RIAMCO

Rhode Island Archival and Manuscript Collections Online

For Participating Institutions

Cortazzo autograph collection (RLC.Ms.027)

Redwood Library and Athenaeum

50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Tel: (401) 847-0292
Fax: (401) 841-5680
email: redwood@redwoodlibrary.org

Administrative Information

ABOUT THE COLLECTION  
Acquisition: Gift of Katherine R. Cortazzo, 1918 Jun 17.
Custodial history: The collection was started by Emma Cortazzo and her daughter, Katherine, continued to add to the collection. Katherine Cortazzo donated the collection to the Redwood Library on June 17, 1918, in memory of her mother who had died that previous February.
Processing information: Prior to processing in 2010 by Jessica Abramo, this collection was found within the Steel Cabinet Collection: Drawer 7, Folders 3-7, where it had been arranged into four separate series. The original inventory from the Steel Cabinet can be found within the first box of this collection.
ABOUT THE FINDING AID  
Author: Finding aid prepared by Jessica Abramo, 2010; Elizabeth Delmage, 2014.
Encoding: Finding aid encoded by Elizabeth Delmage 2014 November 26
Descriptive rules: Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Sponsor: Funding for processing and cataloging this collection was provided by the van Beuren Charitable Foundation.