New York

Noteworthy Italian American periodicals from the state of New York are highlighted in this section of the guide. The image galleries on this page feature images of the periodical La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York, a weekly newspaper published by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the city of New York. These images are photographs of the periodicals taken by the editor of the guide that are not available in the Library of Congress's digital collections. The periodical titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog.

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). August 28, 1914. Article on the "triumph" of prohibition. Library of Congress General Collections.

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). October 12, 1918. "Comprate Liberty Bonds": war bond advertisement. Library of Congress General Collections.

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Ladies' Garment Worker (New York, New York) by New York: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Call Number: Microfilm (o) 82/360
Published/Created: April 1, 1910-Dec. 1918
Publisher: Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Languages: English, Yiddish, Italian.
LC Holdings: Microfilm: v.1-v.9: no. 12 (1910: Apr.-1918: Dec.).
LC Location: Microform & Electronic Resources Center.
Notes: The Ladies' Garment Worker was the monthly periodical of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) and started publishing in April 1910. The Ladies’ Garment Worker was discontinued at the end of 1918 and replaced in January of 1919 by a new weekly journal of the ILGWU titled Justice. ILGWU was the largest labor union in the United States during the early 20th century. It was created in 1900 and mainly had a female membership. It had a relevant role in shaping the early history of American labor. As many similar unions and labor associations of the period it comprised specific local sections dedicated to different ethnic groups in their original languages: specifically, in the case of ILGWU, English, Yiddish, and Italian. The Italian section was discontinued in May 1911.
Bibliographic Source: Hoerder, Dirk (ed.) The Immigrant Labor Press in North America, 1840s-1970s: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press, 1987. Luconi, Stefano. "Crossing Borders on the Picket Line: Italian-American Workers and the 1912 Strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts." Italian Americana 28, no. 2 (2010): 149-61. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41426589 External (from the subscription database JSTOR available onsite). Tataryn, Danielle J. “ 'La Religione, La Patria, e la Famiglia': Comparison of the Reactions of Italian Americans in Philadelphia and New York City to Fascism, 1910s-1930s." Honours Program in History University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2019.
La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York (New York, New York) by Luigi Solari (president); Ercole Locatelli (treasurer); G.R. Schroeder (secretary); Genserico Granata (president); Luigi J. Scaramelli (vice-president); Giuseppe Vitelli (treasurer); A. C. Bonaschi (secretary)
Call Number: HF1 .R5
Published/Created: 1897-1940?
Publisher: Italian Chamber of Commerce.
Languages: Italian and English.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: v. 13.8-v.13.25 (1914: August 31-December 28), v.14.1-v.14. (1915: January 5-December 27), v.15.1-v.15.5 (1916: January 3-January 16), v.19.2-v.19.21 (1918: August 28-December 21), v.20.1-v.20.6 (1919: January 4-February 8), v.20.9-v.20.50 (1918: March 1- December 27), v.21.1-v.21.16 (1920: January 3-April 17).
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Notes: La Rivista Commerciale (English title: Italian-American Commercial Review: Weekly Bulletin of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York) was a weekly published by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York. Founded in New York in 1887, the Italian American Chamber of Commerce (currently Italy-America Chamber of Commerce or IACC) was created to represent the commercial interests of American and Italian companies (see Italy-America Chamber of Commerce External). The holdings of the Library of Congress cover the period leading to and following World War I (1914-1920). The members of the Italian Chamber of Commerce were also members of the board of directors and editorial committee of the Rivista Commerciale. The Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York also published an annual Annuario della Camera di Commercio in New York (English title: Almanac of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York; see next entries in this same section).
Bibliographic Sources: Cinotto, Simone. The Italian American Table: Food, Family, and Community in New York City. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013. Pozzetta, George E. Immigrant institutions: The Organization of Immigrant Life. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Justice: Official Organ of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (New York, New York) by International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
Call Number: HD6350.C6 J8
Published/Created: Jan. 18, 1919-June 1995; suspended, Feb.-July 1933
Publisher: International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU).
Languages: English; also published in Italian, Spanish, and Yiddish editions.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: v.1 (1919); v.3 (1920: Dec.31-1921: Dec.23); (Stored Offsite: v.3-v.13 (1920: Dec.31-1931: Mar.); 1934-1955).
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Notes: Justice continued the Ladies' Garment Worker (see entry above in this same section) which ended publication in 1919. Justice was published weekly by the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in New York. Then its frequency changed varied to monthly. It merged with Labor Unity (American edition) to become Unite! (New York, NY). Angela Bambace (1889-1975) was the first Italian immigrant woman to hold the role as vice-president in the International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU).
Bibliographic Sources: Bender, Daniel E. Sweated Work, Weak Bodies: Anti-sweatshop Campaigns and Languages of Labor. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2004. Cohen, Miriam. Workshop to Office: Two Generations of Italian Women in New York City, 1900-1950. New York: Cornell University Press, 1992.
Annuario della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York [Almanac of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York] (New York, New York) by Cav. Raffaele Piperno (president); Cav. Dr. Alberto C. Bonaschi (director); Guido Rossati (editor and contributor);
Call Number: HF296 .N5316
Published/Created: ca. 1920-1936
Publisher: Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York.
Languages: Italian and English.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: 1930-31, 1932-1933, 1936.
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Notes: The Annuario della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York (Almanac of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce in New York) is the principal organ of the Italian American Chamber of Commerce, now Italy-America Chamber of Commerce (IACC), founded in New York in 1887. The IACC published two periodicals: one was a weekly La Rivista Commerciale and the other was the Annuario.
Bibliographic Sources: Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York. Almanac. 1925. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/002130976 External

