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Order Sons of Italy in America, Uguaglianza Lodge No. 83 (Bronx, New York) records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1917
Abstract

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).

Dates: 1921-1982

Order Sons of Italy in America, Venezia Lodge No. 374 (Rockland, Massachusetts) records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC1838
Abstract

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).

Dates: 1934-1937

Order Sons of Italy in America, West Virginia Grand Lodge records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1990
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...
Dates: 1929-1987

Oreste Fabrizi papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC639
Abstract

Collection consists of correspondence, pamphlets, newspaper clippings and other materials pertaining to Italian American labor and community activists, also to the Sacco-Vanzetti case. In 1967, Oreste Fabrizi served as sponsor of the Sacco/Vanzetti Commemoration Committee in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1930-1980

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Ladies Society, (Kenosha, Wisconsin) records

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC2004
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...
Dates: 1921-1989

Palma Testa papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IHRC3382
Abstract

Correspondence, convention programs and artifacts documenting history of several local OSIA Lodges in New York.

Dates: 1931-1998

Palmer Di Giulio papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC1793
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...
Dates: 1931-1959

Paul A. D'Agostino papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1821
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...
Dates: 1927-1963

Peter J. De Santis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1750
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...
Dates: 1929-1985

Regina and Roy D’Ariano papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC504
Abstract

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".

Dates: 1938-1970

Robert Ferrari papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC653
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1912-1965

Robert. Immordino papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC1897
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....
Dates: 1920-1985

Robert Tanzilo papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC2579
Abstract

Photocopies of published materials pertaining to the Italians in Milwaukee, pamphlets by the local Italian organizations, newspaper clippings, draft of a research paper by RT - Their Absence fills the World, included are also photographs. A significant portion of the materials pertain to the Monferrini immigrants and their descendants (from the Monferrato region of Piedmont, Alessandria Province, Italy).

Dates: 1990-2006

Rocco De Russo papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC524
Abstract

Collection consists of autobiography, plays, poetry, music, flyers, newspaper clippings, and publications.

Dates: 1938-1971

Romilda Foti papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC740
Abstract

Family history documentation pertaining to Francesco (1900-1980) and Giovanna (1906-1988) Foti. Includes genealogical charts, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, personal documents and narrative by Romilda Foti.News clippings and a commemmorative publication pertaining to the translatlantic flight of the Italian aviator Italo Balbo in 1933. Included are also copies of selected Italian American periodicals (post-9/11/01) issues, and sheet music.

Dates: 1933-2001

Rose Grieco papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IHRC841
Abstract

Papers (1956-1974) of Rose Grieco consist of a typescript of her comedy "Anthony on Overtime," and several published articles on Italians and Italian American themes, as well as clippings about her.

Dates: 1956-1974

Rose Szewc papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC2574
Abstract Papers (1916-1919) of Rose G. Szewc, Executive Secretary of the American Association for the Education of Foreign-Born Soldiers in the United States, consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, and miscellany concerning her life in Indiana prior to 1918 and as secretary in the law firm of Clement Rozanski of Brooklyn, New York. Also included are a letter from Herbert A. Miller identifying himself as Director, Committee for the League of Nations of Eastern Europe, Christmas cards and...
Dates: 1916-1929

Rosemary De Nicolo papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IHRC3383
Abstract

Materials pertaining to Rosemary De Nicolo's activities in her local OSIA Lodge, incl. correspondence, newsclippings and photographs.

Dates: 1966-1981

Roy Crescenzo papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IHRC476
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1926-1938

Rudolph J. Vecoli papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC2777
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1965-2008

Rudy Rubini papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1769
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...
Dates: 1796-1956

Teresa Esposito papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC1764
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1956

Umberto Lucarini papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC1397
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1927-1960

Unity, Nobility, and Ambition Society (Brooklyn, New York) records

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IHRC2759
Abstract

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."

Dates: 1912-1935

Vincent La Capria papers

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: IHRC1315
Abstract

La Capria's papers (1952-1971) contain correspondence; newspaper clippings; photographs; and speeches.

Dates: 1952-1971

Vincent Massari papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: IHRC1486
Abstract Papers (1895-1976) of Vincent Massari (1898-1976) include biographical materials, correspondence relating to his civic activities, his travel agency, his work as a legislator, the Columbian Federation, L'Unione, the Ludlow Massacre of 1919, his work as a notary public, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Correspondents include Frank Mancini, Giovanni Massari, Gaetano Venditti, Zopita Valentini, Ettore Chiariglione, Egidio Clemente, Girolamo Valenti, Carmelo Zito, Alberto Tarchiani, and and...
Dates: 1895-1976

Vincenzo De Lalla papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC522
Abstract

Papers (1927-1964) of Vincenzo de Lalla (b.1883) consist of correspondence with the Italian American poets and authors Arturo Giovannitti; Nino Caradonna; Cesare Crespi; Onorio Ruotola; and others. Many of the letters contain comments on literary works and discussions of political events. In the Ruotolo and Crespi folders, requests for financial support from de Lalla and expressions of gratitude for his support are important themes. Also included are six poems by de Lalla.

Dates: 1927-1964 300 L ar in

Vincenzo Procopio papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: IHRC1992
Abstract The Vincenzo Procopio Order Sons of Italy in America Collection (19895-1941) consists of personal papers of Procopio and materials relating to OSIA. Personal papers include Procopio's student card from the University of Rome (1895), a press card for a Messina newspaper (1897), picture cards promoting his New York City legal and financial services (1905), and letters (1908-1928) thanking him for his work on behalf of Republican candidates in West Virginia. Materials relating to OSIA include...
Dates: 1895-1941

Vito Pittaro papers

 Collection
Identifier: IHRC2086
Abstract Papers (1891-1952) of Vito Pittaro (1864-1951), a banker, journalist, author, playwright, and poet from Stamford, Connecticut, include biographical materials, correspondence, typescripts, writings, notary papers, memorabilia, miscellany, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Also included are records of and information pertaining to the Italian Cooperative and Investment Company (Stamford), the Stamford Italo-American Historical Society, La Societa Operaia, and Societa Italiana di Mutuo...
Dates: 1891-1952

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