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Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association of Toronto English
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Interview files

Series consists of records pertaining to a CIBPA Toronto history project about the origins of the association and other Italian-Canadian organizations in Toronto. The records in this series document interviews conducted with prominent members and associates of the CIPBA Toronto about the formation of the association, its relationship to other organizations, and the role of particular individuals in its development. These records include interview transcripts (in Italian and in English), draft essays regarding a number of Italian-Canadian organizations or clubs, notes and reports.

Membership files

Series consists of records pertaining to the membership of the CIBPA Toronto from its beginnings in the 1950s to the 2000s. The records in this series include non-active member files, letters sent to members, membership lists and directories, membership fee invoices, surveys and questionnaires, and membership certificates. These records document the growth of the organization, the nature of its membership, membership fee payments and the CIBPA Toronto's membership recruitment efforts.

Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association of Toronto

  • F0560
  • Fonds
  • 1949-2007

Fonds consists of records created and accumulated by various members of the CIBPA Toronto, including general managers, office managers and association presidents, from its inception in 1952 to 2007. The records in this fonds document the CIBPA's management of its finances, communication with its membership, the nature of its governance structure, fundraising, the organization of social and special events, professional development and networking meetings, and its heritage and cultural preservation initiatives. Files in this fonds include textual records such as correspondence, financial documents, membership files, newspaper clippings, minutes, agendas, notices, reports, questionnaires, newsletters, interview transcripts and membership lists, as well as photographs, computer disks and videocassettes.

Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association of Toronto

Administrative and subject files

Series consists of records pertaining to the administration, activities and interests of the CIBPA in Toronto. These records document the CIBPA's involvement with fundraising and community engagement projects, with other Italian-Canadian organizations, and with Canadian politics. Also included in this series are records pertaining to the management of the CIBPA office and staff, the creation of the association's directory, membership initiatives, as well as research about potential dinner meeting guest speakers and other topics. The files in this series consist of correspondence, minutes, reports, newspaper clippings, press releases, surveys, forms, and financial statements.

Correspondence

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence created and maintained by a variety of officers of the Toronto CIBPA, including association presidents (A.W. Santamaura, Manlio d'Ambrosio, Vito Giovannetti, Clement Nusca, Elio Rosati, Roy Orlando, E.G. Faludi, Remi di Carli, N.L Lorenzetti, Roldano Dalla Rosa), and general managers (Robert Dante Martella, Paul Uguccioni, Joyce Frustaglio). These records document a wide variety of topics, including letters of congratulations and thanks, invitations to dinner meetings and promotion of special events, communications with association membership, fundraising, and incoming requests for assistance. Files in this series also consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, newsletters, budgets, minutes, invoices, balance sheets and notes.

Financial records

Series consists of records pertaining to the finances and financial management of the CIBPA Toronto from 1952 to 1999, including its office expenses, bank accounts and mortgages, membership fees, employee salaries and charitable donations. The records in this series include correspondence and notes, as well as ledgers, invoices, audited and pre-audit financial statements, auditor reports, balance sheets, cash flow projections, account activity detail reports, monthly trial balances, reconciliation summaries, cheque register reports, general ledger journal reports, accounts receivable journals, sales journal reports, accounts payable journals, purchase journal reports, cash receipts reports and cash transaction journals.

Board of directors and executive committee records

Series consists of records pertaining to meetings of CIBPA Toronto's board of directors and its executive committee. These records, which include minutes, agendas, correspondence and notes, document topics addressed by these bodies, including planning for dinner meetings and special events, reports from association committees, membership applications and cancellations, office administration, financial management, and fundraising and outreach activities. Files in this series also include minutes of CIBPA general meetings and a board of directors' orientation manual.

Constitution, by-laws and general meeting minutes

Series consists of records pertaining to the history and origins of the CIBPA Toronto, its structure and mandate, and the proceedings of its annual general meetings. Files in this series are comprised of reports, minutes, constitution and by-laws, organizational chart, correspondence, membership lists, memoranda, budgets, agendas, notes, lists of officers and financial statements.

