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Accession Number |
2011.01.00 |
Catalog Number |
2011.01.11 |
Object Name |
Fonds |
Collection |
Evelyn Shakir |
Scope & Content |
This is a finding aid for items in this collection that do not have individual object records. FINDING AID Box 1 Folder 1. Sabbagh Bros. Folder 2. Sabbagh Bros. Folder 3. Sabbagh Bros. Folder 4. Sabbagh family reunion book, 1983 Folder 5. New Syria National League, Syrian American Club of New York Folder 6. New SyriaNational League, Syrian American Club of Boston Folder 7. Syrian American Club Folder 8. Syrian American Club Folder 9. Syrian American Club Folder 10. Syrian American Club Folder 11. Syrian American Club, File box (1 of 2) Folder 12. Syrian American Club, File box (2 of 2) Folder 13. Syrian Ladies Aid Society membership lists (possibly tally of mentions in minutes) Folder 14. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1918-1924* Folder 15. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1919-1932* Folder 16. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1933 Folder 17. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1934 Folder 18. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1935 Folder 19. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1936 Folder 20. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1937 Folder 21. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1938 Folder 22. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1939 Folder 23. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1940 Folder 24. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1941 Folder 25. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1942 Folder 26. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1943 Folder 27. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1944 Folder 28. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1945 Folder 29. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1946 Folder 30. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1947 Folder 31. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1948 Folder 32. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1949 Folder 33. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1949-1954 Folder 34. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1979-1984 Folder 35. Syrian Ladies Aid Society minutes,1985-2000 Folder 36. Syrian Ladies Aid Society Folder 37. Syrian Ladies Aid Society photos Folder 38. Syrian Ladies Aid Society photocopies Folder 39. Syrian Ladies Aid Society international aid Folder 40. Ayoob family correspondence Folder 41. Arabic language correspondence (the contents of this folder came as a bundle in a plasticbag) Folder 42. Shakir correspondence, notes Folder 43. Shakir papers, notes, events Folder 44. Shakir photographs (Unidentified, presumably Shakir family. Two packets, original order.) Folder 45. Phillip Shakir thank you notes Folder 46. Radcliff Institute agreement Folder 47. West Newton Property (SLAS) Folder 48. 2015 Addendum Box 2 Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston programs, ephemera, and regalia: 1932, Fifteenth Anniversary, complete report 1942, Silver Jubilee Program, 25th Anniversary 1950, Annual banquet program 1967, 50th Anniversary Celebration program 1972, 55th Anniversary Celebration program 1977, 60th Anniversary Celebration program 1987, 70th Anniversary Celebration program 1992, 75th Anniversary Banquet program 1997, 80th Anniversary Banquet program 2002, 85th Anniversary Banquet program By-Laws of the Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston 1945, Junior Chapter Annual Dance Program 1947, Junior Chapter Annual Dance Program 1948, Junior Chapter Annual