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Toigo, Avinere

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Toigo, Avinere (1902-1980): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-T573
Scope and Contents Toigo discusses Governor Henry Horner and Illinois politics in the 1930's: work with state sales tax system, citizenship and naturalization, the Council for Democracy, and installation at Lincoln's tomb of a stone from Rome's ancient wall of Servius Tullius by Italian Ambassadors. He also discusses his earlier life: Italian-American background and the Italian communities in Benld and Springfield; jobs in coal mines, hardware and furniture stores; the mine wars and the Mulkeytown march; and...
Dates: Created: 1972 - 1973