Joanne L. Strollo served the Order Sons of Italy in America as 4th Assistant Supreme Venerable (1985-1987) and was formerly OSIA Supreme Financial Secretary (1981-1985). Her father, Ernest M. Strollo, was a leading figure in OSIA Giuseppe Giusti Lodge No. 683 (Germantown, Pa.) from 1917 until his death. He served as Grand Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge from 1963 to 1969 and as Grand Curator from 1947 to 1963.
The Joanne L. Strollo Order Sons of Italy in America Collection (1923-1985) consists of Pennsylvania Grand Lodge records including correspondence, officers' lists and convention minutes (1963-1983); correspondence, officers' lists, minutes, and a recipe book of the Women's Division Council of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge; a Supreme Convention book (1985); correspondence, minutes, by-laws, banquet programs, and newpaper clippings relating to Giuseppe Giusti Lodge No. 683; and correspondence and newspaper clippings pertaining to Ernest M. Strollo.
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