Abstract The Order Sons of Italy in America, Illinois Grand Lodge, was founded in 1924. Records include Illinois Grand Convention minutes (1955-1987), Columbus Day banquet programs (1973, 1987), scholarship awards (1977-1983), and Grand Lodge and local lodge officer lists (1955-1987). Also included are materials relating to activities and programs of the Illinois Grand Lodge such as insurance policies, applications, correspondence, and benefits (1924-1987), juvenile insurance policy holders...

Abstract The Joseph Gorassi Order Sons of Italy in America collection (1926-1973) consists of Massachusetts Grand Lodge records including Grand Convention records (1926-1931, 1944, 1946-1962), miscellaneous copies of Grand Council minutes (1953-1973), "Sons of Italy Magazine" published by the Lodge (1931-1967), miscellaneous material relating to the Lodge during World War II, and transcripts of radio speeches (1939, 1941-1942). Also included are correspondence and reports pertaining to B'Nai Brith,...

Abstract The Order Sons of Italy in America, Massachusetts Grand Lodge was chartered in 1914. Records (1918-1986) consist of local and national OSIA materials. Included are Supreme Convention records (1981-1983), OSIA Immigration and Naturalization Commission reports (1950s), and OSIA hymns (1916, 1943). Massachusetts Grand Lodge materials include minutes, correspondence, financial records, officer lists, local lodge charters, information on charities, photographs, motion picture films, microfilm,...

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Records of the OSIA Michigan Grand Lodge consist of the constitution and by-laws, general laws, press releases, correspondence, convention minutes and booklets (1981-1987), council minutes (1981-1987), and committee chairs (1987).

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The Order Sons of Italy in America, Monmouth County-Mt. Carmel Lodge No. 1215 (N.J.) was founded in Asbury Park in 1923, expanded to include Mt. Carmel in 1927, and expanded again in 1985 to include Monmouth County, N.J. Records include building certificates, a financial ledger (1956-1967), membership roster (1985), by-laws, souvenir booklets, miscellaneous certificates, photographs.

Abstract Records of the Order Sons of Italy in America National Office include records of Supreme Conventions (1955-1987); Supreme Council minutes (1954-1987); National Foundation minutes (1960-1987); correspondence of national officers (1957-1982); financial ledgers, audits, and vouchers of the Supreme Lodge and National Foundation; records of the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum, the Immigration and Naturalization Commission, the Anti-Defamation Committee, OSIA News and a multitude of other committees and...

Abstract Records of the Order Sons of Italy in America, New Jersey Grand Lodge (1920-1987) consist of grand convention records (1960-1987), grand council minutes (1962-1986), membership lists (1970-1986), per capita records (1977-1978), financial reports (1970-1985), by-laws (1920), orphanage records (ca. 1920s), banquet booklets (1952-1986), state and local lodge officer lists, photographs (1924-1966), newspaper clippings, and a scrapbook (1962-1972). Includes photocopy of "A Historical Account of...

Abstract The OSIA New York Grand Lodge collection comprises materials of national, state, and local groups, and non-OSIA groups and activities, as well as photographs and artifacts. National records (1959-1987) include material on the Supreme (National) conventions, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and materials relating to the Cassino Memorial Orphanage and the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum. Correspondence and clippings relate to the nationwide OSIA campaign to obtain Anthony Casamento's Medal of...

Abstract The Order Sons of Italy in America, Ohio Grand Lodge was founded in 1915. Records (1921-1987) includes Grand Convention minutes and reports (1931-1932, 1937-1939, 1947-1981), booklets (1939, 1963, 1967, 1971-1975, 1981-1983), Grand Council minutes (1929-1941), miscellaneous correspondence (1930-1952), membership rosters, applications, per capita reports (1957-1973), award, banquet and other program books, General Laws (1926), checkreceipts (1959-1977), the NOI Monthly Magazine of Ohio Grand...

Abstract Records of the Order Sons of Italy in America, Pennsylvania Grand Lodge include Supreme Lodge convention records and Supreme Council minutes; Grand Convention documents (1935-1987), and Grand Council minutes (1949-1986), membership applications, correspondence and reports on the Dante Orphanage, Sons of Italy Savings and Loan Association, Columbus Day celebrations, and other projects. Also included are insurance records which comprise over half of the collection and include 55 feet of...

Abstract The Order Sons of Italy in America, Rhode Island Grand Lodge was founded in 1915. Records include Rhode Island Grand Convention minutes (1929-1959), convention books (1957-1986), Grand Council minutes (1929-1958, 1977-1982), Grand Lodge correspondence and membership lists (1976-1982), financial ledgers (1942-1959), quarterly reports of district lodges (1970-1973), financial contributions to the Grand Lodge 91922-1925), and Grand Lodge officer lists 91980-1988). Also included are minutes of...

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Records of the OSIA Tacoma Lodge No. 1175 consist of meeting minutes.

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Records of the Order Sons of Italy in America, Uguaglianza Lodge No. 83 (Bronx, N.Y.) consist of minutes 91937-1972), financial records 91921-1982), dues payment ledgers (1963-1981), register of loans (1947-1970), correspondence (1966-1973), and booklets of the annual dinner-dance (1963-1983). Also included are the New York Grand Lodge by-laws book (1922), ritual book 91915), and the equivalent numbers from the Sons of Italy Grand Lodge, Inc. (1933).

