PSM Data Bank for the Preparation of History Class (Primary Sources Survey: 20th Century, International, Italy)

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Kingdom Italy	[P\|S\|M]
1. Religion and Culture Leo XIII. "Spesse Volte", On the Suppression of Catholic Institutions, Encyclical promulgated 5 August 1898, from Global Catholic Network Pope Pius X, "Il Fermo Proposito", On Catholic Action in Italy, June 11, 1905, from Global Catholic Network Pius X., Pieni l'animo, On the Clergy in Italy, Encyclical promulgated on 28 July 1906, from Global Catholic Network Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Fondazione e Manifesto del futurismo (Manifesto of Futurism), 1909 from Modern Italy at Dickinson College Pius XI., "Non Abbiamo Bisogno", On Catholic Action in Italy (Encyclical promulgated on 29 June 1931 The Ethiopian-Eritrean Conflict Webpage, posts 8 documents 1891-1908 on the Ethiopian-Eritrean Border, by Prof. H. Ghebre-Ab Clermont College, University of Cincinnati
World War I	[P\|S\|M]
Italy Declares Neutrality in World War I , July 31, 1914, from Modern Italy at Dickinson College Londoner Vertrag zwischen Italien und England, 26. April 1915, from World War I Document Archive, from Modern Italy at Dickinson College Dichiarazione di Antonio Salandra in favore degli Alleati (Declaration of Antonio Salandra in favour of the Allies) Mai 23, 1915, from World Conflicts Document Project from Modern Italy at Dickinson College La Grande Guerra 1915-1918 (The Great War, 1915-1918, collection of postcards, images etc.), von grandeguerra.com Album dei ricordi: La Grande Guerra 1915-1918 (Album of records : the Great War 1915-1918), von Darlo Boano Terme James Rennell Rodd. [British Ambassador to Italy before and during the Great War]. Social and Diplomatic Memories, Third Series. 1902-1919. London, 1925 Italy and the World War, by Thomas Nelson Page, American Ambassador to Italy from 1913 To 1919, published 1920, from University of Kansas Propaganda Propaganda Postcards of the Great War - Alberto Martini, from ww1-propaganda-cards.com Propaganda Postcards of the Great War - Aurelio Bertiglia, from ww1-propaganda-cards.com Propaganda Postcards of the Great War - Enrico Sacchetti, from ww1-propaganda-cards.com Mocking Cards of the Centrals : Germany versus Italy, from ww1-propaganda-cards.com Defeat and Peace Treaties Agreement between the Allied and Associated Powers with regard to the Italian Reparation Payments , St. Germain-en-Laye, 10. September 1919, from Australian Treaty Series Declaration modifying [Article 4 of] the Agreement between the Allied and Associated Powers with regard to the Italian Reparation Payments of 10. September 1919, Paris, 8 December 1919, from Australian Treaty Series Treaty between the British Empire, the United States of America, France, Italy and Japan, for the Limitation of Naval Armament, Washington, 6 February 1922, from Australian Treaty Series Protocol [between the British Empire, France and Italy, and Bulgaria] for Arrangements for Reparation Payments by Bulgaria, Sofia, 21 March 1923, from Australian Treaty Series Convention between Italy and Turkey for the Delimitation of the Territorial Waters between the coast of Anatolia and the Island of Castellorizo. Signed at Ankara, January 4, 1932., from Macedonian Press Agency Documents in English
Fascism	[P\|S\|M]
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Fondazione e Manifesto del futurismo (Manifesto of Futurism), 1909 from Modern Italy at Dickinson College Carta del Carnaro 1920 (Verfassung f�r die von Irredentisten eroberte Stadt Fiume 1920) Archivio Di Diritto Costituzionale Costituzione della Repubblica Sociale Italiana, Archivio Di Diritto Costituzionale "FASCISM -- What It Is and How To Fight It", Leon Trotsky's 1930-32 pamphlet, from EServer, University of Washington Pius XI., "Non Abbiamo Bisogno", On Catholic Action in Italy, Encyclical promulgated on 29 June 1931 Benito Mussolini: What is Fascism , 1932 from Modern History Sourcebook Le Leggi Razziali (Italy's Racial Laws, 1938ff), from Associazione Nazionale Miriam Novitch Foreign Policy League of Nations Documents : The Abyssinian Crisis, 1935-1936, from UNO Geneva Italy's attitude to the League after 1922: despatch from the British Ambassador at Rome, to the Foreign Office, 19 October 1923, from UNO Geneva Colonial Policy Exchange of Notes between the United Kingdom and Italy Respecting Concessions for a Barrage at Lake Tsana and a Railway Across Abyssinia From Eritrea To Italian Somaliland Signed at Rome 14 and 20 December 1925, from International Water Law Project International Treaties T�rkyye Yle Ytalya Arasinda Ymza Edylmy? Olan Yadey M�crymyn Muahedenamesy (Trait� entre la Republique Turque et le Royaume D'Italie concernant l'Extradition Treaty between the Republic of Turkey and the Kingdom of Italy concerning the Extradition), Rome le 19 juin 1926, from Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs T�rkyye Yle Ytalya Arasinda Ymza Edylmy? Olan Yadey M�crymyn Muahedenamesy (Convention entre la Turquie et L'italie concernant la protection judiciaire et l'assistance r�ciproque des autorit�s judiciaires en mati�re civile et p�nale et l'ex�cution des d�cisions judiciaires Agreement, between Turkey and Italy, concerning