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<titleproper encodinganalog="Title">Inventory of the Paul A. D'Agostino Order Sons of Italy in America collection, 1927-1963.</titleproper>
<author encodinganalog="Contributor">Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, March 10, 1999</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">D'Agostino, Paul A., 1901-1966.</persname>
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<unittitle encodinganalog="245$a" label="Title: ">Paul A. D'Agostino Order Sons of Italy in America collection,</unittitle>
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<repository encodinganalog="852$a" label="Repository: ">University of Minnesota Libraries. <subarea>Immigration History Research Center [ihrc]</subarea></repository>
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<language encodinganalog="041" langcode="eng">Mainly in English; a few items in Italian.</language></langmaterial></did>
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<head>Biographical/Historical Note</head>
<p>Paul A. D'Agostino (1901-1966) served as Supreme Trustee, Order Sons of Italy in America (1947-1953), Grand Venerable of Massachusetts (1959-1961), and Chairman of the OSIA Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (1950).</p>
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<head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>The Paul A. D'Agostino Order Sons of Italy in America collection (1927-1963) consists of a Supreme Convention book (1957); Massachusetts Grand Lodge convention books (1958-1963), constitution and by-laws (1940 and 1949), various Lodge committees and projects such as revision of the by-laws, regulation of the death fund, regulation of life insurance program, membership drives, and scholarship fund; books containing Supreme Constitution and by-laws (1962); material relating to D'Agostino's legal career; and a scrap-book of newspaper clippings along with photographs.</p>
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<p>No inventory available.</p>
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<head>Index Terms</head>
<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>
<persname encodinganalog="600 1" source="lcnaf" rules="aacr2">D'Agostino, Paul A., 1901-1966.</persname>
<corpname encodinganalog="610" source="lcnaf" rules="aacr2">Order Sons of Italy in America.</corpname><corpname encodinganalog="610" source="lcnaf" rules="aacr2">Order Sons of Italy in America. Massachusetts Grand Lodge.</corpname><corpname encodinganalog="610" source="lcnaf" rules="aacr2">Order Sons of Italy in America. Immigration and Naturalization Committee.</corpname>
<genreform encodinganalog="655" source="lcsh">Scrapbooks.</genreform><genreform encodinganalog="655" source="lcsh">Photographs.</genreform>
<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Italian Americans--Massachusetts--Societies, etc.</subject><subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Italian Americans--Societies, etc.</subject><subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Lawyers.</subject><subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Insurance, Fraternal--Massachusetts.</subject>
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