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Joseph Stewart (1900-1967) and Emeline Romey (1916-2012) married in the late 1940s. As a child, Emeline Romey and her three siblings were taken in by the Moses family and relocated to Birmingham, Alabama after the murders of their parents Fannie and Nola Romey by the Lake City, Florida police and the KKK, respectively, in 1929. Romey spent her life in Birmingham and Mobile, Alabama and volunteered for the American Heart Association, the National American Red Cross, and the Birmingham Veterans hospital. She died in 2012, 45 years after the death of her husband.
The Joseph Stewart Letters collection consists of letters sent from Joseph Stewart in Birmingham, Alabama to Emeline Romey in Mobile, Alabama prior to their marriage. The letters include discussion of Stewart’s daily life, travels, mutual friends, and certain details of the off-and-on relationship between Stewart and Romey. The letters cover the period from 1943 to 1945, with one additional letter from 1958, in which Stewart reflects the gratitude he feels for Romey.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
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[Identification of item], Joseph Stewart Letters, KC 0056, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora
Moses and Romey Family Papers circa 1911-2000s, KC 0044
The Romey Lynchings: A Story of Lebanese Immigrants Collection 1905-1932, KC 0046
Gift of Sandra Moses Ryland, 2021 January (Accession No. 2021.001).
Processed by Celine Shay, 2022. Finding aid created by Laura Lethers, 2023 June and Allison Hall, 2023 September.
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[Identification of item], Joseph Stewart Letters, KC 0056, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora
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.