Steel Valley Voices: An Ethnic Community Archive: Recent submissions

  • [Dear sister recipe for Panettone] 
    Musacchio, Caterina Bisceglia; Musacchio, Francesco
    This document contains the recipe for Panettone. This recipe is one of the dear sister recipes that Lucia Bisceglia Lariccia received. Pre World War II.
  • [Francesco's letter telling of Lucia's mother's death] 
    Musacchio, Francesco (1937-01-03)
    This letter from Francesco to Gennaro contains news of Lucia Biscelgia Lariccia's mother's death. Sympathy was given to Lucia and her family.
  • [Dear sister recipe for laundry bleach] 
    Musacchio, Francesco; Musacchio, Caterina Bisceglia
    This is the recipe for laundry bleach taken from the dear sister letters. The letter with which this recipe was sent did not list a date, but the document is from sometime before World War II.
  • [Dear sister recipes for three types of rosolio] 
    Musacchio, Francesco; Musacchio, Caterina Bisceglia
    These documents contain recipes for three types of rosolio from the dear sister letters. Pre World War II.
  • [Property transfer from Lucia Bisceglia to her nieces] 
    Bisceglia Lariccia, Lucia (1968-02-03)
    This document is a transfer of property from Lucia Bisceglia Lariccia to her nieces in Montelongo.
  • [Dear Sister Recipes Cover Letters] 
    Musacchio, Francesco; Musacchio, Caterina Bisceglia
    This document, undated but written sometime before World War II, contains letters from Caterina and Francesco Musacchio to Lucia. Included with this letter were 13 recipes, also available in the Lariccia collection.
  • [Dear sister recipe for shoe polish] 
    Musacchio, Francesco; Musacchio, Caterina Bisceglia
    This is a recipe for shoe polish taken from the dear sister letters. Pre World War II.
  • [Blessing from Mother Superior] 
    Mother Superior (1967-12-29)
    This letter is blessing from Mother Superior.
  • [Letter from Rocco about work] 
    Mucci, Rocco (1967-03-20)
    This document is from Rocco Mucci to his cousin. He wrote about change in the workers' ambition to work. Mucci also wrote about his health. This letter arrived from Montelongo.
  • [Birth certificate for Lucia Bisceglia] 
    Bisceglia Lariccia, Lucia (1955-02-25)
    This document is a 1955 extract pf the birth certificate of Lucia Bisceglia.
  • [Piffinella writes of her health issues] 
    Mucci, Piffinella
    Piffinella writes of her illness and the pains she suffers because she cannot afford the drugs.
  • [Letter to Lucia from a cousin in Soledade, Brazil] 
    Lariccia, Ben; Garcia-Castro, Ramon, translator (1918-04-03)
    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.
  • [Dear sister recipe for pizza dolce] 
    Musacchio, Caterina Bisceglia; Musacchio, Francesco
    This is a recipe sent by Canterina Bisceglia Musacchio to Lucia Bisceglia Laricca. This recipe is referred to as Pizza Dolce, Pasta Reale or Pane di Spania. It is one of many recipes listed from the dear sister letters. ...
  • [Brazil letter from Beniamino to Antonia] 
    Bisceglia, Beniamino (1897-03-09)
    Beniamino Bisceglia writes to Antonia from Guaratingueta, Brazil. Beniamino tells his wife about Brazil and inquires about the family.
  • [Nicolina writes Lucia] 
    Nicolina
    Nicolina writes to Lucia in response to her request for fennel seeds for the making of taralli.
  • [Sister's visit] 
    Lariccia, Ben; Cuppone, Laura, translator
    Lucia's goddaughter writes to ask Lucia to visit her sister. There is no translation for this item.
  • [Saint Anthony chain letter] 
    Lariccia, Ben; Cuppone, Laura, translator
    The chain letters of Saint Anthony were and still are part of common belief. According to this ritual, the receiver must answer the letter or suffer pain and bad luck.
  • [Giuseppina sends greetings] 
    Giuseppina, Mucci
    Mucci Giuseppina, a close friend from Conneaut, Ohio, writes of her illnesses and sends the unnamed recipient a good Easter. She notes that she is thinking of Aunt Lucia when she says her prayers or the rosary.
  • [Hospital and family health update] 
    Lariccia, Ben; Cuppone, Laura, translator
    The unidentified author writes that she in an Erie, Pennsylvania hospital for a month, and still feels quite ill. She notes that if it wasn’t for her daughter Vela, she would have died. The author also notes that she also ...
  • [Nieces visit Emma] 
    Musacchio, Rita; Musacchio, Mariannina; Emma; Musacchio, Lina
    These two letters were sent from Montorio where the nieces are staying with Emma, another relative. The nieces are visiting Emma for the feasts of Saint Anthony and Saint Constanzo.

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