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to the Digital Archives of the Casa Italia Library
This page is a repository for materials contained in:
the Florence Roselli Casa Italia Library,
For a printable overview of the library, click here for the pdf Library Brochure
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For a guide to the archival materials held by the Casa Italia:
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Topics and Documents
Artists
Collections
World War II Honor Roll PDFs originally published by the Italian American Veterans Museum-a tribute to hundreds of Italian Americans who served in world War II.
General
[some items not dated]
Struggling in Chicago - - Italian American labor movement --by Eugene Miller and Gianna Panofsky
Miscellaneous
University of Chicago webpage
People
Anna Carlo Blasi ppt
Religion
Center for the Study of Immigration in Rome
Scalabrini Fathers
Ciao South Suburbia
Ciao South Suburbia
Towns / Neighborhoods of Italian Origin
Italians in Chicago Hts --Candeloro
Robert Cross article--Trib. A long, long way from the Mezzogiorno 1977 --feature article on Chicago Italians
The Marchegiani in Chicago Heights 1893-1997 --Candeloro
There was never just ONE Little Italy in Chicago --Candeloro
Text is now freely available digitized at HathiTrust.Org
Little Sicily, St. Philip Benizi Parish, Fr. Luigi Giambastiani;
and the Loyola 2013 Chicago Catholic Immigrants Conference
repost from CBS
more places see also our webpages menu: audio interviews
Offsite Links
(Busy Guy) Vince LoCascio does 30 minute video interviews with contemporary Chicago Italians;
Follow these links: Index of Shows Internet video of actual interviews
over 30 interviews by Frank Di Piero with contemporary Chicago Italians
YouTube videos
Nov 18 2011 - Authors' Night - Paul Giaimo "Appreciating Don Delillo" & Frank Cicero "Relative Strangers"
Jul 16 2011 - Children's Summer Camp - Summer camp children sing the Italian National Anthem
Mar 31 2012 - Genealogy Update - Dan Niemiec and Tony Maro
Oct 8 2011 - Reconstructing Italians in Chicago - Presented by Fred Gardaphe'
Mar 23 2012 - Three Paesani Poets Part I Part II - Judith Valente, Albert DeGenova and Donna Pucciani
Immersion Weekend Casa Italia Immersion Weekend explained by Anna Clara Ionta
Additional Information
More Archival Items In Process see also Menu for this Website and Pages
Audio tour guide
Communes Of Italy is Italian Genealogy, culture and all things Italian. It was published bi-monthly between 1998 and 2010. Each issue includes detailed information about a featured province and once each year an Annual Surname List is included. All 76 issues are available and some may be purchased. A great resource for beginning and advanced genealogists as well as those interested in an in-depth look at a particular province or area.
Fr. Armando Pierini Scripts
Our archives contain seventeen binders of Fr. Armando Pierini's radio broadcasts from 1950s.
Come visit the library or email Dominic Candeloro at dominic.candeloro@gmail.com for more information.