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<titleproper encodinganalog="Title">Inventory of the Order Sons of Italy in America, West Virginia Grand Lodge Records, 1929-1987.</titleproper>
<author encodinganalog="Contributor">Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, March 15, 1988</author>
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<date encodinganalog="Date">May 7, 2004</date>
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<addressline>Minneapolis, MN 55455</addressline>
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<corpname encodinganalog="110">Order Sons of Italy in America, West Virginia Grand Lodge.</corpname>
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<unittitle encodinganalog="245$a" label="Title: ">Order Sons of Italy in America. West Virginia Grand Lodge Records,</unittitle>
<unitdate encodinganalog="245$f" type="inclusive" label="Dates: " normal="1929/1987">1929-1987</unitdate>
<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="ita">In Italian and English.</language></langmaterial></did>
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<head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>The Order Sons of Italy in America, West Virginia Grand Lodge was founded in 1923. Records consist of Supreme lodge materials, such as laws (1935). The bulk of the collection pertains to the Mortuary Fund (1935-1968), including applications, claim records, receipt books, general ledgers, and correspondence. Also included are minutes of Grand Council meetings and conventions (1975-1985), Grand Lodge financial reports and Mortuary Fund reports, Grand Convention records from the 1960s and 1970s, photographs, and newspaper clippings.</p>
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<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>
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<subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Italian Americans--West Virginia--Societies, etc.</subject><subject encodinganalog="650" source="lcsh">Insurance, Fraternal--West Virginia.</subject>
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