Our Storied Past: Preserving a Historical Narrative
Beginning in Little Italy and reaching beyond, Convivio (through its auxiliary, the Italian Historical Society of San Diego), is preserving Italian heritage…and creating a lasting historical tableau through research, archival work, and historical projects, exhibits, and events coordinated in conjunction with local universities and other organizations. As part of our grand vision, we have established the Convivio Center. The center will serve as a central, community resource to catalog and display Italian community historical artifacts and recount the collective historical narrative of this community.
Little Italy Heritage Commission
The Little Italy Heritage Commission strives to preserve the unique cultural heritage assets in Little Italy through its work as part of Convivio.
Commission Representatives
- Kimber Quinney, Chair
- James Bregante
- Rosemarie Motisi-Brunetto
- Joe Raffa
- Fran Stephenson
the Convivio auxiliary (est. 2006)
- Convivio Collection: Italian Community Archives of San Diego (UCSD)
- Italian Community Digital Archives [ ItalianArchives.org → ]
- Little Italy Heritage Museum (at the Convivio Center)
- Little Italy Heritage Commission
Convivio Collection: Italian Community Archives (UCSD) and Digital Repository (italianarchives.org)
The cornerstone of Convivio’s preservation focus is the Italian Community Digital Archives, established in 2006, which preserves the local Italian community’s history through photographs, documents, and oral histories. In 2007, Convivio partnered with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), to establish the physical counterpart to the digital archives at the university’s Mandeville Special Collections Library. As a result of this landmark development, we are accepting original materials such as photographs, documents, manuscripts, books, and film, which will be housed at the library for preservation as well as public/research access. Our research team continues to duplicate the community’s historical materials for inclusion in the digital archives.
OUR PUBLICATIONS
San Diego’s Fishing Industry
(Arcadia Publishing, 2009)
San Diego’s Little Italy
(Arcadia Publishing, 2007)
Available at your local bookstore or online. Proceeds benefit Convivio Society.
The Convivio Center Campaign
Become a founder of the Convivio Center, a unifying cultural facility for our community! Donate or pledge by June 1, 2012, to become a center Founding Donor!Our progress bar reflects donations and pledge commitments.
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