Committee records

Series consists of records pertaining to the activities of some committees of the CIBPA Toronto, which include the Cultural, Membership Development, Policy & Finance, Public Affairs, Special Events and Youth Committees. These records document committee meetings, special event planning and the organizational structure of the CIBPA Toronto. Included in this series are records pertaining to the CIBPA Ladies' Auxiliary. Files in this series consist of minutes, membership lists, correspondence, surveys and questionnaires, brochures and pamphlets, notes and organizational charts.

Publications

Series consists of records pertaining to a number of publications produced by the CIBPA Toronto from the 1950s to the 2000s. The records in this file document the association's work to promote its activities, special events, services and the achievements of Italian-Canadians and association members to the CIPBA membership through newsletters or magazine-style publications. These publications were produced under a variety of names, including Facts & Opinion (1960s-1970s), Column (1970s-1990s), Il Foglio (1981-1982), La Scoperta (1991) and News Briefs (1990s-2000s). Also included in this series are copies of the early CIBA Bulletin (1950s) as well as files pertaining to the advertising, printing, and development of content for the newsletters.

Records of special events

Series consists of records pertaining to the CIBPA Toronto's special and social events. The records in this series document planning and organization for and attendance at the association's regularly scheduled annual events, such as its golf and tennis tournaments, Inaugural/President's Balls and family Christmas parties, as well as anniversary dinners, special receptions, dragon boat races, art gallery tours, picnics, Monte Carlo nights, costume balls, fashion shows, and dinner dances. Files in this series consist of correspondence, invoices, financial records, press releases, invitations, guest lists, agendas, certificates, programs, tickets, notices, newsletters, pamphlets and seating plans.

Scrapbooks

Series consists of scrapbooks created and maintained by the CIBPA Toronto between 1956 and 1999. These scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and photographs documenting the activities and interests of the CIBPA, including Italian-Canadian events in Toronto, the achievements of association members and of Italian-Canadians in general, and CIBPA special events.

Scrapbook

Included in the scrapbook are photographs of a group including a priest and members of the CIBPA, a studio portrait of John Robarts by photographer Bill Barrett, London, a studio portrait of an unidentified man by photographer Fabian Bachrach, photographs taken at the CIBPA's 10 April 1961 Ambassador's Ball at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto, including a photograph of Dr. Victor Panaccio, President of the Montreal CIBPA, a photograph of Paul and Phyllis Meschino at a CIBPA Mardi Gras event, and a photograph of two boys boxing at the CIBPA's 8 February 1965 Father and Son Night at the King Edward Hotel.

Bursary program records

Series consists of records pertaining to the CIBPA Toronto's bursary program, which began in 1957 to assist Italian-Canadian students attending university. The records in this series, which are primarily correspondence, bursary application forms and program reports, document the volume of bursary applicants, the association's promotion of the program and its criteria for selection, and bursary finances. On 26 August 1976, the CIBPA Toronto's bursary program was incorporated and became the Da Vinci Scholarship Foundation. The files in this series include records created before and after incorporation, including records regarding the formation of the Da Vinci Scholarship Foundation.

Newspaper clippings and photographs

Included in the scrapbook are photographs depicting attendees at a CIPBA dinner event, W.N. Flynn of York University receiving a $2500 cheque from Clem Nusca on 6 May 1968 (photo by Photo Press, Toronto), and the presentation of an antique column by Umberto Tupini, mayor of Rome, to Nathan Phillips, mayor of Toronto, in 1957.

Scrapbook

Included in the scrapbook are photographs of John Yaremko, guest at the 10 Sept. 1962 inaugural dinner. (photographer Donald McKague, Toronto), men on a stage at a CIBA event (photographer Louis Surdin, Toronto), three men at the 10th anniversary dinner, 2 April 1962, held at the Capital Ballroom of the King Edward Hotel, and attendees at a CIBA dinner event.

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