Corriere Commerciale (New York, New York)
Call Number: HD9001 .C67 FT MEADE (1936: Sept.-1936: Oct.); HD9001 .C67 FT MEADE SpecMat (1936: Jan.-1936: Aug.)
Published/Created: 1936
Publisher: Corriere commerciale Publishing Company, 1936.
Languages: Not identified.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: v.1 (1936: Jan.-1936: Oct.).
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms (1936: Sept.-1936: Oct.); Science/Business Reading Room (1936: Jan.-1936: Aug.).
Notes: The Corriere Commerciale was a weekly paper providing information on Italian American food and trade businesses.
Annual Report of the Italian-American Labor Council (New York, New York)
Call Number: HD8081.I8 I8
Published/Created: Dec. 31, 1942-
Publisher: The Council, 1943-
Languages: English and Italian.
LC Holdings: Paper: 1943.
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Notes: The Annual Report of the Italian-American Labor Council is an annual report on the first meeting of the Italian-American Labor Council (IALC) on December 20, 1941, shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declaration of war on the United States by Mussolini and Hitler. In 1941, the Italian-American Labor Council (IALC) was created to protect and promote the Italian organized labor movement in America against Mussolini and fascism. Since the 19th century, Italian labor leaders helped organize and unify different groups of Italian American workers. Engaged in these early social battles for the integration of Italian immigrant workers, Salvatore Ninfo, Arturo Giovannitti, Carlo Tresca, and Joseph Catalanotti later founded the IALC. From 1913 to 1919, talian Americans involved in the garment trades in New York like Luigi Antonini (the leader of a local section of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) was a crucial public figure for the founding of the IALC.
Bibliographic Sources: Cannistraro, Philip V. "Luigi Antonini and the Italian Anti-Fascist Movement in the United States, 1940-1943." Journal of American Ethnic History 5, no. 1 (1985): 21-40. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27500414 External (from the subscription database JSTOR available onsite).
Proceedings. A Series of Addresses Delivered at the Italian Trade Day during the National Foreign Trade Week, Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States (New York, New York)
Call Number: HC305 .A65
Published/Created: 1945-1946
Publisher; American Chamber of Commerce for Trade with Italy, Inc. [Now Italy America Chamber of Commerce].
Languages: English.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: May 22, 1945 and May 21, 1946.
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Economic News from Italy (Long Island City, New York)
Call Number: HC301 .E33
Published/Created: 1946-?
Publisher: New York Elite Pub. Corp.
Languages: English.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: v.2-v.3 (1947-1948).
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Notes: Economic News from Italy is a periodical with a supplement Tourist News from Italy.
Trade with Italy (New York, New York; Italy)
Call Number: HF1 .T66
Published/Created: 1948-1993
Publisher: The American Chamber of Commerce for Trade with Italy, Inc. [Now Italy America Chamber of Commerce].
Languages: English.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: v.3 (July-Dec. 1948), v.4-5 (1949-1950), v.6-7 (1951-1952), v.8-9 (1953-1954), v.10-11 (1955-1956), v.12-13 (1957-1958), v.14 (1959), v.15 (1960), v.16 (1961),v.17 (1962), v.18 (1963), v.19 (1964), v.20 (1965), v.21 (1966), v.22 (1967), v.23 (1968), v.24 (1969), v. 25-26 (1970-1971), v.27-28 (1972-1973), v.29-31 (1974-1976), v.32 (1977), v.33 (1978-1979),v.35-37 (1980-1982), v.38-39 (1983-1984), v.39-41 (1985-1987), v.42-43 (1988-1989), v.44 (1990), v.45 (1991), v.46 (1992), v. 47 (1993).
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Notes: The periodical Trade with Italy was issued monthly between 1968 and 1971; then bimonthly between 1972 and 1993.

