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Document Details


Title: Interview of Aelyas Kassab by Nancy Dallett, November 27, 1985
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Paid Only
Repository: Alexander Street Press
Collection: North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories (Subscription only)
URL: http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/imld/documentidx.pl?docid=S13751-D001
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1985 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Kassab, Aelyas, 1883-
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker date of birth: 1883
Speaker place of birth: Damascus, Syria; Syria; Asia
Speaker race: Asian
Age at speaking: 102
Document date: 27-Nov-1985
Interviewer: Dallet, Nancy, fl. 1989
Organizations discussed: Ellis Island Immigration Center, New York, NY; Travelers' Aid Society
Locations discussed: Asia; Bayrut, Lebanon; Beirut, Bayrut, Lebanon; Chester, PA; Damascus, Syria; Europe; France; Lebanon; North America; Pennsylvania; Syria; United States
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Asia; Bayrut, Lebanon; Beirut, Bayrut, Lebanon; Chester, PA; Damascus, Syria; Ellis Island Immigration Center, New York, NY; Europe; France; Lebanon; North America; Pennsylvania; Syria; Travelers' Aid Society; United States
Topics discussed - Other terms: Boats and ships; Brothers; Domestic life; Economics; Education; Entertainment and recreation; Ethnic groups; Family; Immigration and emigration; Law; Ocean voyages; Personal finances; Relationships; Schools; Syrian people; Teachers; Thefts; Trains; Transportation; Travel preparations
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0027921-29930