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Records of OSIA Venezia Lodge No. 374 (Rockland, Mass.) consist of materials pertaining to the Massachusetts Grand Convention (1927), correspondence and forms of the Grand Lodge, and reports of the Massachusetts Grand Financial secretary. Records of the Lodge consist of check stubs (1936-1937).

Abstract The Order Sons of Italy in America, West Virginia Grand Lodge was founded in 1923. Records consist of Supreme lodge materials, such as laws (1935). The bulk of the collection pertains to the Mortuary Fund (1935-1968), including applications, claim records, receipt books, general ledgers, and correspondence. Also included are minutes of Grand Council meetings and conventions (1975-1985), Grand Lodge financial reports and Mortuary Fund reports, Grand Convention records from the 1960s and...

Abstract Records (1921-1983) of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church (Kenosha, Wis.) Ladies Society consist of financial, membership and general records of the Society together with reports and correspondence. Also included are registers of two women's organizations in the parish, the Mt. Carmel Society and the St. Therese Society; church bulletins, announcements, flyers; newspaper clippings about Kenosha, Wis., Italian Americans and their activities; by-laws, mailings, and correspondence of the Friends of...

Abstract Palmer Di Giulio (1898-1959) was an attorney and chairman of the Immigration and Naturalization Committee of the Supreme Lodge of the Order Sons of Italy in America. Papers include OSIA programs from testimonial dinners (1931-1958), correspondence, and an Illinois Grand Lodge resolution honoring Di Giulio at his death. Also included are a tape of a 1958 Columbus Day speech by Di Giulio, several poems, a paper titled "Questions and Answers About Naturalization," a 1938 Chicago Post Office...

Abstract The Paul A. D'Agostino Order Sons of Italy in America collection (1927-1963) consists of a Supreme Convention book (1957); Massachusetts Grand Lodge convention books (1958-1963), constitution and by-laws (1940 and 1949), various Lodge committees and projects such as revision of the by-laws, regulation of the death fund, regulation of life insurance program, membership drives, and scholarship fund; books containing Supreme Constitution and by-laws (1962); material relating to D'Agostino's...

Abstract Collection (1929-1985) includes OSIA California Grand Convention books (1982-1983); minutes of the 1985 Supreme Lodge Plenary Session; some material on the California Chapter of the Commission for Social Justice; and program booklets for testimonial dinners and Columbus Day celebrations at various local OSIA lodges in California. Also included are several dinner dance programs for the Pugliese Lodge No. 1375 (Los Angeles, Calif.)(1947-1983), several booklets of statutes and regulations for...

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Regina and Roy D'Ariano were Italian American authors who came to the United States in 1912. Papers (1938-1970) consist of manuscripts of three short stories and books written by the D'Arianos. They include "La Piccola Cantatrice"; "David and Ruth"; and "The Princess Under Seven Veils".

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Papers (1912-1965) of Italian American lawyer Robert Ferrari (b. 1886) include correspondence; drafts of his autobiography; articles on law; and other works and miscellaneous maps, tourist brochures, and travel guides pertaining to Italy and the United States. Autobiography available also on microfilm.

Abstract Papers (1920-1985) of Robert Immordino consist largely of materials relating to the Order Sons of Italy in America, along with a few items pertaining to Italian American organizations. Included are a ritual book of the national OSIA organization; correspondence, memoranda, Mazzini Orphanage reports, financial reports, and Mortuary Fund regulations and benefits of the state organization. Materials pertaining to local OSIA lodges include a membership certificate from Mario Rapisardi Lodge No....

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Papers (1926-1938) of Roy Crescenzo consist of an affadavit and a copy of protest against Italy's treatment of the Jews. Crescenzo lived in Duluth, Minnesota, where he was a member of Duluth Local Lodge Principe Ereditario Umberto II No. 992, Order Sons of Italy in America.

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Personal and professional papers of Rudolph J. Vecoli pertain significantly to the American Italian Historical Association. Also included are filed on ethnic organization, institutions and conference. Mainly in English. Also contains files pertaining to Vecoli's involvement in the American Italian Historical Association (AIHA) and the AIHA Stella Del Nord Chapter. Also includes material related to preparation of the Harvard Encyclopaedia of American Ethnic Groups.

Abstract The Rudy Rubini Order Sons of Italy in America, Cristoforo Colombo Society collection (1796-1956) consists of minutes, financial records, blueprints, land transaction documents, and artifacts. The Cristoforo Colombo Society was organized in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1909. The group became OSIA Cristoforo Colombo Lodge No. 1125 in 1927. Records include lodge meeting minutes (1935-1956), ledgers on membership dues collected (1935-1956), financial records (1949-1956), and sickness and death...

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Papers (1956) of Teresa Esposito include clippings and brochures pertaining to the Cassino Orphanage (Italy) and to a cruise to Italy; photographs of the Cassino Orphanage dedication, and OSIA members on the cruise; a button and ribbon, and stamps.

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Papers (1927-1960) of Umberto Lucarini (1892-1965), an Italian American who organized the Madera (California) Consumers Cooperative, comprise records of the Cooperative; pamphlets and bulletins written by Lucarini; personal correspondence; travel diaries; miscellany; and clippings about Albert Einstein. The records of the Cooperative reflect internal dissension within the organization.

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Records (1912-1935) of the Unity, Nobility and Ambition Society (Brooklyn, New York), a cultural organization founded in 1929, consist of a scrapbook of clippings, contracts, tickets, programs, essays, and issues of its publication, "Nik Naks."