ihrclodge861 Inventory of the Order Sons of Italy in America, C. Colombo-C. Battisti Lodge No. 861 Records, 1918-1986. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, March 05, 1988 University of Minnesota Libraries December 31, 2003
Univesity of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Felicity HansonDecember 31, 2003 English Order Sons of Italy in America. C. Colombo-C. Battisti Lodge No. 861 (Mich.) Order Sons of Italy in America, C. Colombo-C. Battisti Lodge No. 861 Records, 1918-1986 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 1.5 linear ft. ITA In Italian and English. Biographical/Historical Note

The Order Sons of Italy in America, C. Colombo-C. Battista Lodge No. 861 (Mich.) was founded in 1918, dissolved and reorganized in 1929.

 Scope and Content

Records (1918-1986) of the Order Sons of Italy in America, C. Colombo-C. Battista Lodge No. 861 (Mich.) include lodge minutes (1918-1932, 1947-1957), financial records (1953-1975), booklets of annual Columbus Day dances, miscellaneous copies of the Lodge newsletter, Il Messagero, and newsletters of other local lodges. Also included are Supreme and Grand Lodge correpsondence and Grand Council and Grand Convention minutes (1981-1986), as well as Michigan, Connecticut, and Ohio by-laws.

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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.

Messagero. Order Sons of Italy in America. C. Colombo-C. Battisti Lodge No. 861 (Mich.)Order Sons of Italy in America. Italian Americans--Michigan--Societies, etc.Italian Americans--Societies, etc.Columbus Day. Messagero.