Attempting to fill the same need that American city directories had long performed, this Italian American directory is notable for its national (and international) scope. It leaves no possible advertising space unused, with a lively multicolored…
This is one of several works in the Collection that, while shedding no light on Italian immigration in America, and not authored by an Italian in America, nevertheless merits inclusion as part of the "pre-history" of Italians in America. Although…
This is a good example of a textbook developed as part of the effort by the fascist government to encourage Italian language acquisition by Italians fuori Italia, outside of Italy: note the government publisher, as well as "Anno [year] XV" of the…
This second grammar by Bassetti followed hard on what he described in ads as the success of the first one. Designed especially for immigrant Italians, it contained worksheets and both correct spelling and phonetic spelling of English words to help…
The original (1896) edition was self-published by the author; appears later to have sold the copyright to the IBC, and became a corporate officer of that publisher. De Gaudenzi's grammar was among the very first grammars composed in the Italian…