Orphanages.

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Minutes, reports, publications, financial records, ledgers, photographs, and some case records from the Orphan Asylum Society of the City of Brooklyn, later Brookwood Child Care. Also includes materials from Brookwood Hall in East Islip, NY.

Abstract The Edmond N. Tino Order Sons of Italy in America collection (1916-1986) consists of records of national, state, and local lodges, including minutes, correspondence, brochures, booklets, by-laws, correspondence, and lists of members and officers. National records include Supreme Convention documents (1941-1959), Supreme Executive Council minute (1916), correspondence, reports on the Cossimo Orphanage and other projects. State lodge documents include grand convention minutes (1952-1986),...

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 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....