| | LEVEL OF DESCRIPTION: | Collection | | No.: | PR0915 | | TITLE: | Dante Alighieri Society, Edmonton Committee oral history collection | | CREATOR: | Dante Alighieri Society, Edmonton Committee | | DATE RANGE: | 1973-1974 | | EXTENT: | 17 audio reels | | ADMINISTRATIVE | | HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | The Dante Alighieri Society, Edmonton Committee, was formed in 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta as a branch of the Societa Dante Alighieri in Rome. The purpose of the Dante Alighieri Society, Edmonton Committee, was to promote an integrated society that is tolerant of cultural diversity and to foster a culturally aware, and linguistically competent, Canadian population. The Society runs a Community School of Italian Language and Culture, and in 1973-1974, Gian-Carlo Grelli and Sabatino Roncucci, a founder of the Dante Alighieri Society, conducted an oral history project and interviewed a number of Italian pioneers, from various regions of Alberta, who had immigrated to Alberta between 1900-1925.
| | SCOPE AND CONTENT: | Collection consists of oral history interviews of Italian pioneers in Edmonton, Alberta, including Mr. and Mrs. Louis Biamonte, Gisella Biollo, Filomena Michettie, Father Giovanni Bonelli, Camillo Bridarolli, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Butti, John Camarta, Domenico Chirello, Joe Fabbri, Mr. and Mrs. Mario Grassi, Victor Losa, Mamie Meardi, Mr. and Mrs. Tony Nimis, Georgio W. Pocaterra, Norma Pocaterra, Mr. and Mrs. John Segatti, Roman Tedesso, Irma Giacobbo, and Angelo Toppano. | | ASSOCIATED MATERIAL: | Other records related to the Dante Alighieri Society can be found in the Dante Alighieri Society fonds. Societa Dante Alighieri, Windsor Chapter, located at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa, Ontario.
Copies and transcripts of the oral histories collected by the Dante Alighieri Society, Edmonton Committee, and biographical information about the interviewees, can be found on the Celebrating Alberta's Italian Community website, located at http://www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/people/dante.html (accessed May 2004).
| | RELATED RECORDS: | Other records related to Angelo Toppano can be found in PR0649 Angelo Toppano fonds. | | GENERAL NOTE: | Information for the administrative history was taken from the Celebrating Alberta's Italian Community website, located at http://www.albertasource.ca/abitalian/lifeways/soc_dante_alighieri.html (accessed May 2004). |
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