Dance Program 1983, The Arabic Hour Second Anniversary 1929, “The Secret Marriage” program, presented by the SLAS 1937, Musical concert program, presented by the SLAS 1934, Program inaugurating the SLAS Mortgage Fund Campaign 1958, Banquet and musical concert program 1947, “A Bridegroom from Oklahoma” program, presented by the SLAS 1947, Musical concert program, presented by the SLAS (3) 1945, Musical concert program, presented by the SLAS 1984, 50thAnniversary Celebration of the Syrian-Lebanese Women’s Club of Greater Boston Folder 1. Ephemera/realia Folder 2. Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston program booklet photocopies Folder 3. Speech from 1977 60th Anniversary Celebration Published Materials (plays, booklets, journals, magazines): As Sayeh (Syrian Arabic Magazine), New York, 1923 As Sayeh (Syrian Arabic Magazine), New York, 1930 Bison, Alexandre. “Madam X: Story of a Mother’s Love,” 1930 Dalal K. Safadi, ed. “Echo of the East,” Highland Park, MI, February 1948. Khoury, Antoine. “The Voice of Yesterday,” 1939. Syrian Educational Society booklet, 1916 Box 3 Folder 1.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, 1990s Folder 2.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, Junior Chapter, Aug. 1934 –Aug. 1935 Folder 3.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, Junior Chapter, September 1935-April 1937 Folder 4.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, Junior Chapter, 1937-1940 Folder 5.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, Junior Chapter, 1940-1943 Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston handwritten minutes –5 steno books, 3 notebooks Box 4 1.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, 1943-1948 2.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, 1932-1934 3.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston, handwritten minutes photocopies, 1934 4.Syrian Ladies Aid Society Junior Chapter, Boston photocopies, 1931-1947 Box 5 Folder 1.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston ledger photocopies* Folder 2.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston ledger photocopies, 1918-1920* Folder 3.Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston ledger photocopies, 1957-1989 Syrian Ladies Aid Society, Boston ledgers: =1934-1936 =1936-1938 =1931? =1932 =1922-1929 Box 6 Evelyn Shakir oral history transcripts Box7 Evelyn Shakir oral history transcripts Box 8 Evelyn Shakir oral history transcripts Box 9 Evelyn Shakir oral history transcripts Box 10 Restricted materials -Syrian Ladies Aid Society bank statements and receipts, 1990s -Syrian Ladies Aid Society program planning and ad sales, 1990s-2000s Box 11 Book Tray English Language Books Fosdick, Harry Emerson. A Pilgrimage to Palestine, 1927. Gibran, Kahlil. The Madman, 1918. Rihbany, Abraham Mitre. America Save the Near East,1918. Rizk, Salom. Syrian Yankee, 1954. Signed by author Arabic Language Books Abu Madi, Elia. Al-Jadawil [The Streams], 1927. Abu Madi, Elia. Al-Khama’il [The Thickets], 1940. Al-Haddad, Salim Fares. Immigration Story. Ayoub, Rashid. Aghani Al-Darwish [Songs of the Dervish], 1928. Ayoub, Rashid. Al-Ayyoubiat, 1916. Fares, Felix and Jean Debs. The Guide. Gibran, Kahlil. Al-Musiqa [Music], 1905. Gibran, Kahlil. Al-Sanabil (selected works), 1929. Gibran, Kahlil. Ara’is al-Muruj [Spirit Brides], 1906. Gibran, Kahlil. Ramal wa Zabad [Sand and Foam], 1927. Gibran, Kahlil. Al-Arwah al-mutamarrida [Spirits Rebellious], 1908. Gibran, Kahlil (trans. by Bishop Anthony Bashir). Prior Proverbs and Poetry, 1924. Istvan, Abdallah Marin. Tuhfat al-ataba [The Masterpiece of Al-Ataba]. (Poetry printed by the Syrian press of Wadie Shakir in Boston). 