ihrcesposito Inventory of the Teresa Esposito Papers, 1956. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, September 22, 1988 University of Minnesota Libraries June 3, 2004

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonJune 3, 2004 English Esposito, Teresa. Teresa Esposito Papers, 1956 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 2 linear in. ITA In Italian and English. Biographical/Historical Note

Teresa Esposito has been a member of the Order Sons of Italy in America, Elm City Ladies Lodge No. 1757 (New Haven, Conn.) since 1936. She traveled with a OSIA group to tour Italy in 1956. The party, which included OSIA national leaders, stopped at Cassino to dedicate an orphanage to which the Order contributed over five hundred dollars.

Scope and Content

Papers (1956) of Teresa Esposito include clippings and brochures pertaining to the Cassino Orphanage (Italy) and to a cruise to Italy; photographs of the Cassino Orphanage dedication, and OSIA members on the cruise; a button and ribbon, and stamps.

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Index Terms

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.

Esposito, Teresa. Order Sons of Italy in America. Elm City Ladies Lodge No. 1757 (New Haven, Conn.)Cassino Memorial Orphanage (Cassino, Italy) Photographs. Italian Americans--Connecticut--New Haven--Societies, etc.Orphanages--Italy.Italian Americans--Charities.