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Presented By: Center for Armenian Studies

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CAS Exhibit. Making Armenian Americans - Project SAVE Photograph Archive/Archive Alive Project

10th Floor Gallery, Weiser Hall from February 2 to April 30, 2026

Kharpertzis (those with Kharpert ancestry) Sarkis and Mary Kazanjian Boyajian with their children, Andrew and Elizabeth, at home in front of a wall decorated with the United States flag and photographs of Sarkis’ parents, Gabriel and Elizabeth Boyajian. Kharpertzis (those with Kharpert ancestry) Sarkis and Mary Kazanjian Boyajian with their children, Andrew and Elizabeth, at home in front of a wall decorated with the United States flag and photographs of Sarkis’ parents, Gabriel and Elizabeth Boyajian.
Kharpertzis (those with Kharpert ancestry) Sarkis and Mary Kazanjian Boyajian with their children, Andrew and Elizabeth, at home in front of a wall decorated with the United States flag and photographs of Sarkis’ parents, Gabriel and Elizabeth Boyajian.
Making Armenian Americans invites viewers into a moment of possibility in the early 20th century, when Armenians fleeing violence at the end of the Ottoman Empire came to reinvent themselves in the promise of America. Drawn from the archives of Project SAVE, these photographs capture different valences of American life, as experienced, performed, and imagined by Armenian immigrants. From naturalization classes to festivals of nations, from breaking new ground for churches to mundane tableaus of Thanksgiving and Christmas, this range of photographs offers a glimpse of a community in the making, one that sought to preserve a memory of its Ottoman past even while anticipating an American future.
Kharpertzis (those with Kharpert ancestry) Sarkis and Mary Kazanjian Boyajian with their children, Andrew and Elizabeth, at home in front of a wall decorated with the United States flag and photographs of Sarkis’ parents, Gabriel and Elizabeth Boyajian. Kharpertzis (those with Kharpert ancestry) Sarkis and Mary Kazanjian Boyajian with their children, Andrew and Elizabeth, at home in front of a wall decorated with the United States flag and photographs of Sarkis’ parents, Gabriel and Elizabeth Boyajian.
Kharpertzis (those with Kharpert ancestry) Sarkis and Mary Kazanjian Boyajian with their children, Andrew and Elizabeth, at home in front of a wall decorated with the United States flag and photographs of Sarkis’ parents, Gabriel and Elizabeth Boyajian.

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