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The Nicholas J. Martello Order Sons of Italy in America Collection (1930-1987) consists of lodge minutes of OSIA Ashtabula Lodge No. 1169 (Ohio, 1930-1935, 1948-1961), correspondence and miscellaneous reports of the Ohio Grand Lodge (1981-1987), miscellaneous correspondence and information on the activities of various local lodges throughout Ohio, newspaper clippings, and artifacts.

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Papers (1912-1976) of Nicola Berardinelli (1892- ), an Italian American composer, conductor, operatic baritone, voice teacher, and author, who came to the United States in 1910, consist of photographs; sheet music; playbills; programs; and newspaper clippings; Most materials pertain to Berardinelli's activities in Chicago, New York, and Denver.

Abstract Papers (1895-1947) of Father Nicolo Carlo Odone (1868-1947), a Catholic priest in St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, include a 90 volume personal diary, correspondence, financial records, and newspaper clippings, as well as a history of Italian Americans in St. Paul. Materials relate to his activities as pastor of Holy Redeemer congregation, Margaret Barry House, and the House of the Good Shepherd. Included in the diaries are sketches and paintings. Also included are records of Holy...

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Papers (1911-1980) of Nino Caradonna (1898-1980), a well-known Italian American poet, consist of correspondence; manuscripts; and miscellaneous papers. Correspondents include many Italian American writers and community leaders.

Abstract Papers (ca. 1915-1966) of sculptor and poet Onorio Ruotolo (1888-1966) include biographical information, organizational papers and correspondence of the Leonardo Da Vince Art School, photographs, illustrations, poetry and prose works; articles and criticisms of his works; and works of and about other individuals. Correspondents include Helen Keller, Fiorello La Guardia, Arturo Giovannitti, Alberto Viviani, Armando Mazza, Dorothy Caruso, Rosita Carotti Leoparddi di Lesparto, and many...

Abstract Records (1923-1987) of the Alabama Lodge, Order Sons of Italy in America, include a Supreme Convention book (1957); a "Demand for Dispensation" for a local lodge (1945); Grand Lodge Columbus Day booklets (1950, 1958, 1964-1972), and a list of Grand Lodge officers (1987). Also included are a receipt book of Bessemer (Alabama) Lodge No. 1497 (1963-1975), and a book listing members and dues payments, probably of the Bessemer Lodge (1927-1966). Collection also includes a booklet of the statutes...

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The Order Sons of Italy in America, Blue Island Lodge No. 1659 (Blue Island, Ill.) was founded in 1933. Records include a minute book (1937-1976), a booklet titled "The History of Saint Donatus Parish" (1981), and photographs and other information pertaining to the Lodge.

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Records (1918-1986) of the Order Sons of Italy in America, C. Colombo-C. Battista Lodge No. 861 (Mich.) include lodge minutes (1918-1932, 1947-1957), financial records (1953-1975), booklets of annual Columbus Day dances, miscellaneous copies of the Lodge newsletter, Il Messagero, and newsletters of other local lodges. Also included are Supreme and Grand Lodge correpsondence and Grand Council and Grand Convention minutes (1981-1986), as well as Michigan, Connecticut, and Ohio by-laws.

Abstract The Order Sons of Italy in America, California Grand Lodge, was founded in 1925. Records include California Grand Convention books (1956-1978); minutes (1949, 1964-1970); Grand Council minutes (1951-1959); and reports (1973-1978). Also included are an OSIA soccer club booklet (1977); a 10K "runathon" entrants' book and expense book (1979); Grand Lodge transfer cards (1957); Hospitalization Fund applications (1953-1959), along with payments (1968-1969); Grand Lodge membership applications...

Abstract Records of Camelia-Colombo No. 1294 consist of a statement of Supreme Venerable Stefano Miele (1935) and correspondence of the national lodge (1936-1937). Records include meeting minutes of Colombo No. 1294 (1924-1937), officers of Colombo No. 1294 (1925-1984), a membership list (1960), material of Camelia No. 1802 officers (1937-1964), and a Camelia No. 1802 membership list (1960). Also included are newsclippings (1960-1977), and a photograph of No. 1802 members and officers from Gloria No....

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The Order Sons of Italy in America, Christopher Columbus Lodge No. 1199 (Charleston, W.V.) was founded in 1923. Records consist of membership applications (1922-1971), dues payment ledgers (1943-1977), financial and banking records (1933-1977), Mortuary Fund membership cards (1934-1977), minutes of the House Committee, lodge meeting minutes (1926-1949, 1962-1977), individual insurance policies, correspondence, and Grand Convention records (1951-1977).

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Records of Order Sons of Italy in America, Dante Alighieri Lodge No. 436 (Oswego, N.Y.) consist of dues payment ledgers (1939-1954) and Mortuary Fund member certificates and data (1939-1958).

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Records (1936-1969) of Order of Sons of Italy in America, Fede e Amore Lodge #1505 (Southington, Conn.) consist of a minute book.

Abstract Records include Florida Grand Convention books (1965-1987) and Convention minutes (1952-1953, 1957, 1965-1987); Grand Lodge correspondence, financial receipts and disbursements, building fund deposits, check receipts, bills and receipts; OSIA membership applications, some dating from the 1920s and 1930s; lists of officers; and charter applications. In addition, there are 52 cassette tapes of Florida Grand Council meetings (1977-1987). Also included are per capita reports of numerous Florida...

Abstract The Frank Della Noce Order Sons of Italy in America collection consists of Supreme Lodge correspondence and booklets (1922-1940), by-laws books (1915-1917), Supreme Convention minutes and booklets (1935-1943). The bulk of materials are of the OSIA Maryland Grand Lodge and include grand council minutes (1920-1941, 1950-1956), grand convention minutes (1920-1936), correspondence (1923-1948), financial reports (1928-1940), lists of grand officers and delegates (1922-1935), assorted books on...

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The OSIA Gorizia Lodge No. 704 was charted in 1917 in North Adams, Mass. In 1969, it merged into North Adams Lodge No. 1417. The collection consists of meeting minutes from 1925 to 1963.

Abstract The Order Sons of Italy in America, Maryland Grand Lodge was founded in 1920. Records (1925-1987) consist of Supreme lodge records, convention booklets (1965-1983), Birth Defect Campaign reports (1968-1975), and Supreme Council minutes (1975-1980). Grand Lodge records consist of convention minutes and reports Grand Council minutes (1970-1987), district meeting minutes (1975-1977), reports of the culture committee, Italian Festival, social activities, and corresondence (1965-1985), state...

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The Order Sons of Italy in America, Guglielmo Marconi Lodge No. 1140 (Clarksburg, W.V.) was founded in 1922. Re cords comprise mortuary fund applications (1930-1948), membership applications 91953-1961), bylaws booklets, financial receipt books, individual insurance policies, and correspondence along with brochures from the West Virginia Labor Federation and AFL-CIO.

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Records (1939-1966) of the Order Sons of Italy in America, Hartford Lodge No. 333 (Conn.) consist of a minute book (1939-1949), a certificate citing the lodge for attaining its membership quota (1966), a 1940 edition of the by-laws booklet, information on the OSIA National Home drive (1950s), several decals, two cloth banners, and a canvas banner.

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...