Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1940-1963 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box (13 cm)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Angelica Balabanoff, born at Chernigov, in Ukraine, Russian Empire, 14 August, 1877, was a Jewish-Italian Communist politician. She was a close friend of Benito Mussolini from 1904-1914, and attempted to complete his political education by lending him books, helping him earn money by translating a German Socialist tract into Italian and introducing him to other Italian socialists. She also associated with many of the Russian Socialist exiles in Switzerland, such as Vladimir Lenin, Julius Martov and Leon Trotsky. She died in Rome on November 25, 1965.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Claude Stewart, 2003.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists of Angelica Balabanoff's personal correspondence to Kathleen Crowe.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Crowe, Kathleen (Subject)