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Edward Stibili Pietro Bandini: Missionary, Social Worker, and Colonizer Research Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2237

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains research materials on Sunnyside and Tontitown, Arkansas that were compiled by Edward Stibili during his research for Pietro Bandini: Missionary, Social Worker, and Colonizer, 1852-1917 (2017). Collection materials are predominantly photocopies of books, periodicals, archival sources, and correspondence; the collection does not contain original 19th- or 20th- century documents.

Dates

  • 1795-2015
  • Majority of material found within circa 1894-1915

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English and Italian.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

For permission to reproduce any materials reproduced from other archival repositories, please consult the source repository.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Dr. Edward Claude Stibili is the author of Pietro Bandini: Missionary, Social Worker, and Colonizer, 1852-1917 (2017) and What Can Be Done to Help Them?: The Italian Saint Raphael Society, 1887-1923 (2003), and co-editor of Italian Americans and Religion, An Annotated Bibliography (1992). Stibili received his PhD in History from the University of Notre Dame in 1977.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials were arranged by the creator in two groupings, based on topic:

  1. Sunnyside Materials, 1894-2015 (Box 1)
  2. Tontitown Materials, 1795-2010 (Box 2)

Materials in each series were further arranged by the source institution where Stibili gathered the materials. Although materials have been rehoused during procesing, the creator's original order and titling conventions have been retained.

Acquisition Information

The Edward Stibili Pietro Bandini: Missionary, Social Worker, and Colonizer Research Materials were donated to the Special Collections Department by Edward Stibili of Sicklerville, New Jersey on August 15, 2017.

Processing Information

Processed by Elysa Barton; completed in March 2018

Creator

Source

Title
Edward Stibili Pietro Bandini: Missionary, Social Worker, and Colonizer Research Materials
Status
Completed
Author
Elysa Barton
Date
March 2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444