Leonard F. Monti Sr. Collection, ca. 1890-1998.

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Leonard F. Monti Sr. Collection, ca. 1890-1998.

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The collection is arranged into four series; Series I: Monti's La Casa Vieja; Series II: Personal; Series III: Michael Monti Office Files; Series IV: Photographs. Files are arranged alphabetically within each series. Of interest in Series I are menus, promotional material and recipes from Monti's restaurant. There are also two large files of newsclippings relating to the restaurant and its history. Series II contains legal documents regarding Leonard Sr., his family, and the restaurant. Also in this series are Leonard Sr.'s personal notebooks. Michael Monti Office Files in Series III highlight Michael's appointment as President of Monti's La Casa Vieja and illustrate his new savvy business approach to promoting and managing the restaurant. Series IV has photographs of both the interior and exterior of Monti's La Casa Vieja, Hayden Flour Mill, Tempe, family members and events.

3 linear feet (5 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6816161

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Monti, Leonard F. (Leonard Fiorello), 1912-1997.

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Arizona Restaurant Association.

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Monti's La Casa Vieja Restaurant.

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Hayden Flour Mill (Tempe, Ariz.)

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Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972

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Arizona representative and senator to the United States Congress from 1911-1970. From the description of Carl T. Hayden papers, 1851-1972 (bulk 1940-1968). (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 34298637 Biographical note: Legislator; Carl Hayden was born in Tempe, Arizona in 1877, and held various elective offices before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1912, then the U.S. Senate in 1927. He represented Arizona until his retirement in 1969. ...

Monti, Michael.

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Monti, Leonard F., 1912-1997.

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Leonard Fiorello Monti Sr. was born in Hibbing, Minnesota, February 28, 1912 to Italian parents. He served in World War II on an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific. After the war, he was a railway agent and telegrapher. In 1947 he moved to Arizona and opened the restaurant Monti's Grill in Chandler. He then moved to Tempe and in 1954 bought "La Casa Vieja," the adobe hacienda built as a home by Charles Trumbull Hayden in 1871 and birthplace of Arizona U.S. Senator Carl Hayden. Leonard Sr. ope...

Arizona Historical Foundation

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This collection is comprised of oral histories from a variety or unrelated sources, the majority resulting from three projects. These oral histories are not part of an existing manuscript collection and are arranged to allow for further additions. The Arizona Way project, created in 1977 as part of a project that examined the traditional values of Arizona, focused on the Anglo, Hispanic and Native American cultures through oral histories. It was funded by a grant from the Arizona Humanities Coun...