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He and his third wife, Mary, had one child, George Henry Pietro, born 1910.","Pietro is noted for his work in construction, pavement, and excavation in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. In his personal time, Pietro promoted Italian culture and language in the community- he was a founding member of the Junior Sons of Italy Organization in Morgantown and a key player in the enactment of Italian language classes in schools. In 1934, he was awarded a medal by the Italian government for what was translated to, \"Diffusion of Italian Culture to Foreign,\" all of which is noted throughout the collection. Throughout his life in Morgantown, Pietro built two homes–  including a castle, now belonging to the Good Counsel Friary, on Tyrone Road. Pietro died on July 21, 1972.","This collection holds the personal and business papers of Thoney Pietro, a Morgantown, WV contractor and president of the Thoney Pietro Company. This collection highlights the social and business aspects and built landscape of Morgantown, WV and its surrounding areas during the early to mid 20th century. The collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal documents, time books and checkbook ledgers from the Pietro Company, business cards, blueprints, stock certificates, photographs, documents pertaining to the Sons of Italy Organization, the WVU Libraries' Bust of Dante Alighieri, Thoney Pietro Company Stockholders, and the implementation of teaching the Italian language in schools, among others. Other items of interest include correspondence with Italian prisoners of war during the Second World War, to people of interest such as Jennings Randolph, and letters to friends and family in Italy.","The addendum of 2004/01, held in boxes 7 through 11 and 13 and oversize folders, includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers of and historical documentations of Morgantown, WV. Notable items include the blueprints and specifications of the Construction of his Pennsylvania Avenue residence, business correspondence, and photographs of construction projects.","The addendum of 2013/01, held in box 12 and an oversize folder, includes an accounting ledger, which contains various financial documents, legal papers, and blueprints. Items of interest include drawings and blueprints for the Pietro Castle.","The addendum of 2021-2022, in box 14, includes envelopes, cards, and business material.","This series includes business correspondence sent to and from the Thoney Pietro Company; personal and professional correspondence sent to politicians, such as Senator Jennings Randolph, President Coolidge's secretary, and Rush D. Holt, friends, local family as well as family in Italy, his Sons of Italy chapter; and more.","This series includes miscellaneous clippings and photos, handwritten Italian documents, Pitassi family history papers, Morgantown history information, as well as personal legal material. Also included is a folder labeled, \"Lifesaver Thoney,\" which contains accounts and letters of gratitude from several people Pietro rescued from drowning.","This series includes miscellaneous ephemera such as business cards, campaign cards, employee time books, blueprints and drawings, and the documents for the Pietro vs. Springdale lawsuit, in which Pietro claimed the borough of Springdale owed him $31,258.04 for construction work done.","This series includes the papers, photographs, and glass plate negatives from Morgantown, WV and Williamson, WV construction projects, stockholders ledgers, and various business correspondence. Items of interest include a capital stock certificate book and blueprints of the Pietro Castle.","This series includes biographical information of Thoney Pietro, newspaper clippings, photographs, papers relating to the bust of Dante Aligheri donated by Pietro to the West Virginia University library, and material related to the Pietro Castle.","This series includes miscellaneous business material including legal documents, blueprints, and financial papers.","This series contains various stamped envelopes, holiday cards, and an 'Essentials of Spelling' book belonging to Pietro's son, George.","The following books were forwarded to Harold Forbes for processing: Wheeling telephone directory (1934), Charleston telephone directory (1934-1935), Morgantown telephone directory (1955), West Virginia tourism report (1937), and \"Italian-American Who's Who\" (1935).","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Personal letters, business correspondence, account and time books, and Sons of Italy papers of Thoney Pietro, a member of the Morgantown contracting company of Pietro Brothers. An addendum (2004 January) includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers and historical documentation of Morgantown, WV. Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). Another addendum (2013 January) includes an accounting ledger, financial documents, legal papers (some involving a dispute with a Franciscan monastery, circa 1950), and blueprints (1911-1917, 1941-1954). See Scope and Content Note and Historical Note for more details and additional addenda. For additional Pietro family and business papers, see A\u0026M 2768.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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In order to help users who have citations from prior to this reprocessing, we have below a list matching the new boxes with the previous (\"old\") box content.","Box 1: Old Box 1 and Old Box 5 (except folder 3 containing the State v. Pietro and other correspondence which is in Box 3 now).","Box 2: Old Box 2 (except the unfoldered hardback ledger, now in Box 5).","Box 3: Old Box 3, and Old box 5, folder 3.","Box 4: Old Box 4.","Box 5: Ledger from Old Box 2.","Box 6: Old Box 6.","Box 7: Old Box 1 ADD 2004 (except for the plans for Penn. 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The collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal documents, time books and checkbook ledgers from the Pietro Company, business cards, blueprints, stock certificates, photographs, documents pertaining to the Sons of Italy Organization, the WVU Libraries' Bust of Dante Alighieri, Thoney Pietro Company Stockholders, and the implementation of teaching the Italian language in schools, among others. Other items of interest include correspondence with Italian prisoners of war during the Second World War, to people of interest such as Jennings Randolph, and letters to friends and family in Italy. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2004/01, held in boxes 7 through 11 and 13 and oversize folders, includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers of and historical documentations of Morgantown, WV. 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Notable items include the blueprints and specifications of the Construction of his Pennsylvania Avenue residence, business correspondence, and photographs of construction projects.","The addendum of 2013/01, held in box 12 and an oversize folder, includes an accounting ledger, which contains various financial documents, legal papers, and blueprints. Items of interest include drawings and blueprints for the Pietro Castle.","The addendum of 2021-2022, in box 14, includes envelopes, cards, and business material.","This series includes business correspondence sent to and from the Thoney Pietro Company; personal and professional correspondence sent to politicians, such as Senator Jennings Randolph, President Coolidge's secretary, and Rush D. Holt, friends, local family as well as family in Italy, his Sons of Italy chapter; and more.","This series includes miscellaneous clippings and photos, handwritten Italian documents, Pitassi family history papers, Morgantown history information, as well as personal legal material. Also included is a folder labeled, \"Lifesaver Thoney,\" which contains accounts and letters of gratitude from several people Pietro rescued from drowning.","This series includes miscellaneous ephemera such as business cards, campaign cards, employee time books, blueprints and drawings, and the documents for the Pietro vs. Springdale lawsuit, in which Pietro claimed the borough of Springdale owed him $31,258.04 for construction work done.","This series includes the papers, photographs, and glass plate negatives from Morgantown, WV and Williamson, WV construction projects, stockholders ledgers, and various business correspondence. Items of interest include a capital stock certificate book and blueprints of the Pietro Castle.","This series includes biographical information of Thoney Pietro, newspaper clippings, photographs, papers relating to the bust of Dante Aligheri donated by Pietro to the West Virginia University library, and material related to the Pietro Castle.","This series includes miscellaneous business material including legal documents, blueprints, and financial papers.","This series contains various stamped envelopes, holiday cards, and an 'Essentials of Spelling' book belonging to Pietro's son, George."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following books were forwarded to Harold Forbes for processing: Wheeling telephone directory (1934), Charleston telephone directory (1934-1935), Morgantown telephone directory (1955), West Virginia tourism report (1937), and \"Italian-American Who's Who\" (1935).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following books were forwarded to Harold Forbes for processing: Wheeling telephone directory (1934), Charleston telephone directory (1934-1935), Morgantown telephone directory (1955), West Virginia tourism report (1937), and \"Italian-American Who's Who\" (1935)."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). Another addendum (2013 January) includes an accounting ledger, financial documents, legal papers (some involving a dispute with a Franciscan monastery, circa 1950), and blueprints (1911-1917, 1941-1954). See Scope and Content Note and Historical Note for more details and additional addenda. For additional Pietro family and business papers, see A\u0026amp;M 2768.