The OSIA Florida Grand Lodge was founded in 1953. Records include Florida Grand Convention books (1965-1987) and Convention minutes (1952-1953, 1957, 1965-1987); Grand Lodge correspondence, financial receipts and disbursements, building fund deposits, check receipts, bills and receipts; OSIA membership applications, some dating from the 1920s and 1930s; lists of officers; and charter applications. In addition, there are 52 cassett tapes of Florida Grant Council meetings (1977-1987). Also included are per capita reports of numerous Florida local lodges (1967-1983); materials relating to La Nuova Sicilia Lodge No. 1251, including minutes (1959-1978), miscellaneous financial records, "Avanti," the lodge newsletter (1979-1987), miscellaneous correspondence, programs, applications, insurance cards and officer lists. Also included are applications to New Sicily Junior Lodge (1938-1940); a typescript of "History of the Sons of Italy in Florida"; ritual books; OSIA Constitution and General Laws and Aquilano's L'Origine Figli d'Italia in America. Also photographs and newspaper clippings.
