Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection CMS.087 Finding Aid Prepared by Richard Del Giudice
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Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection CMS.087 Finding aid prepared by Richard del Giudice This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit October 26, 2018 Describing Archives: A Content Standard Center for Migration Studies 1989 307 E. 60th Street New York, New York 10022 Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Biographical/Historical note.......................................................................................................................... 4 Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement note...........................................................................................................................................5 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5 Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................6 Other Finding Aids note................................................................................................................................7 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 8 Series I: Immigration...............................................................................................................................8 Series II: Italians in the United States.................................................................................................... 8 Series III: The Catholic Church............................................................................................................ 14 Series IV: Miscellaneous Material on the Protestant Church............................................................... 16 Series V: Italian History........................................................................................................................16 Series VI: Literature and Culture..........................................................................................................16 Series VII:2018 Addendum...................................................................................................................17 - Page 2 - Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection Summary Information Repository Center for Migration Studies Creator Center for Migration Studies (U.S.). Title Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection Date [bulk] Bulk, 1902-1987 Date [inclusive] 1783-1990 Extent 39.5 Linear feet in 86 "boxes", 56-86 being bound volumes. Language English Abstract CMS 087 is an artificial collection that attempts to group into well defined categories miscellaneous Italian-language documentation from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Preferred Citation note Center for Migration Studies of New York; Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection (CMS 087); Box; Folder. - Page 3 - Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection Biographical/Historical note The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) is an educational institute/think tank devoted to the study of international migration, to the promotion of understanding between immigrants and receiving communities, and to public policies that safeguard the dignity and rights of migrants, refugees and newcomers. However, it has deep roots in Italy and in the Italian diaspora. CMS is a mission of the Society of Saint Charles-Scalabrinians, founded in 1887 by Bishop John Baptist Scalabrini, whose name the community later took, to minister to migrants in transit and in their new homes. As Bishop Scalabarini was Italian, the community began with Italian immigrants, and continued to minister to the migrants as their descendants transitioned from Italian immigrants to Italian Americans. The typical setting for such ministry is a parish, with a pastor who cares for parishioners who live in a certain geographic area or who share a need for ministry in a particular language. However, Bishop Scalabrini experimented with other forms of pastoral care, including studying the forces shaping immigrant and advocating for consideration of human rights in drafting laws and setting policy. Bishop Scalabrini died in 1905. Almost fifty years later, in 1964, CMS was organized to revive his vision for the pastoral care of immigrants in the form of collecting and disseminating correction information about them and advocating for their human rights. As part of its mission, CMS created an archive to document the immigrant experience. As part of its archive, it gathered Italian-language publications from parishes where Scalabrini Fathers served and from various donors, and created this particular collection. Scope and Contents note CMS.087 is an artifical collection consisting of items received from various missions of the Society of Saint Charles-Scalabrinians. The collection was initially brought together by archivist Nick Falco in 1989, at which point its many items were grouped by subject. After 1989, however, new items continued to arrive, and were shelved near CMS.087 awaiting further processing. Then, in 2011, CMS moved from its long-time home at 209 Flagg Place on Staten Island to new quarters, at 27 Carmine Street in Greenwich Village, and the acquisitions of the past twenty-two years had to be boxed and transported. In 2013, the collection was transported to a second home, at 307 Easat 60th Street, and in 2018 resources became available for processing the addendum. The common feature of almost all items in the collection was that each item was a publication that documented the Italian-American experience in some way. "("Almost all" because the collection does contain an English-language publication, Pearls of Catholic Truth.) After that, the items in the collection vary in numerous ways. In terms of time covered, the collection includes items from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. Geographically, its documents span the United States from New York to California and from Wisconsin to the South, and there is also significant material on Italy. Linguistically it contains - Page 4 - Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection many items in Italian, some in English, and some in both. It varies in genre: books, church histories, correspondence, newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals, population statistics, sheet music, and souvenir journals. It also varies in topic, covering international migration, national events in the United States and in Italy, and local events in many parts of the United States. Arrangement note This collection is arranged into seven series: Series I: Immigration Series II: Italians in the United States Subseries 1: Statutes and Constitution Subseries 2: Italians in Cities Subseries 3: Italians in Wisconsin Subseries 4:Italians in California Subseries 5: Stefano De Vanne Papers Subseries 6: Miscellaneous Souvenir Journals and Anniversaries Subseries 7: Souvenir Journals of Order Sons of Italy Subseries 8: Italians in the Theatre Subseries 9: Italian Reviews and Italian Newspapers Subseries 10: Printed Material Subseries 11: Miscellaneous Material and Staten Island Italian Historical Society Subseries 12: Correspondence Series III: The Catholic Church Series IV: Miscellaneous Material on the Protestant Church Series V: Italian History Series VI: Literature and Culture Series VII: 2018 Addendum Administrative Information Publication Information Center for Migration Studies 1989 Revision Description - Page 5 - Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection Edited for DACS compliance by Nicole Greenhouse February 2015 Conditions Governing Access note Open to researchers by appointment. Conditions Governing Use note CMS.087 contains material with various sorts of copyrights. It is incumbent upon the researcher to clear copyrights prior to use. Immediate Source of Acquisition note Provenance is varied. Processing Information note This collection was originally titled "Center for Migration Studies Italian Miscellany." It was renamed in 2013. In 2015, series level description was created for the collection. Controlled Access Headings Corporate Name(s) • Catholic Church. Genre(s) • Italian American newspapers Geographic Name(s) • Italian Americans |z California • Italian Americans |z Wisconsin • Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) - Page 6 - Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection Subject(s) • Church societies. • Earthquakes |z Italy |z Messina |x History |y 20th century |v Pictorial works. • Emigration and immigration |z United States • Immigrant families |x Services for |z United States. • Italian Americans |x History. • Italian Americans |x Religion. Other Finding Aids note The original inventory is available in print upon request. - Page 7 - Guide to the Center for Migration Studies Italian Printed Ephemera Collection Series I: Immigration Collection Inventory Box Series I: Immigration 1888-1969 1 Scope and Contents note There is a 1904 report in English titled The Society for the