voices by Norman J. Hobbie 2005 (Accession 2024.001)
Carton 2
Food from Biblical Lands: A Culinary Trip to the Land of Bible History by Helen Corey 1989 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
From Mt. Lebanon to the Mohawk Valley: The Story of Syro-Lebanese Americans of the Utica Area by John G. Moses 1981 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
"Growing an American Tradition" Booklet by Mt. Olive 2006 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
The Heart of Cortland: The Life of Jim Yaman by Molly Yaman 2015 (Accession 2024.001)
Carton 2
History of the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States, Volume I: The Clergy by Evelyn Karam Small, Randa Gemayel Hakim, and Joseph John Soma circa 2013 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
The History of Syrian Trade in America by Salloum Mokarzel 1920-1921 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)Les Hobeiche: A Travers L'Histoire by Khalil R. Hobeiche 1978 (Accession 2024.001)
Carton 2
How the Lebanese Advanced Civilization by John G. Moses 1998 (Accession 2022.013)
Carton 2
Al-Jundi Al-Suri fi Thalath Horoub [The Syrian Soldier in Three Wars] by Gabriel Elias Ward 1919 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)Kisses from a Distance by Raff Ellis 2007 (Accession 2024.001)
Carton 3
Kitab al-Ghareeb fi al-Gharb, كتاب الغريب في الغرب [Strangers in the West: The Trip of Mikhail Asad Rustum to America, 1885-1895] by Mikhail Asad Rustum 1895 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)Kitab Qatf Ql-Zuhur Fi Tarikh Al-Duhur by Yuhanna Ibkarius [Abkariyus] 1898
Carton 1
The Lebanese in America by John G. Moses 2001 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
"The Lebanese Texans and the Syrian Texans" Booklet by James Patrick McGuire 1988 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
Letters to My Son: An Immigrant's Saga by George Nicolas El-Hage 2014 (Accession 2024.001)
Carton 2
Library of the Biography of Luminaries, خزانة الأيام في ترجمة العظام by Joseph N. Maloof 1899
Carton 1
Library of the Biography of Luminaries, خزانة الأيام في ترجمة العظام by Joseph N. Maloof 1899
Medicine and Commerce "Illustrated": Two Books in One Volume by Dr. Nagib T. Abdou 1921 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)Memories of Rahija by Abe J. Bassett 1992 (Accession 2021.005)
Carton 2
Monsoura by John Louis Toukatly 2018 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
Mt. Lebanon to Vermont by George Haddad 1916 (Accession 2024.001)
Carton 2
"My Life in Pictures" Booklet by Ethel Wright Mohamed 1976 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
The Naders by Jan Colvert 2018 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
New Old Country: A Memoir by Ramsey Esper and Carolynne M. Ayoub 2023
Carton 2
Orphans of War by Bearta Powell 2008 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
Saleeby-Saliba Worldwide Family by Callie R. Saleeby Stanley 2008 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
Secretos de familia: Libaneses y élites empresariales en Yucatán [Family Secrets: Lebanese and Business Elites in Yucatan] by Luis Alfonso Ramírez 1994 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
The Syrian Business Directory: First Edition 1908-1909 by Salloum Mokarzel and H.F. Otash 1908 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)The Syrian Business Directory for the United States: First Edition 1908-1909 by Salloum Mokarzel and H.F. Otash 1908 (Accession 2014.003)
Language of materials
Materials in Arabic (Arabic)Carton 2
Syrian Yankee by Salom Rizk 1943 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
"To Live in Hearts we Leave Behind is not to Die": Lebanese Voices of North Carolina by John Blythe 1986 April (Accession 2014.003)
Unpublished manuscript
Under Syrian Stars by Rahme Haidar 1929
Carton 1
Until the Hour of Separation: The Sargus Family in America by Jane Sargus 2017 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 2
A View of Our Past: Georgetown, South Carolina c. 1890-1915 by Georgetown County Library System 2002 (Accession 2014.003)
Carton 3
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.
Please note that some historical materials may contain harmful content and/or descriptions. Learn how we’re addressing it.
Access to the collection
This collection is open for research and contains digital material.
The English-language volumes that are digitally available in this collection are provided on the Khayrallah Center Archive’s website for non-commercial research, scholarly, or other educational purposes pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The Arabic-language volumes that are digitally available are located on the Khayrallah Center’s Arabic Newspapers database.
Physical material in this collection is also available to researchers. Physical access to materials requires 48 hours advance notice. For any questions regarding the materials, please contact the Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive at kcldsarchive@ncsu.edu.
For more information contact us via mail, phone, or our web form.
Mailing address:
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Phone: (919) 515-2273
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], KCLDS Archive Reference Book Collection, GR 0001, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies Archive, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Use of these materials
The Khayrallah Center claims only physical ownership of the materials. Due to the nature of archival collections, information about copyright and rights ownership in the materials may be difficult to find despite reasonable efforts. 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.