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<titleproper encodinganalog="Title">Inventory of the Merrill R. Beck Order Sons of Italy in America Collection, 1975-1987.</titleproper>
<author encodinganalog="Contributor">Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, March 15, 1988</author>
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<publisher encodinganalog="Publisher">University of Minnesota Libraries
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<date encodinganalog="Date">December 17, 2003</date>
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<addressline>Minneapolis, MN 55455</addressline>
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<persname encodinganalog="100">Beck, R. Merrill.</persname>
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<physdesc><extent encodinganalog="300" label="Quantity: ">1.2 linear ft.</extent></physdesc>
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<head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>R. Merrill Beck served the Order Sons of Italy in America, Virginia Grand Lodge as Grand Venerable (1983-1987). Collection consists of souvenir books and minutes of Virginia Grand Lodge conventions, Grand Lodge correspondence, officer lists, materials relating to various committees and programs including the Virginia Chapter of the Commission on Social Justice, and records of local Virginia lodges including minutes, correspondence, officer lists,and activities.</p>
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<p>This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings. </p>
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<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Italian Americans--Virginia--Societies, etc.</subject>
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