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Virgilio Gozzoli Papers
       1922-1964

                International Institute of Social History
                Cruquiusweg 31
                1019 AT Amsterdam
                The Netherlands

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Virgilio Gozzoli Papers 1922-1964

Table of contents
Virgilio Gozzoli Papers..................................................................................................................... 3
Context............................................................................................................................................... 3
Content and Structure........................................................................................................................3
Access and Use.................................................................................................................................4
List.....................................................................................................................................................4

International Institute of Social History                                                                                                               2
Virgilio Gozzoli Papers 1922-1964

Virgilio Gozzoli Papers
Collection ID ARCH00507
Creator Gozzoli, Virgilio
Period 1922-1964
Extent 0.5 m.
Language list English
Language of Material Italian

Context

Biographical Note
Born in Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy 1886, died in Pistoia 1964; worked as a typesetter and mechanic
and wrote in his spare time poems and dramas; from his youth onward a dedicated anarchist,
wrote articles for the syndicalist press and edited several journals; became in the 1920s one of
the principal opponents of fascism and after the coming of power of Mussolini and a spell in prison
he fled to France with several of his comrades; worked in Paris for the Rivista Internazionale
Anarchica and founded the journals La Tempra c. 1924-1925 and Iconoclasta c. 1925-1926;
continued to work as a type-setter and mechanic and wrote articles for several anarchist journals;
after the beginning of the Spanish civil war, in 1936, he went with some comrades to Barcelona;
present in 1937 in Marseilles at the foundation of the UAI, the Union of Italian Anarchists; because
of persecution by the French authorities he fled to the United States in 1938, settled in New York,
became an American citizen and continued his work in the anarchist movement; here he joined the
group of Rudolf Rocker; member of the editorial board of Chanteclair. Mensile anti-fascista in New
York 1942-1945; returned in 1958 to his native Pistoia and dedicated his last years to the Italian
translation of Rockers Nationalism and Culture , which appeared in Naples 1960-1964.

Content and Structure

Content
Correspondence with Aldino Felicani, Remo Franchini, Valerio Isca, Sergio Liberovici, Giuseppe
(Joseph) Mascii, Hugo Rolland, Cesare Zaccaria and others 1957-1964; notebook on the USSR,
Fidel Castro and Armando Borghi; typescripts of his dramas like 'Il Mattaccio', 'Il Prodigio', 'Il Cigno
e l’Aquila' and poems; typescripts of 'Milly Witkop-Rocker' and 'Nazionalismo e cultura', Italian
translation by Virgilio Gozzoli of 'Nationalism and Culture' by Rudolf Rocker; press-clippings.

Processing Information
List made by Rena Fuks-Mansfeld and edited by Bouwe Hijma 2010.

Subjects

Geographic Names
Italy
United States

Persons

International Institute of Social History                                                              3
Virgilio Gozzoli Papers 1922-1964

Felicani, Aldino
Franchini, Remo
Isca, Valerio
Liberovici, Sergio
Mascii, Giuseppe (Joseph) Mascii
Rocker, Rudolf
Rolland, Hugo
Witkop-Rocker, Milly
Zaccaria, Cesare

Themes
Anarchist movements
Fascism and Nazism/ Fascist and Nazist movements and parties/Anti-fascist movements

Material Type
Archival material

Access and Use

Access
Not restricted

Preferred Citation
Virgilio Gozzoli Papers , inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam

List
           1-9    Correspondence. 1957-1964 and n.d. 5 covers and 4 folders
                            1 Felicani, Aldino ( Controcorrente ). 1963-1964.
                               2    Franchini, Remo . 1960, 1962-1963.
                               3    Isca, Valerio . 1958, 1960-1964 and n.d.
                               4    Liberovici, Sergio . 1962-1963.
                               5    Mascii, Giuseppe (Joseph) . 1962-1964 and n.d.
                               6    Rolland, Hugo . 1960-1964 and n.d.
                               7    Zaccaria, Cesare . 1959-1961.
                             8-9    With others. 1957-1964 and n.d. 2 folders
                                               8 1957-1959, 1961-1963.
                                               9   1964 and n.d.
            10    Notebook with drafts of letters and notes on the USSR, Fidel Castro and the Italian
                  politician, anarchist and journalist Armando Borghi . c. 1962. 1 folder
        11-14     Press-clippings. 1952, 1954, 1960, 1963-1964 and n.d. 4 folders
                            11 1952, 1954, 1960, 1964 and n.d.
                          12-14     1963.

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Virgilio Gozzoli Papers 1922-1964

            15    Typescript of 'Il Mattaccio. Poema Drammatico in Quattro Atti' (drama in 4 acts) by
                  Virgilio Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
                  NB. Published in 1918.
            16    Proof-sheet of 'Il Prodigio. Drama in Cinque Atti' (drama in 5 acts) by Virgilio
                  Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
                  NB. Published in 1919.
            17    Handwritten copy of 'Vanni Fucci. Tragedia in Tre Atti' (Tragedy in 3 acts) by Virgilio
                  Gozzoli . 1922. 1 folder
            18    Typescript of 'Un Pesce d’Aprile. Scenario Comicissimo' by Virgilio Gozzoli . N.d.
                  1 folder
            19    Typecript of 'Pierina. Tragicommedia in Tre Atti' (Tragi-comedy in three acts) by
                  Virgilio Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
            20    Typescript of 'Il Cancro. Scene del Terrore Fascista. Un Atto (Drama in one act) by
                  Virgilio Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
                  NB. Published in Brussels 1932.
            21    Typescript of 'Nude - Life Study'. Drama by Virgilio Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
                  NB. In the papers are two copies of this typescript; it was published in New York
                  1943.
            22    Typescript of 'Il Cigno e l’Aquila' (The Swan and the Eagle). Drama by Virgilio
                  Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
            23    Typescript of 'The Swan and the Eagle' (Translation). Drama by Virgilio Gozzoli .
                  N.d. 1 folder
            24    Typescript of a Synopsis of 'The Swan and the Eagle'. Screen Play by Frank
                  Branch and Virgilio Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
        25-26     Typescript of 'Il Sei' di Rodolfo Rocker, Italian translation by Virgilio Gozzoli of 'Die
                  Sechs' by Rudolf Rocker (Berlin, 1927). N.d. 2 folders
        27-32     Typescript of 'Nazionalismo e cultura', Italian translation by Virgilio Gozzoli of
                  'Nationalism and Culture' by Rudolf Rocker (New York, 1937). N.d. 6 folders
                  NB. Italian translation partlly published in the 1960s and 1970s.
            33    Typescript ' Milly Witkop-Rocker ' by Virgilio Gozzoli . N.d. 1 folder
            34    Typescripts by Virgilio Gozzoli 'L'inevitabile Polemica' / 'Polemica Inevitabile' on
                  the 'Affare Cubano' in Umanità Nova and 'l'Inonoclasta' on the article in Umanità
                  Nova by Armando Borghi about 'Garibaldinismo' in France. [1963]. 1 folder
        35-36     Miscellaneous typed and handwritten notes, poems. N.d. 2 folders

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