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Carmelo Zito papers, 1920-1997 (bulk 1920-1976).
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Title:
Carmelo Zito papers, 1920-1997 (bulk 1920-1976)Creator/Contributor:
Zito, Carmelo, 1899-1981, creator, creator,, correspondent.Creator/Contributor:
Tenney, Jack B. (Jack Breckinridge), 1898-1970Abstract:
Contains mostly correspondence of Carmelo Zito, in English and Italian, with some related materials such as Italian language
newspapers, clippings, and a few snapshots. One letter of note is on Prisoner of War letterhead stationery from Antonio DeLeoni
being held at Scottsbluff Camp in Nebraska dated January 15, 1943 and addressed to Carmelo Zito's newspaper, Il Corriere del
Popolo. Written in Italian, it is possibly a letter to the editor. Also includes 42 pages of Zito's testimony before the
the Assembly Fact Finding Committee on Un-American activities in California, chaired by Jack B. Tenney, held at the St. Francis
Hotel in San Francisco on May 25, 1942.
Date:
1920 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us---Zito, Carmelo -- 1899-1981 -- Archives
Zito, Carmelo -- 1899-1981 -- Correspondence
Newspaper editors -- California -- San Francisco
Publishers and publishing -- California -- San Francisco
Italian American newspapers -- California -- San Francisco
Italian Americans -- California -- San Francisco
Anti-fascist movements -- California -- San Francisco
Prisoners of war -- Italy -- Correspondence
Prisoners of war -- United States -- Correspondence
Note:
Carmelo Zito papers, BANC MSS 2014/110, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Carmelo Zito (August 13, 1899-June 9, 1980) was born in Oppido Mamertina, Italy and immigrated to the United States in 1923
becoming a citizen on November 9, 1938. Zito was an outspoken Italian American who was the editor and publisher of Il Corriere
del Popolo, an Italian-language newspaper in San Francisco, California, from 1935 through 1966. He was a prominent activist
in the Italian anti-fascist movement in the United States.
In English and Italian.
Preliminary list of contents available in the library.
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Newspapers.Physical Description:
print
2.7 (2 1
Language:
English
Italian