University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository Master's Theses Student Research 8-1983 Immigrants in Richmond, Virginia : Lebanese, Armenians and Greeks, 1900-1925 Kaye Brinkley Spalding Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Spalding, Kaye Brinkley, "Immigrants in Richmond, Virginia : Lebanese, Armenians and Greeks, 1900-1925" (1983). Master's Theses. Paper 1032. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Research at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. IMMIGRANTS IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA: LEBANESE, ARMENIANS AND GREEKS, 1900-1925 BY KAYE BRINKLEY SPALDING A THESIS SUIMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN HISTORY AUGUST, 1983 APPROVED BY W.~~~~~ Harrison Daniel, Thesis Director Professor of History Ernest c. Bolt, Jr. Professor of History \., t ~~r; l\. ~·., UNlVER::iiTY Of- ,,.c;uvloNO TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I. Introduction. 1 II. The Lebanese. 10 III. The Armenians . 66 IV. The Greeks. 117 v. Comparisons . 170 Bibliography . • . 180 CHAP~Rl INTRODUCTION In most of the published histories and memoirs of the city of Richmond there is little or no men tion of its post Civil War immigrant population. If any ethnic group is referred to, it is almost in variably either the Germans, the Irish or the Jews, in spite of the fact that it is evident from even the most casual perusal of the Richmond city directory or the telephone directory that there are many city residents whose ancestors were not the traditional Anglo-Saxons, their slaves, or members of the three above mentioned groups.