Records, 1925-1987.

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Records, 1925-1987.

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The Order Sons of Italy in America, Vittoria Colonna Lodge No. 1355 (Racine, Wis.) was founded in 1925. Records include Supreme Convention programs (1941, 1953), Supreme correspondence (1945-1955), lodge correspondence (1943-1955), miscellaneous receipts, by-laws and ritual booklets, a program for the 50th Anniversary of the lodge's founding, the Report of the Council for American-Italian Affairs (1946), a newsletter entitled American Medical Relief for Italy-AMRI Digest (1945), and miscellaneous correspondence to the Lodge from organizations such as the American Red Cross and the Community Chest of Racine, Wis.

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Order Sons of Italy in America. Vittoria Colonna Lodge No. 1355 (Racine, Wis.)

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Community Chest (Racine, Wis.).

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American Red Cross

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