Monsignor Noe Field Archives & Special Collections Center

Scope and Contents The Maria Mazziotti Gillan collection dates from 1985 to 2013 and documents the activities of poet and program director Maria Mazziotti Gillan as a professor, program director, editor, and writer of numerous publications and colleges.The collection comprises of correspondence, photographs, newsletters, newspaper clippings, and magazines.This collection will prove valuable for researchers interested in the work of Italian American women poets and the history of poetry and immigrant life in...

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The John Angelo collection documents the life and career of John Angelo, a Newark, New Jersey native who has acted and danced in Broadway shows, motion pictures, and television. Throughout his long career in the entertainment industry he also worked as a director, producer, choreographer, drama teacher, and prop man. The John Angelo collection dates from 1922-2013, with the bulk of the records dating from 1949-2013, and comprises mainly photographs, news clippings, publicity, and awards.

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The Lardiere Milano family was a family of Italian Americans living in Newark at the turn of the 20th century. The Lardiere Milano family photographs primarily consists of snapshots and photographs of members of the Lardiere family, as well as photographs of the Milano family, landscapes and scenery, and some objects belonging to Angelina Lardiere.

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Ace Alagna was a photographer, editor and publisher of the Italian Tribune, and prominent member of the Italian American community in Newark, NJ. The Ace Alagna photographs consist of photographic negatives, prints, videos, and layout sheets from Ace Alagna's career as a photographer and as editor and owner of the newspaper the Italian Tribune.