2 copies. Kassab, Saleem. Kitaab Al-Dura Al-Faridah [The Book of the Precious Pearl], 1883. Rihani, Ameen. Muluk-ul Arab [Kings of the Arabs], 1951 Sabbagh, Elias. Wahee Al-Yoyoos [The Cupboard], 1932. 2 copies. Ziadeh, May. May: In Syria and Lebanon, 1924 Box 12 Book Tray Arabic Books–no single author Bible, 1904 Bible, 1962 Dictionary Preparations, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society. The Gathering of the Pen League (anthology), 1921 Arabic Language Journals Al-Akhlaq [Character]: An Illustrated Arabic Magazine, Vol 10, No.1.1929. Al-Funoon [The Arts]: An Arabic Review of Literature and Arts. Vol I, No. 9. December 1913. Al-Funoon [The Arts]: An Arabic Review of Literature and Arts. Vol III, No. 2. September 1917. Al-Hilal [The Crescent], Vol. 19. 1910. Al-Hilal [The Crescent], November 1923 Al-Hilal [The Crescent], June 1958 Al-Hilal [The Crescent], January 1965 Box 13 Book Tray -Abi-Sulayman, Wadi. Al-bustan min kulli fakihatin zawjan (The Garden [which] has a pair of every fruit), 2nd edition, (First edition revised by Iskandar Yusuf), Sabah Newspaper Press, Detroit, circa 1940. -Anjil Luka (Gospel of Luke), Nile Mission Press, Cairo. -Katibah, Habib Ibrahim. 'Uzat wataniyya (National sermons), 1928. -Shakir, Wadi (trans.), Dustur al-wilayat al-muttahida al-amrikiyya ma'a ba'd ta'limat li-talibiyy al-jinsiyya al-amrikiyya (The Constitution of the United States of America, with some instructions for candidates for American citizenship), Wright & Potter Company, State Printers, Boston, 1921-22. -Universal Catalogue of the Zaidan's [sic] Universal Library 1925-1926. -Kitab al-balabil al-saddaha (wa) suwar mashahir al-mutribin l-jami'ihi Farid Tamir al-'Alam [The Book of Singing Nightingales and famous musicians' photographs collected by Farid Tamir Al-'Alam], Syrian American Press, New York, 1931. -Diwan al-Farid (Poems of Al-Farid), Umar ibn al-Farid, Al-Matba'a al-adabiyya, Beirut, 1900. -Qitharat Allah (The Harp of God), J. F. Rutherford, International Bible Students, Brooklyn, 1921. -Diwan Iliya Abu Madi al-juz' al-thani (The Poems of Elia Abu Madi, Part two), Elia Abu Madi, Mir'at al-gharb al-yawmiyya, New York, 1919. -Al-shahid al-'arabi, ma'sat thati khamasati fusul (The Arab Martyr, a tragedy in five acts), Hanna Khalil Al-Hindi, Al-Mataba'a al-suriyya [The Syrian Press], Boston, circa 1915. -Kitab Falsafat al-balagha (The Philosophy of Rhetoric), Jabr Dawmat, Al-Matba'a al-uthmaniyya, Ba'abda, Lebanon, 1898. -Riwayat Yuliyus Kaysar (Julius Caesar), William Shakespeare, translated by Sami Al-Jaridini, Al-Matba'a al-suriyya [The Syrian Press], Boston. -Riwayat Mar Girgis thati khamsat fusul (St. George, a play in five acts), Yusuf al-Sa'igh (al-Sayigh), Matba'at al-rawda, Lawrence, Mass., 1922. -Kitab Mabadi al-Qira'a (Principles of Reading), Solomon Ferneny (Reverend), Boston, Mass., 1917. -Kayfa yajib an yakun al-mawqif al-suri (What the Syrian position should be), Yakub Ilyas Al-Nimr, circa 1921. -Kitab al-qawa'id al-jaliyya fi 'ilm al-'arabiyya (Clear grammar rules of Arabic), "One of the Jesuit Missionary Fathers," Jesuit Missionary Fathers Press, Beirut, 1889. -Taranim al-Khalas (Hymns of Salvation), The Committee of the Soul's Salvation Printing Press, Shubra, Cairo, 1980. -Al-Arij al-'atri fi al-qarid al-fitri (The Fragrant Aroma of Native/Natural Poetry), Shakir Sulayman Musa, Al-Matba'a al-Umumiyya, Boston, Mass., 1941. -Diwan al-Rafi'I (Poems of Al-Rafi'i), Part 2, Mustafa Sadiq al-Rafi'I, Matba'at al-Jami'a, Alexandria, Egypt, 1904-05. -Diwan 'Uqud al-durar al-ghawali li-As'ad al-Khuri al-Faghali/ The pearl necklaces of poems by As'ad al-Khuri al-Faghali, Matba'at al-Shams, Beirut, circa 1937. -Min mashahid