Guide to the Papers of Silvio Lanza 1917-1948 MG 1587
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 1917-1948 52 Park Place Newark, New Jersey 07102 Contact: NJHS Library Phone: (973) 596-8500 x249 Email: library@jerseyhistory.org URL: https://www.jerseyhistory.org © 2004 All rights reserved. The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher Inventory prepared by Shawn Ryan Rosa. Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. October 2004. Production of the EAD 2002 version of this finding aid was made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Finding aid written in English. Biographical NoteVito (Silvio) Francis Lanza served the United States in World War I, seeing action in France. As a civilian, Lanza resided in Long Island, New York, where he acted as managing clerk in a law office. Lanza received a law degree from New York University in 1915 and passed the New York State Bar Examination in 1916. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThis collection consists of a combination of personal and public correspondence and documents. Several letters are from “Bill” to “Aunt Kitty” (their relationship with Silvio Lanza is unclear), all dated 1918. The collection also contains official documents issued by the government, dated 1917-1918, the first three issues of “The Lakehurst Bomb”, a newsletter printed in 1918, and an essay written after 1945 about the effects of centrifugal force on pilots. Return to the Table of Contents ArrangementThis collection is arranged chronologically. Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationThis collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1587, Silvio Lanza Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society. Acquisition InformationPurchased by the New Jersey Historical Society in January 2003. Return to the Table of Contents Container List
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