The Order Sons of Italy in America, Ohio Grand Lodge was founded in 1915. Records (1921-1987) includes Grand Convention minutes and reports (1931-1932, 1937-1939, 1947-1981), booklets (1939, 1963, 1967, 1971-1975, 1981-1983), Grand Council minutes (1929-1941), miscellaneous correspondence (1930-1952), membership rosters, applications, per capita reports (1957-1973), award, banquet and other program books, General Laws (1926), checkreceipts (1959-1977), the NOI Monthly Magazine of Ohio Grand Lodge (1938), a booklet on "Italy in World War I," typescripts of Grand and local lodge histories, OHIO OSIA News Monthly 91959-1964), a newsletters and reports of the Ohio Commission for Social Justice (1985-1987). Also included are Supreme Convention books (1963, 1981), reports and correspondence of the Immigration and Naturalization Committee (1958-1960), miscellaneous birth certificates from Italy, Italian Festival booklets (1980-1985), OSIA officer directories (1961-1963, 1975-1977), miscellaneous program booklets, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
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