judicial protection and mutual assistance of the judicial authorities in civil and penal matters and in the execution of judicial decisions), 19.6.1926, from Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs T�rkyye Yle Ytalya Arasinda Ymza Edylmy? Olan Yadey M�crymyn Muahedenamesy (Convention entre la Turquie et L'italie concernant la protection judiciaire et l'assistance r�ciproque des autorit�s judiciaires en mati�re civile et p�nale et l'ex�cution des d�cisions judiciaires, Agreement, between Turkey and Italy, concerning judicial protection and mutual assistance of the judicial authorities in civil and penal matters and in the execution of judicial decisions), Rome 10.8.1926, from Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs T�rkiye Ve Italya H�k�metleri Beyninde M�nakit Seyyar Ticaret Memurlarina Dair Mukavelename, Le Gouvernement de la R�publique Turque et Le Gouvernement du Royaume d'Italie (Agreement concerning commercial relations), Nov. 23rd 1927, from Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs T�rkyye Yle Ytalya Arasinda Roma'da Akyt Ve Ymza Edylmy? Olan Bytaraflik, Uzla?Ma Ve Adly Tesvyye Muahedenamesy (Trait� de Neutralit�, de Conciliation et de R�glement Judiciaire entre La Republique Turque et le Royaume d'Italie Le Pr�sident de la R�publique Turque et sa Majest� Le Roi d'Italie, Treaty between Turkey and Italy on neutrality of conciliation and juridiary reglementation), May 30th 1928, from Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Convention between Italy and Turkey, concerning the border between Turkey and the (then Italian) Dodecanese Islands, from HRI (Hellenic Ressources Network) , from Greece.org , from Hellenic Nationalist Page , from Diaspora.net , from oldeee.see.ed.ac.uk , in English translation; part of text in original French. Caution, some of the websites posting this treaty are nationalistic. Propaganda Fascist Italian Postcards (Postkarten Italienischer Faschismus), from hammerwar.com Propaganda postcards on wars in Africa 1935-1936, 1940-1943; top two postcards on Italian invasion of Abyssinia, final Arab-language postcard of 1943 announces : after the conquest of North Africa, Italy is next, from Afrika Files Fascism: Daily Life and Culture Italian Life under Fascism, Selections of the Fry Collection, from University of Wisconsin - Madison Memorial Library Fascism-Page (L'Archivio) Programme des fruehen Faschismus (7); Verbrechen gegen die Opposition (2); Faschistische Sozialpolitik (2); Faschistische Expansionspolitik (4); Kriege gegen Griechenland und Russland (11); Republik von Salo (1); Der Krieg und das Gold (7), die Schlacht von Monte Cassino (1), Partisanenaktivitaet (8), Alliierte in Italien (4), Mussolini's Ende (14), weiteres (5)
World War II	[P\|S\|M]
Three-Power Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan, signed at Berlin, September 27, 1940, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Speech Delivered By Premier Benito Mussolini, Rome, Italy, February 23, 1941 [New York Times, Feb. 24th], from ibiblio.org Premier Benito Mussolini's Speech before the Chamber of Fasces and Corporations Rome, Italy, June 10, 1941, posted by Words of Peace, Words of War Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, and Italy 1941, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. China's Declaration of War against Japan, also against Germany and Italy, December 9, 1941, posted by Words of Peace, Words of War Mussolini's War Statement Rome, December 11, 1941, posted by Words of Peace, Words of War Germany, Italy, and Japan Sign New Pact Barring a Separate Peace with the United States or Great Britain, December 11, 1941, posted by Words of Peace, Words of War Declaration of War by Mexico on Germany, Italy and Japan , June 1, 1942, posted by Words of Peace, Words of War Benito Mussolini, Premier of Italy Speech to the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations , Rome, December 2, 1942, posted by von Words of Peace, Words of War Address by Pope Pius XII in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City, Urging a Charitable Peace , March 18, 1945, posted by Words of Peace, Words of War Manifesto dell�Esercito italiano per la presentazione alle armi (manifest of summons to the Italian Army to men born in 1923-1925), vom Institut f�r die Geschichte der Resistenza und f�r Zeitgeschichte in Modena Giovanni Notte (1923-1985), La mia Prigionia di Guerra. Diario dei primi quattro mesi. (Prisoner Of War. Diary of the first four months), Michael Notte Propaganda Fascist Italian Postcards, from hammerwar.com Propaganda postcards on wars in Africa 1935-1936, 1940-1943; top two postcards on Italian invasion of Abyssinia, final Arab-language postcard of 1943 announces : after the conquest of North Africa, Italy is next, from Afrika Files A Collection of Italian Postcards from WW II , 8 postcards, from WW II - a British Focus Faschistische Kriegspropaganda (Plakate)/fascist war propaganda (posters) "Non tradite mio figlio" (Verratet meinen Sohn nicht!), "Lavorare e combattere. Per la patria, per la vittoria" (Arbeiten und K�mpfen. F�r das Vaterland und f�r den Sieg) "Alle armi" (Zu den Waffen), "Brigate nere" (Schwarze Brigade) vom Institut f�r die Geschichte der Resistenza und f�r Zeitgeschichte in Modena