Lacey, T.J.(Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society, 1920)
Covers several Eastern church groups, especially the Syrian Orthodox Church, Assyrian-Nestorians, Assyrian-Jacobites, and Protestant Syrians. Useful early account. Pictures.
Paints the Syrians/Arabs as a simple people, hard-working and not harmful to others, even though they are viewed with suspicion and fear by some Americans. They are presented as all Christian and as opponents of the Ottoman ...
This document is a summary of a speech given by the writer Dr. Elias Efendi Musallam Kattem about some of the accomplishments of Syrians/Arabs in the U.S. in commerce, journalism, and learning (with 30 in medicine).
The article provides a portrait of three different groups of immigrants in America: the Hebrews (or Jews), the Magyars, and the "Levantine Races." McLaughlin is not very positive towards the immigrants from the Levant; he ...
This article talks about the willingness of Syrian and Lebanese Christians to fight for the United States against the Ottoman Turks in World War 1. It includes a letter from an infantryman training in Texas to his family. ...
The article reports on the catastrophe that was the sinking of the French ocean liner SS. La Bourgogne, which sunk on July 4th, 1898, at the mouth of the New York harbor. 549 lives were lost in the tragedy, including several ...
In answer to a question about the number of Syrians/Arabs in America and their "wealth," a carefully-reasoned analysis is provided. Author's estimate is that 100,000 Syrians/Arabs were in the United States.
This article takes a look at the "Arab colony" on New York City's westside, along Greenwich and Washington streets. The article provides physical descriptors of the colony's residents and their perspective on Arab culture ...
Dr. Nagib Abdou, ex-United States Medical Officer, who came from his native Syria to South America at age 16, compiled this directory during his travels. The directory includes and introduction and listings in both English ...
Relates that many of the "Syrians" and Egyptians who went to the Columbian fair for trade lost a great deal of money because attendance was low. [However, that was prior to the sensational dance du ventre introduced by ...