From her hometown of Montelongo, Italy, Lucia Biscelgia pens a sympathy letter to her future brother-in-law Gennaro (James) Lariccia in the US. He has just lost his beloved young wife Carmela Gialdini in childbirth on April 29.
This letter is Lucia's response to two letters from Gioso that arrived eight days apart. Lucia plans to travel to US during the First World War amidst the dangers on the open sea.
This letter is to Lucia from a cousin in Soledade, Brazil. The hotel's letterhead denotes the family name of Bisceglia. The Luigi below may be "Luiz" the proprietor of the hotel.
Lucia's mother Antonia Mucci Bisceglia responds to the news she has just received about Antoinette's (Lucia's second daughter) severe burns. Some boys lit a fire which spread to the girl's dress. She has been hospitalized ...
Clipping from an unidentified source on Mrs. Alice Warner Parham's involvement with the Belmont Branch YWCA, from circa 1942. The article ends stating that Mrs. Parham is leaving the YWCA to join her husband in Warren. ...