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Pisano and Siciliano families papers

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Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
3135
Repository:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Extent:
0.8 linear feet (; 2 boxes, 5 volumes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Pisano and Siciliano families papers (Collection 3135), The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Date:
1910-2009, undated
Creator:
Meidt, Donna
Abstract:
Members from both the Pisano and Silciliano families of Philadelphia and Camden first arrived in the United States in the early 1900s, both from the town of Gasperina, Italy. This collection, compiled by Donna Meidt, highlights their genealogies through vital records, passports, family trees, and images (including digital images on one CD). There are also original photographs and Italian magazines, as well as a sampling of plays, operas, and poetry handwritten or transcribed in Italian by Antonio Pisano (1894-1979). Pisano was a poet, playwright, and member of the theatrical group the Philadelphia Filodramatic Circle Gasperinese.

Gift of Donna Meidt, 2009.

At the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: 34th Ward Italian-American Citizens Club. Records, undated (Collection D0163) Covello, Leonard. Papers, 1907-1974 (MSS 40 and PG107) http://www.hsp.org/sites/www.hsp.org/files/migrated/findingaidmss40pg107covello.pdf Da Vinci Art Alliance. Records, 1933-1991 (Collection 3226) Fiorani Radio Productions records additions and Fiorani-Florey family (Collection MSS163) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/fiorani.html Gurzau, Elba F. Papers, 1920-1985 (Collection MSS 48) http://www2.hsp.org/collections/Balch%20manuscript_guide/html/gurzau.html Grieco, Rose. Papers, 1940-1986 (Collection SC279) Antonelli, Severo. Papers, 1929-1985 (Collection 3166)

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Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid prepared by Cary Majewicz
Finding Aid Date
August 2010
Sponsor
Processing made possible by a generous donation from Donna Meidt. Revisions to the description and arrangement of this collection were part of the Digital Center for Americana Project Phase II, which was funded by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Collection Inventory

Siciliano: Maria Innocenza Procopia Siciliano photograph and "Maria's Boarding House" by Donna Meidt, (1910, undated).
Box 1 Folder 1
Siciliano: Maria Teresa Siciliano and Saverio Celia papers and photographs, (1913).
Box 2 Folder 2
Siciliano: Nicolas Siciliano and Isabella Carney photographs and papers, (1918-1996, undated).
Box 1 Folder 2
Siciliano: Miscellaneous family photographs and records [includes copies of images on CD], (circa 1920s, undated).
Box 2 Folder 3
Siciliano: Joseph and Salvatore [Chuck] Siciliano photographs, (1957, 1973, 1978, undated).
Box 1 Folder 3
Siciliano and Pisano: "Antonio's Anthology" by Donna Meidt and other genealogical records, (undated).
Box 1 Folder 4
Siciliano and Pisano: Magazines: La Follia de New York, (1971, 1977, 1978).
Box 1 Folder 5
Siciliano and Pisano: Magazines: Calabria Lettararia, 1977, 1978.
Volume 1
Pisano: "Tragedia del Martire S. Innocenzo" [bound notebook], (1922).
Volume 2
Pisano: "Tragedia di Santo Innocenzo" [bound notebook], (1924).
Volume 3
Pisano: "Tragedia del Martire S. Innocenzo", (1931).
Box 1 Folder 6
Pisano: Various writings in Italian [bound notebook], (circa 1935).
Volume 4
Pisano: "Dramma della Passione de Cristo", (1961).
Box 1 Folder 7
Pisano: "La Passione de Jesu Cristo", (1961).
Box 1 Folder 8
Pisano: "Angelo tiranno di Padora la giocanda" [bound notebook], (undated).
Volume 5
Pisano: "Don Abbondio", (undated).
Box 1 Folder 9
Pisano: "La Passione di Jesu Cristo", undated.
Box 1 Folder 10
Pisano: "La Passione di Jesu Cristo" excerpt from Act I, Scene 1, undated.
Box 2 Folder 1
Pisano: Untitled play in Italian, undated.
Box 1 Folder 11

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