Italian American socialists

Abstract Papers consist of two scrapbooks and one package of newspaper clippings. The clippings, many from Stampa Libera of New York (formerly Il Nuovo Mondo), relate chiefly to Italian fascism, World War II, and socialism. Some clippings relate to Filippo Turati, Italo Balbo, Errico Malatesta, Carlo Sforza, and Pietro Nenni. Also included are antifascist cartoons from the American press, postcard portraits of famous socialists, and photographs and articles on the Vienna Commune, the interim...

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Papers consist of a mirofilm copy of Tresca's autobiography, original at New York Public Library. Autobiography forms part of Tresca Memorial Papers, New York Public Library, Manuscript Division.

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Papers (1925-1970) of Clemente Egidio (b. 1899), an Italian American editor and journalist, relate mostly to publication of the labor magazine La Parola del Popolo, the organ of the Italian Socialist Federation, of which he was editor and publisher. Included is correspondence with prominent Italians and Italian Americans relating to the Socialist movement in the United States and Italy, the Vietnam war, and other topics.

Abstract Papers (1922-1944) selected from the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1944) collection, relate to Carlo Tresca (1879-1943), labor, and fascism. Included are correspondence and manuscript papers relating to her efforts to secure justice for labor leaders, anarchists, IWW members, and others deprived of rights during the red scare following World War II. Materials pertain to the First United Committee on Defense of Political Prisoners, the Workers' Defense Union, Harry Weinberger, Atty., the...

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