Girolamo Valenti Papers
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Girolamo Valenti (1892-1958) was an anti-Fascist, anti-Communist editor, socialist, and labor leader who emigrated to the United States from Italy in 1911. The papers include correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts, clippings and obituaries, the majority in Italian, relating to labor and political issues concerning Italy and Italian Americans.
Historical/Biographical Note
Girolamo Valenti was an anti-Fascist, anti-Communist socialist, editor, and labor leader. Born April 16, 1892 in Valguarnera, Italy, he immigrated to the United States in 1911. He helped organize the Italian Socialist Federation (1913-1916), the Italian Chamber of Labor (1920-1921) and was active in the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (1916-1917). He edited Avanti, the organ of the Italian Socialist Federation (1917-1919), La Folla (1919-1920), La Parola del Popolo, organ of the Italian Socialist Federation of the Socialist Party (ca. 1921- ca.1948), and Il Nuovo Mondo and its successor La Stampa Libera, liberal dailies (ca. 1925 – 1940s). During World War II he consulted for the OSS (Office of Strategic Services), and in the post-war years, he was an Italian-language radio commentator whose programs were broadcast in New York, several other U.S. cities, and in Italy. He wrote several pamphlets concerning socialism and participated in socialist campaigns and strikes. He was a member of the Socialist Party, and a leader of the Circolo Matteotti, an anti-fascist organization. He died in New York City on February 20, 1958.
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The papers include correspondence, radio scripts, manuscripts (article-length), clippings and obituaries, the majority in Italian, relating to labor and political issues concerning Italy and Italian Americans, and to his radio career. Among the letters are two from Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst regarding Circolo Matteotti, and a few letters each from Velia Matteotti, Pietro Nenni, Count Carlo Sforza, and Ignazio Silone. Included are scripts from Italian language radio shows on current events that were broadcast on WOV (New York), WHNC (New Haven, Connecticut), Italy, and elsewhere; a file containing obituaries and other biographical portraits, material on the Pope Affair, and letters to Valenti's wife, Sylvia, after his death, including several from Norman Thomas.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, donated by Sylvia Valenti was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number;
Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
70 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sylvia Valenti in 1965. The accession number associated with this gift is 1965.002. Typescripts by Sylvia Valenti were found in repository in April of 2014 and were added to this collection. The accession number associated with this material is 2014.081.
Separated Materials
Photographs were separated from this collection during initial processing and were established as a separate collection, the Girolamo Valenti Photographs (PHOTOS 039).
