Crivello, Antonino, 1888-1969.

Antonino Crivello (1888-1969) was born in Palermo, Sicily and immigrated to the United States at the age of fifteen. He learned the trade of tailoring from his mother and thereafter was active in union organizing of tailors and dressmakers in New York. He was a principal founder of the Circolo Libertario Pensiero ed Azione in New York, and in 1917 was hired as the Italian representative in the Education Department of I.L.G.W.U. Local 25 and became manager of Local 144 in Newark, New Jersey. Crivello belonged to numerous labor and anti-fascist groups, among them the Camera del Lavoro Italiana di New York, the Antifascist Alliance, and the Italian Labor Educational Bureau. He was also a poet and held membership in various literary academies in the United States and Italy. He was well-known for his anti-war writings during World War II.

From the description of Antonino Crivello Papers, 1939-1965. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 318866954

From the description of Papers, 1939-1965. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62435483

From the guide to the Antonino Crivello Papers, 1939-1965, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc])