Records, 1918-1986.

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Order Sons of Italy in America. Massachusetts Grand Lodge. Records, 1918-1986.

Records, 1918-1986.

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The Order Sons of Italy in America, Massachusetts Grand Lodge was chartered in 1914. Records (1918-1986) consist of local and national OSIA materials. Included are Supreme Convention records (1981-1983), OSIA Immigration and Naturalization Commission reports (1950s), and OSIA hymns (1916, 1943). Massachusetts Grand Lodge materials include minutes, correspondence, financial records, officer lists, local lodge charters, information on charities, photographs, motion picture films, microfilm, and copies of the Sons of Italy Magazine/News. Minutes include Grand Council minutes (1963-1987), and minutes of the Benefit Insurance Commission (1965-1986). Also included are convention materials (1940-1986), insurance records and death claims (1974-1980), financial ledgers and reports (1957-1985), credit union documents, per capita payment sheets, records of the Charitable and Educational Trust Fund (1970-1975), committee reports, correspondence with local lodges, local lodge charters (1931-1985), officers lists, and a history of OSIA Victor Emanuel Lodge No. 1646 (1918-1962).

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