Box 1

Record Group — Box: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Collection contains thirty-eight record books and ledgers from Italian mutual aid societies, Dante Alighieri and Chistoforo Colombo, at Dow and Krebs, Oklahoma. These record books and ledgers include minutes of meetings, list of members, and dues paid. Most records are in Italian. Two receipt books are from the Dante Alighieri Society; both are blank. Five folders contain rules and regulations of the societies and of the United Mine Workers of America, Local #2327. Three folders contain check stubs.

Dates

1894 - 1958

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the Oklahoma Open Records Act (http://www.odl.state.ok.us/lawinfo/docs/2006-LibraryLaws-PartE.pdf), and other relevant regulations. Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Oklahoma State University Libraries assumes no responsibility.