Max Ascoli papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: IHRC245

Staff Only

Abstract

Papers (1935-1968) of Max Ascoli (1898-1978) include correspondence; minutes; publications; reports; and newspaper clippings relating to the activities of the Mazzini Society and its officers.

Dates

1935-1968

Creator

Ascoli, Max, 1898-1978 (Person)

Language of Materials

English and Italian

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

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HISTORICAL SKETCH

Max Ascoli (1898-1978), an Italian Jewish intellectual and author, held the chair of Philosophy of Law at the University of Rome until he left Fascist Italy in 1932 to come to the United States on a Rockefeller Foundation scholarship. He was active in the Mazzini Society, an anti-fascist organization founded in 1939 by Italian intellectuals who had fled fascist Italy. The organization was named for Giuseppe Mazzini, a patriot prominent in the move for unification of Italy after the defeat of Napoleon. The Society was dedicated to informing Americans about conditions in Italy.

Extent

2 microfilm rolls

Subjects

Anti-fascist movements -- United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Italian American authors. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Italian Americans -- Societies, etc. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings