Browse Collections (13 total)
Guides, rulebooks, domestic aids, "keys", model speeches, and letters, for the protection of Italians and to enable them to become Americans
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Histories, philosophy, biographies, directories, almanacs, annuals, religious, educational, and travel literature
In these non-fiction works, Italians reflected upon themselves and their American experiences. Representing the non-sovversivi type of immigrant, who…
Imaginative literature of the great migration: Fiction, poetry, drama, music, and art in books, magazines, and other works on paper
During this period fiction, poetry and drama ranged from the sensational urban “mysteries” of Bernardino Ciambelli (never translated into English) to…
Learning the languages: For Americans and Italians
The “languages” here are, of course, both English and Italian. In ways that I could not begin to perceive when I started collecting works in Italian,…
Looking homeward: Publication in Italy (and elsewhere) of works about Americans and Italians
The writers here sometimes looked homeward, to Italy (but also France and elsewhere), to find a publisher who was sufficiently interested in the…
Outside of New York and the Northeast: San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia
While much of this collection – about half of the ítems in it – was published in the major centers of Italian population in New York City, New Jersey…
Political subversives I: The bibliographic travels of Luigi Galleani and Armando Borghi
Luigi Galleani Galleani was one of the anarchist movement’s most eloquent writers and spellbinding orators, heir to the great Errico Malatesta in…
Political subversives II: Anarchists (all types), socialists, syndicalists, communists, anti-clericals
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Political subversives III: Fascists and anti-fascists
The Anti-Fascist movement embraced diverse leftists, including Carlo Tresca, as noted above. Opposition to Mussolini from the left was reflected by…
Political subversives IV: Arturo Giovannitti, Carlo Tresca, and their circles
Arturo Giovannitti immigrated to Montreal at the age of 17, where he became a Protestant pastor. He then moved to Pennsylvania, preaching mostly to…
Società Libraria Italiana: The Italian Book Company
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Periodicals: newspapers and magazines
The collection is rich in hard to find magazines and/or newspapers like Ernesto Valentini's Zarathustra, Vincenzo Vacirca's Il Solco and La Strada,…