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Personal letters, business correspondence, account and time books, and Sons of Italy papers of Thoney Pietro, a member of the Morgantown contracting company of Pietro Brothers. An addendum (2004 January) includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers and historical documentation of Morgantown, WV. Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). Another addendum (2013 January) includes an accounting ledger, financial documents, legal papers (some involving a dispute with a Franciscan monastery, circa 1950), and blueprints (1911-1917, 1941-1954). See Scope and Content Note and Historical Note for more details and additional addenda. For additional Pietro family and business papers, see A\u0026M 2768."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_d7185c420fb61aebb3ec123069534c33\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Ave. House, now in oversized folders).","Box 8: Old Box 2 ADD 2004.","Box 9: Old Box 3 ADD 2004.","Box 10: Old Box 4 ADD 2004.","Box 11: Old Box 5 ADD 2004.","Box 12: Old Box 1 ADD 2013 (except one map moved to oversize folder), and content from unnumbered OS box (added as Folder 2).","Box 13: Castle Blueprints (ADD 2004)","Box 14: new addendum from 2021-2022","Oversize folders: Old Oversized Box with no number [from original accession], plus additions of oversized material from previous boxes.","Thoney Pietro, born Ferdinando Pitassi in Ateleta, Italy on March 1, 1877, arrived at Ellis Island in 1896. First living in Pittsburgh, Pietro met and married his first wife, Josephine Bell, who also immigrated from Italy with her family. Upon moving to Morgantown, they had one daughter, Mary Virginia Pietro, born 1907. Josephine died in 1908. He married his second wife, Blanche, who died in 1909. He and his third wife, Mary, had one child, George Henry Pietro, born 1910.","Pietro is noted for his work in construction, pavement, and excavation in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. In his personal time, Pietro promoted Italian culture and language in the community- he was a founding member of the Junior Sons of Italy Organization in Morgantown and a key player in the enactment of Italian language classes in schools. In 1934, he was awarded a medal by the Italian government for what was translated to, \"Diffusion of Italian Culture to Foreign,\" all of which is noted throughout the collection. Throughout his life in Morgantown, Pietro built two homes–  including a castle, now belonging to the Good Counsel Friary, on Tyrone Road. Pietro died on July 21, 1972.","This collection holds the personal and business papers of Thoney Pietro, a Morgantown, WV contractor and president of the Thoney Pietro Company. This collection highlights the social and business aspects and built landscape of Morgantown, WV and its surrounding areas during the early to mid 20th century. The collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal documents, time books and checkbook ledgers from the Pietro Company, business cards, blueprints, stock certificates, photographs, documents pertaining to the Sons of Italy Organization, the WVU Libraries' Bust of Dante Alighieri, Thoney Pietro Company Stockholders, and the implementation of teaching the Italian language in schools, among others. Other items of interest include correspondence with Italian prisoners of war during the Second World War, to people of interest such as Jennings Randolph, and letters to friends and family in Italy.","The addendum of 2004/01, held in boxes 7 through 11 and 13 and oversize folders, includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers of and historical documentations of Morgantown, WV. Notable items include the blueprints and specifications of the Construction of his Pennsylvania Avenue residence, business correspondence, and photographs of construction projects.","The addendum of 2013/01, held in box 12 and an oversize folder, includes an accounting ledger, which contains various financial documents, legal papers, and blueprints. Items of interest include drawings and blueprints for the Pietro Castle.","The addendum of 2021-2022, in box 14, includes envelopes, cards, and business material.","This series includes business correspondence sent to and from the Thoney Pietro Company; personal and professional correspondence sent to politicians, such as Senator Jennings Randolph, President Coolidge's secretary, and Rush D. Holt, friends, local family as well as family in Italy, his Sons of Italy chapter; and more.","This series includes miscellaneous clippings and photos, handwritten Italian documents, Pitassi family history papers, Morgantown history information, as well as personal legal material. Also included is a folder