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Gerard Zanfini and Michael D. Immerso First Ward Italian Collection
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Immerso-(Main)
Scope and Contents
by Newark Archives Project (http://nap.rutgers.edu)The boxes consist of research files and original materials used in the preparation of three related projects, all based on the research and collecting efforts of Michael Immerso: the exhibit, "The Vanished First Ward: Newark's Little Italy," held at the Newark Public Library, November 13-December 31. 1996; a PBS documentary on the subject, narrated by Steve Adubato (1997); and Immerso's book, "Newark's Little Italy: The Vanished...
Dates:
c. 1870s-1996
Mattia Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Mattia-(Fileroom)
Abstract
The collection consists of glass negatives and minstrel show material from the Mattias, one of the first Italian families in Newark.
Dates:
1887 - 1936