al-hayat: majmu'at riwayat wa maqalat ijtima'iyya/Scenes from daily life: a collection of stories and articles, Murshid Abdu, Al-Mataba'a al-suriyya [The Syrian Press], Boston, -Mass., 1929. -Diwan al-Mutannabi/Poems of al-Mutannabi -Al-Arij al-'atri fi al-qarid al-fitri (The Fragrant Aroma of Native/Natural Poetry), Shakir Sulayman Musa, Al-Matba'a al-Umumiyya, Boston, Mass., 1941. [Second copy, inscribed on title page.] - Unknown play, possibly translated from French. - Unknown book cover is missing. Box 14 Book Tray Ledgers and check books, 1940s-1960s Box 15 Newspapers and clippings, primarily As Sameer, 1940s Box 16 Microfilm, The Syrian World Roll 1: July 1926 – December 1927 Roll 2: January 1928 – December 1929 Roll 3: January 1930 – June 1932 Roll 4: May 1933 – November 1935 2011.01.01: CD, Evelyn Shakir Interview, 2003 2011.01.06: Award plaque, Arab American Book Award 2007 2011.01.08: CD, The Syrian Lebanese Community of Boston 2011.01.09: Cassette Tape, The Syrian Lebanese Community of Boston 2011.01.12: Lace fragments 2011.01.13: Lebanese-Syrian Ladies Aid Society rubber stamp Box 17 (2017 addition – Evelyn Shakir personal papers) Folder 1. Photographs, n.d. Folder 2. Academic papers, 1957-1959 Folder 3. Academic papers, 1960-1961 Folder 4. Academic papers, 1966-1968 and n.d. Folder 5. Academic awards and achievements, 1956, 1972 Folder 6. Correspondence, 1969-1978 Folder 7. Publications, 1978-1998 Folder 8. Draft copies - Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab American Woman Folder 9. Draft copies - Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab American Woman Box 18 (2018 addition – correspondence and collected articles and theses) Folder 1. Abu-Jaber, Diana Folder 2. Abinader, Elmaz Folder 3. ACCESS Folder 4. Ansara, James Folder 5. Arab Americans Folder 6. Arab American Literature Folder 7. Arab American Women Folder 8. Awad Joseph Folder 9. Bedway, Barbara Folder 10. Bourjaily, Vance Folder 11. Bushnaq, Inea Folder 12. Dajani, Souad Folder 13. Geha, Joseph Folder 14. Gibran, Kahlil Folder 15. Haddad, Carol Folder 16. Hajar, Paula Folder 17. Joseph, Larry Folder 18. Kahf, Mohja Folder 19. Karam, Afifa Folder 20. Melhem, D.H. Folder 21. Menconi, Evelyn Folder 22. Naff, Alixa Folder 23. Nasser, Eugene Paul Folder 24. Nye, Naomi Shehab Folder 25. Rihbany, Abraham Folder 26. Said, Edward Folder 27. Suleiman, Michael Folder 28. Tannous, Afif Folder 29. Thabit, Shukrie Folder 30. Vecoli, Rudy Folder 31. Younis, Adele Folder 32. Corey, Sheila. The Women from the Levant: A Study in Cultural Adaptation Folder 33. Kazaleh, Fadwa Ann. Biculturalism and Adjustment: A study of Ramallah-American Adolescents in Jacksonville, FL. Folder 34. Lahaj, Mary. Building an Islamic Community in America Folder 35. Tannous, Afif. Trends of Social and Cultural Change in Bishmizzeen, an Arab Village of North Lebanon Folder 36. Articles on mental health in Arab American communities Folder 37. Additional articles Box 19 Oversize Photograph, Golden Jubilee Banquet – St. George’s Syrian Orthodox Church, 1900-1950 John Hancock Hall, Boston, MA, November 19, 1950 Photograph, St. George’s Syrian Orthodox Church, Farewell dinner to Rev. H.R. Upson, July 1951 (2 copies) |
Online multimedia |
Several items in this collection are available for viewing online here. |
People |
Abu Madi, Elia Al-Rabita Al-Qalamiyya (The Pen League) Ayyoub, Rashid Gibran, Kahlil Nye, Naomi Shihab Rihani, Ameen Shayeb, John |
Search Terms |
al-Rabita al-Qalamiyya (Pen League) Arab American author Arab American business Arab American scholars Boston (Mass.) Lebanese Americans Little Syria Massachusetts Rare Books Collection |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |