ihrcfalco Inventory of the Josephine M. Falco Order Sons of Italy in America Collection, 1940-1981. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, March 10, 1999 University of Minnesota Libraries December 30, 2003

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonDecember 30, 2003 English Falco, Josephine M. Josephine M. Falco Order Sons of Italy in America Collection, 1940-1981 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 6 linear in. ITA Mainly in English; a few items in Italian. Biographical/Historical Note

Josephine M. Falco served as Supreme Recording Secretary of the Order Sons of Italy in America (1985-1988). She was also 2nd Assistant Grand Venerable of the OSIA Massachusetts Grand Lodge (1977-1983) and Grand Recording Secretary of that Lodge.

Scope and Content

The Josephine M. Falco Order Sons of Italy in America collection (1940-1981) consists of books on Grand Lodge statutes (1940), rituals (1957), and Constitution and Supreme Laws (1962). Also included are Massachusetts Grand Lodge convention books (1973-1981), miscellaneous correspondence, materials pertaining to a Grand Lodge-USO project to send cookies to troops in Vietnam (1966), to March of Dimes Walkathon (1977), to Falco's tenure as President of the OSIA Massachusetts Grand Lodge Benfit Insurance Corporation, correspondence and booklets relating to the Fernald League for Retarded Children (1973-1978), newspaper clippings, and photographs.

No inventory available.

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.

Falco, Josephine M. Order Sons of Italy in America.Order Sons of Italy in America. Massachusetts Grand Lodge.Order Sons of Italy in America. Massachusetts Grand Lodge. Benefit Insurance Corporation.March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Walkathon,--1977.Fernald League for Retarded Children.United Service Organizations (U.S.) Photographs. Italian Americans--Massachusetts--Societies, etc.Italian Americans--Societies, etc.Insurance, Fraternal--Massachusetts.Italian Americans--Charities.Soldiers--Recreation.