Collection of North Carolina Newspaper Clippings 1877-1942, 2006

Materials in this collection are in English.

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.

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.

This collection is arranged chronologically.

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.

[Identification of item], Collection of North Carolina Newspaper Clippings, NS 0001, Hoda Z. Nassour and Herbert R. Nassour Jr., MD, Archive of Lebanese Diaspora

Materials given to the Khayrallah Center (Accession No. 2014.004).

Processed by Khayrallah Center staff. Collection metadata updated by Laura Lethers and Ginni Leeman, 2024 August. Finding aid created by Laura Lethers, 2024 August.