Library materials in this exhibit were purchased using the
Carmela Santoro Fund.
From the Main Collection
An Italian-American Odyssey: Life line – filo della vita: Through Ellis Island and Beyond, by B. Amore
E 184 I8 A535 2006
Are Italians White?: How race is made in America, edited by Jennifer Guglielmo & Salvatore Salerno
E 184 I8 A74 2003
The Italian American Experience, by Philip diFranco
E 184 I8 D47 1988b
Feeling Italian: The art of ethnicity in America, by Thomas J. Ferraro
E 184 I8 F29 2005
The impact of World War II on Italian Americans 1935 – present, edited by Gary R. Mormino
E 184 I8 I57 2002
The Italians (Coming to America Series) edited by C.J. Shane
E 184 I8 I837 2005
Old World Daughter, New World Mother: An education in love and freedom, by Maria Laurino
E 184 I8 L37 2009
‘Merica: A conference on the culture and literature of Italians in North America, edited by Aldo Bove and Giuseppe Massara
E 184 I87 M47 2006
Only in America: From immigrant to CEO, by Paul Oreffice
E 184 I8 O74 2006
The Journey of the Italians in America, by Vincenza Scarpaci
E 184 I8 S26 2008
Studies in Italian American Folklore, edited by Luisa Del Giudice
E 184 I8 S815 1993
Wild Dreams: The best of Italian Americana, edited by Carol Bonomo Albright and Joanna Clapps Herman
E 184 I8 W55 2008
Distant But Loyal: Cranston’s Italian Americans, Cranston, Rhode Island/Itri, Italy: Two cities in time, by Anne T. Romano
F 90 I8 R65 2007
The Italians in Rhode Island: The Age of Exploration in the Present, 1524 – 1989, by Carmela E. Santoro
F 90 I8 S3 1990
Courage of Innocence: A saga of Italian immigrants in the American frontier, by Ann Federici-Martin
F 805 I8 F42 2009
Screening Ethnicity: Cinematic representations of Italian Americans in the United States, edited by Anna Caimati Hostert and Anthony Julian Tamburri
PN 1995.9 I73 S38 2002
Italian-American Short Films and Music Videos: A semiotic reading, by Anthony Julian Tamburri
PN 1995.9 I73 T36 2002
Gangster Priest: The Italian American cinema of Martin Scorsese, by Robert Casillo
PN 1998.3 S39 C38 2006
Voices of Italian America: A history of early Italian American literature with a critical anthology, by Martino Marazzi
PQ 5981 M3733 2004
Don’t Tell Mama! : The Penguin book of Italian American Writing, edited by Regina Barreca
PS 508 I73 D66 2002
From The Margin: Writings in Italian Americana, edited by Anthony Julian Tamburri, Paolo A. Giordano and Fred L. Gardaphe
PS 508 I73 F76 2000
The Milk of Almonds: Italian American women writers on food and culture, edited by Louise DeSalvo and Edvige Giunta
PS 508 I73 M55 2002
The Italian American Reader: A collection of outstanding fiction, memoirs, journalism, essays, and poetry, edited by Bill Tonelli
PS 508 I73 P67 2003
From the Young Adult and Curriculum Resources Collections
Hope In My Heart: Sofia’s Immigrant Diary Book One, by Kathryn Lasky
CRC PZ 7 L3274 Hq 2003
Home At Last: Sofia’s Immigrant Diary Book Two, by Kathryn Lasky
CRC PZ 7 L3274 Hqo 2003
An American Spring: Sofia’s Immigrant Diary Book Three, by Kathryn Lasky
CRC PZ 7 L3274 Hqs 2004
Enrico Fermi: Atomic Pioneer, by Doris Faber
CRC QC 774 F4 F3 1966
The King of Mulberry Street, by Donna Jo Napoli
YA PZ 7 N15 Kin 2005
Carmela E. Santoro
Professor of History and Secondary Education
Rhode Island College
Professor Carmela Santoro taught history and secondary education at RIC from 1960 until her retirement in 1983.
Information from the Rhode Island College Archives, James P. Adams Library Special Collections
The Carmela Santoro Fund for Italian-American Materials
was established in 1984 by the friends and colleagues of Dr. Carmela Santoro on the occasion of her retirement as a professor of history at Rhode Island College. The purpose of the fund is to support the purchase of Italian-American materials for the James P. Adams Library.
and
Nearly 30 years later, the fund continues to provide new materials on Italian-American history and culture, including books, films, curriculum materials, and juvenile literature.