Defeat and Peace Treaties Armistice with Italy, September 3, 1943, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Employment and Disposition of Italian Fleet and Merchant Marine, Cunningham-de Courten Agreement, September 23, 1943, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Armistice with Italy, Instrument of Surrender, September 29, 1943, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Letter from Commander in Chief of Allied Forces to Head of Italian Government, September 29, 1943, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Amendment of Instrument of Surrender, November 9, 1943, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Employment and Disposition of Italian Fleet and Merchant Marine, November 17, 1943, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Agreement for the Provisional Administration of Venezia Giulia; June 9, 1945, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Paris Peace Conference, July 29 to October 15, 1946, Report by Secretary Byrnes, October 18, 1946, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Treaty of Peace with Italy, Paris, 10 February 1947, from Australian Treaty Series, scroll down
Republic	[P\|S\|M]
Agreement for the Provisional Administration of Venezia Giulia, June 9, 1945, from Avalon Project, Yale Univ. Alcide De Gasperi's letter Manuscript on paper of the Presidency of the Council of the Ministers to Falcone Lucifero, minister of the Royal House of Savoia on the occasion of the 1946 institutional Referendum for the choice of the government form., 6/4/1946, from World Conflicts Document Project Constitution of 1948, from ICL , from quirinale.it Exchange of Notes constituting an Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Italy regarding a Gift of Wool to Italy , London, 5-8 July 1948, from Australian Treaty Series Exchange of Notes between the Government of Australia and the Government of Italy concerning the Force and Status of Certain Provisions of the Treaty of Peace with Italy of 10 February 1947, Sydney-Melbourne, 8-20 December 1951, from Australian Treaty Series Communist Party (P.C.I.) Raccolta manifesti del P.C.I. (Sammlung von Plakaten der Kommunistischen Partei Italiens zu politischen und sozialen Themen) Prima Parte (Teil 1) Seconda Parte (Teil 2) The 68' Movement Foto e Manifesti del '68 e degli Anni '70 (Italy 1968-1970, photos and manifestos), from Archivo Storico della nuova Sinistra "Marco Pezzi" Media '68 : per un archivio dei movimenti e delle culture (for an archive of the movement and the culture), from Il Manifesto International Treaties The North Atlantic Treaty, 1949, from Nato Basic Texts , from Avalon Project , from Modern History Sourcebook Treaty of Rome, 1957 as amended by subsequent treaties, from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Convention from 19 June 1990, applying the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic, on the Gradual Abolition of checks at their Common Borders, from Council of the European Union Treaty of Maastricht 1992, from University of Mannheim (Faksimile) from DHM-Berlin Articles Time Trail Italy, a series of 15 online articles published in Time Magazine 1992-2000 on the topic of Italy's transition from 'mafiocracy' to modern democracy World History Archives : History of Italy, 6 newspaper articles of 1997 on Italian topics, taken from English language periodicals/newspapers
History of Technology and Economics	[P\|S\|M]
Manifesti e bozzetti, 50 anni di immagini pubblicitarie (Plakate und Entw�rfe, 50 Jahre Bildwerbung), from Archivio Fiat
Reference	[P\|S\|M]
History of Italy: Primary Documents, from Eurodocs Italian History Index: Archives and Digital Sources (Archive und Digitale Quellen), from Virtual Library History: Italy Edward Hertslet, The Map of Europe by Treaty [Die Karte Europas nach Vertraegen], 4 Volumes, London 1875/1890, from : Gallica / Bibliotheque Nationale de France contains most international treaties affecting political borders signed between 1814 and 1890. Archivio Delle Costituzioni Storiche (Archiv Historischer Verfassungen), online Datenbank erstellt durch die Abteilung f�r Rechtsgeschichte der Universit�t Turin; die Italien-Seite enth�lt zur Zeit 37 Verfassungstexte der Jahre 1789-1943 Euarchives : Bologna (selected facsimile documents on the history of Bologna, with an English language comment) L'archivio - Associazione Italiana Autori Scrittori Artisti "L'ARCHIVIO". "L'Archivio is a cultural association, founded in Rome, Italy (in 1995) which gives you the possibility to make yourself and your work known, through its Web. L'Archivio serves anyone who, by making time in their everyday life creates creative and artistic works. Short stories, adventure stories, poetry, letters of love and friendship, diaries, photos, original research, thoughts and projects, scripts, ideas for great idealistic stories, that all fill the drawers of many desks, or lie in a mass of other things...." A chapter deals with historical sources for the fascist period: Il fascismo, una tragedia italiana testimonianze - documenti List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Italy, from ILO, 110 docs. since 1919, in English Vatican Archive
Italy: 18/19th Century	[P\|S\|M]

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