Clothing workers -- Labor unions.

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Papers (ca. 1930-1976) of Angela Bambace (1898-1975) include correspondence; speeches; newspaper clippings; photographs; and publications. Bambace was a labor organizer and vice-president of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union.

Abstract Papers (1910-1960) of Italian American author, editor, and labor organizer Emilio Grandinetti (1882-1964) include personal correspondence largely relating to his union activities and affiliation with the Mazzini Society and the Democratic Party, Foreign Language Division; union hand-bills and pamphlets; newspaper clippings pertaining to the A.C.W.A., especially in Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis, to the Chicago Tailor's Strike of 1910 and to organizing of the Curlee Clothing Company in...

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Papers (1910-1965) of Francesco Pitea consist of manuscripts and typescripts of his poetry. Pitea worked in Paterson, New Jersey, textile mills. Much of his poetry takes the form of political satire, and was published in La Scopa and other anti-fascist publications. Also photocopied manuscripts and photos along with a biographical sketch written by Pitea's son, Joseph.

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Papers (1915-1937) of Gioacchino Artoni (1866-1937), an Italian American labor organizer, consist primarily of newspaper clippings about him.

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Papers (ca. 1933-1961) of Italian American labor leader Giuseppe D. Procopio comprise articles and clippings about his union activities. Procopio was from Calabria, Italy, born ca. 1890. He was active in the Confederazione Italo-Americano del Lavoro, the United Shoe Workers of America, Local 563 Shoe Service Union, President of International Wholesale and Department Store Union, and chairman of America Aid to Calabria after World War II.

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