Archives and Special Collections Subject Guide: Diaspora

Isa Iskandar al Maʻluf, (1869–1956) was a Lebanese journalist, scholar, historian and a member of the Arab Nahda. The collection contains around 900 photographs related to Isa’s family, his relatives, and acquaintances in Lebanon and diaspora mainly Latin America. The collection originates from early Lebanese studios like Assad Dakouny; Fakhoury; Photo Khatchadour; Assad K. Murhij and Khalil Chahine Malouf etc. (History of Photography Lebanon, Visual Culture, Lebanese Diaspora, Social life and customs Lebanon)

This small collection consists of 53 handwritten letters and two photos. The personal and financial correspondence were sent by various Lebanese immigrants from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and the USA to their families in Lebanon through the reliable Mr. Ishak Tannous, who played financial mediator between the immigrants and their families. (Lebanese Diaspora, social economics, Emigration and immigration)
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Antoun Saadeh (1904-1949) was a Lebanese politician, philosopher and writer who founded the Syrian Social Nationalist (SSN).The collection consists of 349 black and white photographs (1938-1949) and correspondence penned by him while in South America to his comrades William Bahlis, Jurj Bunduqii , Wadih Abd al-Masih, and Ilyas Fakhuri, and family members: bother Edward and wife Julliet al Mir (1939-1947). (Syrian Social Nationalist Party, political science, Lebanon)