La Merica: Images Of Italian Greenhorn Experience

Sources and Further Reading

SOURCES AND FURTHER READING This is a very selective bibliography that lists the sources most central to the development of this book and some additional works for those seeking a broader perspective on the Italian in America. Since the 1860s a very large and diverse literature has accumulated on transatlantic Italian emigration. Much of this literature in English has been brought together by Francesco Cordasco in a number of bibliographic guides. These are (with Salvatore La Gumina) Italians in the United States: A Bibliography ofReports, Texts, Critical Studies and Related Materials (New York: Oriole, 1972); The Italian American Experience: An Annotated and Classified Bibliographical Guide, with Selected Publications of the Casa Italiana Educational Bureau (New York: Franklin, 1974); and Italian Americans: A Guide to Information Sources (Detroit: Gale, 1978). In addition, Professor Cordasco has compiled a guide to the Bollettino dell' emigrazione (a publication of the Italian Emigration Commission), Italian Mass Migration, the Exodus ofa Latin People: A Bibliographical Guide to the "Bollettino dell' emigrazione," 1902-1927 (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield, 1980). A more recent publication by Pietro Russo offers an index to the Italian immigrant press, Italian American Periodical Press, 18361980 : A Comprehensive Bibliography (Staten Island, N.Y.: Center for Migration Studies, 1984). Many of the earlier books and articles in English on Italian immigrants are cited in Ralph W. Janeway, Bibliography ofImmigration in the United States, 1900-1930 (Columbus, Ohio: Hedrick, 1934). Several articles about Italians first published in Charities have been reprinted in The Italian in America: The Progressive View, 1891-1914 (Staten Island, N.Y.: Center for Migration Studies, 1972) edited by Lydio F. Tomasi. An extensive listing of largely Italian works is presented in the overview of Italian emigration by Grazia Dore, La democrazia e l'emigrazione in America (Brescia: Morcelliana, 1964). These titles have been in part duplicated and the bibliography updated (with content summaries of the major works) by Vittorrio Briani in Emigrazione e 222 SOURCES AND FURTHER READING lavoro Italiano all'estero: Elementi per un repertario bibliografico (Roma: Ministero degli Affari Esteri, 1967). One of the largest collections of unpublished and unedited writings , papers, letters, photos, reports, and general memorabilia by and about Italian immigrants and their institutions is located at the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC), 826 Berry Street, St. Paul, Minn. 55114. IHRC publications routinely list holdings and recent acquisitions . The Summer 1983 issue (vol. 4, no. 2) of Spectrum, the center's newsletter, contains an article on immigrant autobiographies. The newsletter of the American Italian Historical Association (AIHA, 209 Flagg Place, Staten Island, N.Y. 10304) lists new publications and ongoing research. MEMOIRS AND ITALIAN IMPRESSIONS OF THE IMMIGRANTS Arrighi, Antonio. Antonio, the Galley Slave. New York: Revell, 1913. Bernardy, Amy A. Italia randagia attraverso gli Stati Uniti. Torino: Fratelli Bocca, 1913. ---. America Vissuta. Torino: Fratelli Bocca, 191 I. Brandenburg, Broughton. Imported Americans. New York: Stokes, 1903. Campon, Peter F. The Evolution ofan Immigrant. Brooklyn: Gaus' Sons, n.d. Carnevali, Emanuel. The Autobiography of Emanuel Carnevali. Compiled and prefaced by Kay Boyle. New York: Horizon, 1967. Cianfarra, Camillo. Diario di un emigrante. New York: L'Araldo Italiano, 19oo. Ciarlantini, Franco. Al paese delle stelle. Milano: "Alpes," 1931. Conte, Gaetano. Dieci anni in America: Impressioni e ricordi. Conferenze riguardanti l'emigrazione Italiana nell'America del Nord. Palermo: Spinnato, 1903. Corresca, Rocco. "The Biography of a Bootblack." Independent 5 (Dec. 4, 1902): 2863-67. D'Angelo, Pasquale. Son ofItaly. New York: Macmillan, 1924. Di Donato, Pietro. Three Circles ofLight. New York: Messner, 1960. Dolci, Danilo. Banditi a partinico, 173-89. Bari: Latena, 1956. Domenica, Angelo di. Protestant Witness of a New American: Mission of a Lifetime. Chicago: Judson, 1956. Ets, Marie Hall. Rosa: The Life ofan Italian Immigrant. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1970. SOURCES AND FURTHER READING 223 Gallenga, Antonio. Episodes of My Second Life. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1885· Gallo, Fortune T. Lucky Rooster: The Autobiography ofan Impresario. New York: Exposition, 1967. Giacosa, Giuseppe. Impressioni d'America. Milano: Cogliati, 1908. Greco, Pietro. I ricordi d'un immigrato. Brooklyn: Gaus' Sons, 1964. Iarnurri, Gabriel A. The True Story ofan Immigrant. Rev. ed. Boston: Christopher , 1951. Iannace, Carmine B. La scoperta dell'America. Padova: Rebellato, 1971. ---. Uomini e galantuomini. Firenze: Grafica Toscana, 1970. Juliani, Richard N. "American Voices, Italian Accents." Italian Americana I (1974): 1-25. La Gumina, Salvatore J. The Immigrants Speak: Italian Americans Tell Their Story. Staten Island, N.Y.: Center for Migration Studies, 1979. La Sorte, Michael...