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quick reference click here for: ALL OUR WEBSITES links

Preserving historical evidence of our heritage...before it's too late. 

Shortcut to this website at: http://tinyurl.com/casalibrary

The general web address for Casa Italia Chicago is:

http://casaitaliachicago.org

( see the Museums tab link / Library / Archives )

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Library Brochure (printable)

This archival and informational website is an ongoing work in progress with the help of volunteers and provisionally divided into the following categories:

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Use the search bar box on this page as a good first look tool accessing the entire website, or via a find command on each page while browsing our tabs and pages.

To view a Spreadsheet of archival materials held by the Casa Italia (as most recently updated): Ongoing Log of Archival Materials

For hands on access to all physical materials, or for additions since the index, please schedule your visit to the Library.

For a Spreadsheet list of our publications on Trento: Trentine collection: 500 books in Italian donated by the Regione.

Share YOUR family history with us---send image attachments to: CasaLibrary@gmail.com.

Highlights of our Resources

above are a few of the books published by Casa Library 

see the details Flyer for many of the ongoing titles presently available 

Casa Library Publishing

some of the books are available to purchase at the Casa Italia Library, otherwise via Amazon books, Arcadia, or Rutledge

some of our books and recomendations:

image version of our books details Flyer

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our books list history: also archived

(some older books not on the new list)

our latest details Flyer:

page 1 and page 2 on printable pdf

SO MANY OTHER KNOWLEDGE BASES

TO BROWSE HERE

Out of the Past...Photos, documents, memorabilia, primary sources

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Fra Noi Columnists' Archives

see also their website

http://www.franoi.com/

Dominic Candeloro's Arcadia Books on Google Books          or at: books.amazon.com

Oral History Interviews - audio and transcript of interviews with 113 ItalianAmericans from 1979-1980

Digital Archives

HERE ARE JUST A FEW SELECTIONS FROM OUR FOCUS SUBJECT CATEGORIES

Topics and Documents

[please let us know if you find that any links herein that have changed]

Art and Artists

click for our webpage with references to Artists

General

1950s businesses

images and publication scans

Obits: Select Obituaries

click for our webpage with references to SelectedObits

Religion

click for our webpage with references to: Religion; and also the Loyola partnership

TownsNeighborhoods

click for our webpage with references to EssentialResources

People

Fiore, Don -Fiore

1page text

Tunzi Famiglia Immigration, Tina and Frank Tunzi (mp3)

audio file

Interview with Mariano Turano, founder of Turano Baking Company

audio file

Amabile_Santacaterina_presentation -Judy Santacaterina

7page document

Remarks from Conference of Italian Americans, Stone Park, May 2008

tribute to Luigi Tonoli, of the Harlem Avenue neighborhood in Chicago

Volini family 1888 Chicago

1page pdf

Camillo and Italo Volini short bios

Memoirs of Zi Pre' (Zio Preute)  -Joseph Gummersbaoh

159page pdf

see also our webpages menu for our audio collection: audio interviews

audio files

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https://casaitaliachicago.org/donations/

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thank you for your patience; website updates by our volunteers are continually in process:

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SAVING OUR STORIES

library curator Dominic Candeloro, professor, publisher, author,

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click here for more about our publications

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