labeled, \"Lifesaver Thoney,\" which contains accounts and letters of gratitude from several people Pietro rescued from drowning.","This series includes miscellaneous ephemera such as business cards, campaign cards, employee time books, blueprints and drawings, and the documents for the Pietro vs. Springdale lawsuit, in which Pietro claimed the borough of Springdale owed him $31,258.04 for construction work done.","This series includes the papers, photographs, and glass plate negatives from Morgantown, WV and Williamson, WV construction projects, stockholders ledgers, and various business correspondence. Items of interest include a capital stock certificate book and blueprints of the Pietro Castle.","This series includes biographical information of Thoney Pietro, newspaper clippings, photographs, papers relating to the bust of Dante Aligheri donated by Pietro to the West Virginia University library, and material related to the Pietro Castle.","This series includes miscellaneous business material including legal documents, blueprints, and financial papers.","This series contains various stamped envelopes, holiday cards, and an 'Essentials of Spelling' book belonging to Pietro's son, George.","The following books were forwarded to Harold Forbes for processing: Wheeling telephone directory (1934), Charleston telephone directory (1934-1935), Morgantown telephone directory (1955), West Virginia tourism report (1937), and \"Italian-American Who's Who\" (1935).","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Personal letters, business correspondence, account and time books, and Sons of Italy papers of Thoney Pietro, a member of the Morgantown contracting company of Pietro Brothers. An addendum (2004 January) includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers and historical documentation of Morgantown, WV. Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). Another addendum (2013 January) includes an accounting ledger, financial documents, legal papers (some involving a dispute with a Franciscan monastery, circa 1950), and blueprints (1911-1917, 1941-1954). See Scope and Content Note and Historical Note for more details and additional addenda. For additional Pietro family and business papers, see A\u0026M 2768.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Notable items include the blueprints and specifications of the Construction of his Pennsylvania Avenue residence, business correspondence, and photographs of construction projects.","The addendum of 2013/01, held in box 12 and an oversize folder, includes an accounting ledger, which contains various financial documents, legal papers, and blueprints. Items of interest include drawings and blueprints for the Pietro Castle.","The addendum of 2021-2022, in box 14, includes envelopes, cards, and business material.","This series includes business correspondence sent to and from the Thoney Pietro Company; personal and professional correspondence sent to politicians, such as Senator Jennings Randolph, President Coolidge's secretary, and Rush D. Holt, friends, local family as well as family in Italy, his Sons of Italy chapter; and more.","This series includes miscellaneous clippings and photos, handwritten Italian documents, Pitassi family history papers, Morgantown history information, as well as personal legal material. Also included is a folder labeled, \"Lifesaver Thoney,\" which contains accounts and letters of gratitude from several people Pietro rescued from drowning.","This series includes miscellaneous ephemera such as business cards, campaign cards, employee time books, blueprints and drawings, and the documents for the Pietro vs. Springdale lawsuit, in which Pietro claimed the borough of Springdale owed him $31,258.04 for construction work done.","This series includes the papers, photographs, and glass plate negatives from Morgantown, WV and Williamson, WV construction projects, stockholders ledgers, and various business correspondence. 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Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). Another addendum (2013 January) includes an accounting ledger, financial documents, legal papers (some involving a dispute with a Franciscan monastery, circa 1950), and blueprints (1911-1917, 1941-1954). See Scope and Content Note and Historical Note for more details and additional addenda. For additional Pietro family and business papers, see A\u0026amp;M 2768.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Personal letters, business correspondence, account and time books, and Sons of Italy papers of Thoney Pietro, a member of the Morgantown contracting company of Pietro Brothers. An addendum (2004 January) includes mostly business papers of the Pietro Company, as well as some family papers and historical documentation of Morgantown, WV. Notable are the map and blue print of the Pietro Castle grounds (later the Good Counsel Friary). 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