Luigi Marmorino Collection
An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 22 Apr 2010
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| 30 Nov 2017 | OS items rehoused (MS) |
Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 22 Apr 2010
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| 30 Nov 2017 | OS items rehoused (MS) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Marmorino, Luigi. |
| Title: | Luigi Marmorino Collection |
| Dates: | 1890-1940 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Italian singer and comedic actor. Collection primarily relates to his experiences as a young soldier when captured during the Battle of Adua, 1896. |
| Language: | Majority in Italian, some in English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Luigi Marmorino (1873-1940) was an Italian singer, comedian and actor. As a young soldier during the Italo-Ethiopan war he was captured at the First Battle of Adua, March 1, 1896, and spent many months as the prisoner first of an Ethiopian chief and later of Emperor Menelik II. He eventually acquired a servant and a wife, and started a small theatre for his fellow prisoners, before being released. Marmorino later published a book on his experiences. He came to the United States in 1902 and embarked on a stage career that lasted nearly forty years. In addition to his memoirs he wrote lyrics, scripts, songs and other pieces for the stage.
The Luigi Marmorino Collection includes writings and memorabilia (correspondence, clippings, photographs and other items).
No particular order.
Access Restrictions:
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Marmorino, Luigi.
Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, 1844-1913.
Subjects
Actors.
Musicals -- Italy.
Prisoners of war -- Ethiopia.
Prisoners of war -- Italy.
Vaudeville -- Italy.
Vaudeville -- United States.
Places
Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896 -- Personal narratives.
Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Genres and Forms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Occupations
Actors.
Soldiers.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Luigi Marmorino Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Maria dell'Unto, 1971, 1982.
Writings
Memorabilia
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Le mie memorie, ricordi della guerra di Abba Carima - typescript (7 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | La Traviata, parodia comica musicale in un atto, di L.M. - typescript (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Memorabilia | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Awards 1890[?], 1895, 1898-1901, 1933[?] | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Photocopies of documents, clippings, correspondence (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Photographs - removed from scrapbook | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Photographs 1983 - of donor, with scrapbook | ||||||||||
| Oversize 1 | Scrapbook | ||||||||||