Kuri Family Collection circa 1800s-2019

Maximo Kuri is the son of Victor and Guillermina Kuri. Maximo's paternal grandparents, Dalel and Hanna, immigrated from Lebanon to Mexico in and adapted the family name "Khoury" to "Kuri." Following a family trip to Lebanon in 2003, Maximo began to research his paternal family history.

During the 1970s, the family traveled within Mexico for the children’s swim meets. The kids swam for Centro Acuático del Pedregal (Pedregal Aquatic Center, also referred to as CAP), located in the neighborhood Jardines del Pedregal in Mexico City. In 1976, they spent two months traveling in Western Europe.

The Kuri Family Collection includes a written family history, "This is Y," compiled by Maximo Kuri in 2019, that focused on his paternal Lebanese side and their immigration to Mexico and South Africa. The collection also holds multiple photographs of the Kuri family, most of Maximo's father Victor Kuri, and documents that relate to the Khoury family's life in Lebanon.

An additional series includes film reels documenting family trips taken for the children's swim meets.

This collection is arranged in the order it was received.

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.

[Identification of item], Kuri Family Collection, KC 0055, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Gift of Maximo Kuri, 2021 March (Accession No. 2021.009).

Processed by Laura Lethers, Sarah Bernstein, and Allison Hall, 2023. Finding aid created by Sarah Bernstein with contributions by Allison Hall, 2023 October.