Alfredo Barili family scrapbooks, [1865?]-[ca. 1920] (bulk 1880-1916).

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Alfredo Barili family scrapbooks, [1865?]-[ca. 1920] (bulk 1880-1916).

Alfredo Barili's early career is documented in news clippings. Emily Vezin Barili, his wife, continued clipping for him plus added recipes, letters, and programs to these annotated albums. Letters that could be removed easily are filed in Series Two; sometimes the envelopes remain in the scrapbooks.

.5 cubic ft. (6 v.)

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