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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Seventh Annual Dinner-Dance Sponsored by American Committee on Italian Migration (National Catholic Resettlement Council) Featuring "A Christmas Festival" |
| Date | 20 Dec 1958 |
| Document Type | Pamphlet; Ephemera |
| Reference | IHRC159, Box 7, Folder 53 |
| Library / Archive | Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota |
| Collection Name | American Committee on Italian Migration, Chicago, Illinois Chapter |
| Description | Souvenir programme of the ACIM's Seventh Annual Dinner Dance, "A Christmas Festival". Includes a menu, seating list, and messages of goodwill from President Eisenhower and Vatican Secretary of State Tardini. Guests of honour included Ed Sullivan, Lieutenant-Governor of New York George B. DeLuca, Italian Ambassador Manlio Brosio, and US Deputy Undersecretary of State Robert Murphy. |
| Series Description | This collection contains good details on potential professions for Italian immigrants and in problems caused with local professionals, such as tailors. There is much on relations with the Catholic Relief Services and the Church, and on the use of Opera and Dining as ways of expressing cultural identity and raising funds. Some of the material in the series is in Italian. There is material on loans to immigrants and on overcoming the quota system. |
| Biographical Note / History | ACIM was founded in 1951 to assist refugees. It worked to reform the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 and aided migrants in settling in. The ACIM also played an important role in lobbying Congress for the Immigration Reform Bill of 1965. |
| Theme(s) | Displaced Persons and Refugees; Politics, Legislation and Governance; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Country (from) | Italy |
| Country (to) | United States of America |
| Ports | New York, United States |
| Nationality | Italian; European |
| People | Eisenhower, President Dwight D |
| Keywords | holidays and celebrations, entertainment, food, Christmas, dance, music |
| Additional Information | Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Immigration History Research Center Archives catalogue. |
| Catalogue Link | Immigration History Research Center Archives Catalogue |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Reproduced by kind permission of the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans. |
