Papers, 1929-1985.

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Papers, 1929-1985.

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Correspondence, including fan mail and Christmas cards of featherweight boxing champion of the world; correspondents include Walter Batterson, Thomas Donohue, George Grosch, Ed Hurley, the Young Italian American Association, Louis Kaplan, Albert Keane, Art McGinley, Charles Michaels, James Naylor, Ted Winis and Anthony Topagno; letter from William Mortensen appoints Battalino to a reception committee for Joe Louis in Hartford in 1944; letter from Francis Kelley thanks him for assisting at the Special Olympics in 1969; card from Walter Batterson shows Hartford skyline in 1930. Papers of his wife, Lillian Battalino, include booklets on the feeding and dressing of infants.

2 boxes (356 items) : ill. ; 39 x 26 x 12 cm.

Connecticut Historical Society

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Topagno, Anthony.

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