| Italian-American Clubs/Organizations is a digitized collection available online, with original physical documents and supporting artifacts available for view by appointment. If you would like to learn more about Italian-American Clubs/Organizations please contact Archives & Special Collections at Fitchburg State University at (978) 665-4869. |
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Corfinio Club In 1932 a group of immigrants from Corfinio, a village 40 miles southeast of Rome in the Abruzzi province, formed such a society, holding their first meetings in the back room of a barbershop at 323 Lancaster Street. The idea behind the society has through the years simply been to continue the ties of friendship among people of similar ancestry. Corfinio Abruzzi is a community in Italy with about 10000 people. All the society members have roots in that proportion of the country. Society has strived to take care of its members. Dues and fundraisers evens among the membership are used to help the families of the deceased and the sick. |
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Daughters of Isabella The first circle of the Order was founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1897, as an auxiliary to the Rev. John Russell Council of the Knights of Columbus for the purpose of uniting all Catholic women in a sisterhood. It was one of the largest Catholic women's organizations, with a membership of over 60,000 women from the United States and Canada, and has continued to prosper and establish bonds among Catholic women throughout the world. |
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Foggia Society Foggia Society was founded on October 4, 1932. The purpose for forming this association is for the paying of a death or funeral benefit not exceeding $200 and disability benefits not exceeding $10 a week. Membership was limited to male persons born in Foggia, Italy, and their descendants, whether born in that country or not. Foggia Society dissolved May 1, 1997, and sold to a group of people who formed Foggia Club. |
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The Saladini Club The Saladini Club of Leominster, Massachusetts is a sixty-year-old, Italian-orientated organization. This club was named after a young soldier named Francisco Saladini who fought and was killed in World War I. The first Italians who started their lives in Leominster set up a chapter of the Francisco Saladini Society. Mainly, their purpose for establishing the society here was to help out other Italian emigrants coming into the country. |
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