Welcome to the Archive of the Ottoman Greeks of the United States Digital History Project. Here you will find examples of the interviews, photographs, documents, and two-dimensional and three-dimensional artifacts donated by descendants of Ottoman Greek migrants. Click on the examples below to view or listen, or on the link below to access the OGUS Archive.
3D Artifacts
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- Name of Donor: Flora Tournidis
- Date of Donation: May 19, 2017
- Place of Origin: Livera, Turkey
- Approximate Date Created: 1925
- Size: 10.5 cm
- Material: Paper
- Image Description: A flask brought by Flora’s family to Canton, Ohio from Livera, Turkey in 1925.
2D Artifacts
- Name of Donor: Evanthia Gatsinaris
- Date of Donation: May 22, 2017
- Place of Origin: Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
- Approximate Date Created: 1909
- Size: N/A
- Material: Paper
- Image Description: A membership certificate of the Benevolent Brotherhood of Afthoniaton-Marmara in Constantinople. Such certificates were presented to members of the Brotherhood who were in good standing.
- Name of Donor: Nick Spondyl
- Date of Donation: Livera, Turkey
- Place of Origin: May 19, 2017
- Approximate Date Created: 1925
- Size: N/A
- Material: Paper
- Image Description: Nick Spondyl’s great uncle donning a rifle and traditional guerilla fighter garb from Northeastern Asia Minor.