Letters of Italian patriots : [microform], 1754-1874

Creator:: Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Extent:: 1 positive reel (1 positive reel) and 1 master negative reel (1 master negative reel)
Language:: Italian .
Scope and content:: This group of thirteen letters, one document, one signed card, fourteen portraits, and one portrait medal relates to six distinguished Italian patriots who were prominent in the unification of Italy in the 19th century. The collection includes one letter and one portrait of Count Camillo Benso Cavour (1810-1861); three letters and three portraits of Domenico Cirillo (1739-1799); two letters and two portraits of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882); one letter and one portrait of Giuseppe Guisti (1809-1850); six letters, one signed card, and six portraits of Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872); and one document, one portrait, and one portrait medal of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (1820-1878). The letters are in many cases accompanied by transcriptions and translations as they are chiefly in Italian. The portraits are engravings and photographs.

Acquisition information:

Microfilm: Date of acquisition--03/27/61. Accession number--M-61-03-27.

Microfilm: Date of acquisition--01/28/76. Accession number--M-76-01-28.

Processing information:

Microfilm Entered HR 05/07/92.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

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Related material:

See: Photographic Master Negative File for photographic negatives of the portraits and medals in this collection

Alternative form available:

Type of reproduction--Microfilm; Dates and / or sequential of issues reproduced--27 March 1961 & 28 Jan 1976 (revised).

Access and use

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