ihrczaffirof Inventory of the Frank Zaffiro Papers, 1926-1955. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, November 01, 1988 University of Minnesota Libraries June 3, 2004

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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonJune 3, 2004 English Zaffiro, Frank. Frank Zaffiro Papers, 1926-1955 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 2 linear in. ITA In English and Italian. Biographical/Historical Note

Frank Zaffiro was born in Racalmuto, Sicily and in 1923 journeyed to Hamilton, Ontario, where many Racalmutese had settled. Two years later he became active in the Order Sons of Italy in America and the Casa D'Italia in Hamilton. Zaffiro and the other officers of the Ontario Grand Lodge were interned by the Canadian government in 1940 following the declartions of war between the United Kingdom and Italy. Zaffiro was released in 1943.

Scope and Content

Papers (1926-1955) of Frank Zaffiro consist of a release document from the Fredericton Internment Camp (Canada), and Order Sons of Italy in America materials including an Ontario convention booklet, OSIA Trieste No. 1002 letter re the death of Queen Margherita, an inauguration booklet of the Roma Lodge, and a photograph of the Ontario Grand Convention (1926).

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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.

Zaffiro, Frank. Order Sons of Italy in America. Trieste No. 1002.Order Sons of Italy in America. Ontario Grand Lodge. Photographs. Italians--Ontario--Hamilton--Societies, etc.