United States-Italy Trade Directory (New York, New York)
Call Number: HF3101 .A583
Published/Created: c. 1955-1993
Publisher: American Chamber of Commerce for Trade with Italy, Inc. [Now Italy America Chamber of Commerce].
Languages: English.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: 1st ed. (1955), 2nd ed. (1957), 3rd ed. (1959), 5th ed. (1963-1964), 6th ed. (1965-1966), 7th ed. (1967-1968), 8th ed. (1969-1970), 9th ed. (1971-1972), 10th ed. (1973-1974), 11th ed. (1975-1976), 12th ed. (1977-1978), 13th ed. (1979-1980), 14th ed. (1981-1982), 15th ed. (1984) [2 copies], 16th ed. (1985), 17th ed. (1986), 18th ed. (1987), 19th ed. (1988-1989), 20th ed. (1990), 21st ed. (1991), 22nd ed. (1992), 23rd ed. (1993).
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.
Notes: Volume for 1955 issued by the American Chamber of Commerce for Trade with Italy, Inc.; 1973/74 issued by the Italy America Chamber of Commerce.
Review Italy: A Bi-weekly Publication on Italian Economics, Politics, and Finance (New York, New York)
Call Number: HC301 .R475
Published/Created: 1994-2002?
Publisher: EBD Inc.
Languages: English.
LC Holdings: Bound Volumes: v.1: no.1-v.4 (1995: Oct.-1998: Oct.), v.4 (1998: Nov.20), v.4: no.61 (1999: Jan.4), v.5: no.62-v.5: no.65 (1999: Mar.-1999: Oct.), v.6: no.68-v.7: no.79 (2000: June 15-2001: Nov. 20), v.8: no.81-v.8: no.83 (2002: Oct.24-2002: Nov.21).
LC Location: Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms.

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). November 9, 1918. Article on Italian claims over the cities of Trento and Trieste. Library of Congress General Collections.

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). October 12, 1918. "Sottoscrivete!" ("Subscribe!"). War bonds propaganda. Library of Congress General Collections.

Italian American Periodicals at the Library of Congress

New York

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). August 28, 1914. Article on the "triumph" of prohibition. Library of Congress General Collections.

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). October 12, 1918. "Comprate Liberty Bonds": war bond advertisement. Library of Congress General Collections.

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). November 9, 1918. Article on Italian claims over the cities of Trento and Trieste. Library of Congress General Collections.

La Rivista Commerciale. Bollettino Settimanale della Camera di Commercio Italiana in New York. (New York, New York). October 12, 1918. "Sottoscrivete!" ("Subscribe!"). War bonds propaganda. Library of Congress General Collections.