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Italian emigration documents

    This collection contains documents of Italian emigrant women, including the « spose per procura » (« brides by proxy ») initiative for women migrating to Australia and Canada. The archive holds different types of documents on women migrants who left from Italy. There are altogether 248 pages of letters, but no direct links to the items. As an example, this entry contains a reference to one letter from Anna Maria (whose arrival city was Wien, Austria) to Renata C. (this is the last entry on the page, Reference number: 7653).

    Original source name : Italian emigration documents
    English translation : Italian emigration documents
    Creator : N/A
    Document- type 1 : correspondence
    Reference number : 7653
    Language(s) : Italian
    Geographical coverage : Australia, Canada, Austria
    Time range : 19thc.
    Year(s) : 1940-1972
    Theme 1 : experience of migration
    Link to the item in the catalogue : https://www.fondazionepaolocresci.it/archivio/?_tipo_di_documento=lettera
    Archive name : Fondazione Paolo Cresci
    Archive name (English) : Paolo Cresci Foundation
    Archive address : Cortile Carrara, 1 - 55100 Lucca
    City : Lucca
    Country : Italy
    Official website and institutional resources : https://www.fondazionepaolocresci.it/la-fondazione/la-nostra-storia
    Finding aid(s) : https://www.fondazionepaolocresci.it/archivio
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