TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Access Points
Administrative Information
Series Descriptions and Container List
Series 1: Certificates and documents, 1905-2002
Series 2: Photographs, 1919-2002
Series 3: Compact Discs, 2001-2002 |
Guide to the Mostillo Family Papers
1919-2004 (bulk 1950-2002)
MG 1613The New Jersey Historical Society
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The New Jersey Historical Society, Publisher
Inventory prepared by Shawn Ryan Rosa.Finding aid encoded by Julia Telonidis. November 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.
Descriptive Summary
| Creator: |
Mostillo Family |
| Title: |
Mostillo Family Papers |
| Dates |
1919-2004 (bulk 1950-2002) |
| Abstract: |
This collection consists of legal and private documents, photographs and compact discs belonging to the Mostillo family
of Newark. |
| Quantity: |
0.8 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Collection Number: |
MG 1613 |
Biographical Note
Paquale Mustillo emigrated from Italy in the early twentieth century and has resided in New Jersey, primarily Newark. Since then, Ralph Mostillo, son of Joseph Mostillo and Antoinette Cipriano, earned his B.A. at Rutgers University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at Princeton University. He went on to found the Cancer Association of America in Nutley, New Jersey.
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Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of various legal and private documents, as well as a significant number of photographs (ca. 300) and twelve compact discs. Ralph Mostillo family documents include birth, marriage, and death certificates, academic diplomas, forms, and club memberships. The photographs depict members of the Mostillo family in various locations during the years 1919-2002.
Additional family artifacts (28) are located in The New Jersey Historical Society Museum Collections.
Finally, the compact discs contain recorded telephone conversations between Ralph Mostillo and his mother, Antoinette.
The collection is organized into three series: Certificates and Documents, Photographs, and Compact Discs. Within each series, the materials are arranged in chronological order.
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Arrangement
This collection is arranged into three series:
Series 1: Certificates and documents, 1932-1970
Series 2: Photographs, 1919-2002
Series 3: Compact discs, 2001-2002
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Access Points
The entries below represent persons, organizations, topics, forms, and occupations documented in this collection.
Subject Names:
Mustillo family
Mostillo, Antoinette and Joseph
Mostillo, Ralph
Subject Organizations:
Roman Catholic Church
Princeton University
Rutgers University
Cancer Association of America Inc.
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
Subject Topics:
Academic Profiles–New Jersey.
Italian Americans Biographies–New Jersey.
Births, Weddings, Deaths–New Jersey.
Telephone calls–New Jersey.
Subject Places:
Newark (N.J.)
Document Types:
Certificates.
Compact discs.
Drivers’ licenses.
Membership cards.
Photographs.
Subject Occupations:
Management.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as: Manuscript Group 1613, Mostillo Family Papers, The New Jersey Historical Society.
Acquisition Information
Donated to the New Jersey Historical Society by Ralph Mostillo in March 2003. In August 2004, further material was donated and integrated into the collection.
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Series Descriptions and Container List
| Series 1: Certificates and documents, 1905-2002 |
Scope and Content:
This series consists of family certificates and documents from 1905-2002, including birth certificates, baptism certificates, marriage certificates, biographies, death certificates and memorares, for several members of the Mostillo family. Legal documents relating to Joseph and Antoinette include retirement benefit forms, various forms of identification, such as driver’s licenses, social security cards, memorares and will papers.
This series contains literature from the Cancer Association of America, which was founded by Ralph Mostillo in Nutley, New Jersey. Religious ephemera, mainly related to the Catholic Church, can also be found in this series. Lastly, this series contains directory monographs and Ralph Mostillo’s membership cards to various organizations including professional, academic, scientific, political, religious and veteran organizations.
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| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1 |
1 |
Baptism certificates |
1905-1944 |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1; DOS |
2; 1 |
Marriage certificates |
1901-1972 |
| 1 |
3 |
Birth certificates |
1905-1944 |
| 1 |
4 |
Identification and membership cards 1948-1980 |
1948-1980 |
| 1 |
5 |
Religious ephemera |
1951-2002 |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1; DOS |
6; 1 |
Academic diplomas |
1958-1972 |
| 1 |
7 |
United States Navy Documents: Ralph Mostillo |
1965 |
| 1 |
8 |
Death certificates |
1965-2002 |
| 1 |
9 |
Retirement benefit forms |
1970 |
| 1 |
10 |
Merit certificates and memberships |
1972-2000 |
| 1 |
11 |
Memorares |
1986-2002 |
| 1 |
12 |
Membership Cards and Letters |
1998-2004 |
| 1 |
13 |
Health Records and Will of Antoinette Mostillo |
2000-2003 |
| 1 |
14 |
Cancer Association of America materials |
2002 |
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| Series 2: Photographs, 1919-2002 |
Scope and Content:
This series is comprised of ca. 300 photographs of the Mostillo family from 1919-2002. The images depict members of the Mostillo family and friends at family gatherings, graduations, weddings, and in school portraits.
A number of the photographs are photo duplications of the originals, and some of the images have been resized. Many of the people featured in the images have been identified by Ralph Mostillo; the name(s) of the individual(s) and the date of the photograph are inscribed in ink on the back.
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| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 1 |
15 |
Photographs |
1919-1949 |
| 1 |
16 |
Photographs |
1950-1969 |
| 1 |
17 |
Photographs |
1970-1989 |
| Box |
Folder |
Title |
Date |
| 2 |
1 |
Photographs |
1990-2002 |
| 2 |
2 |
Photographs |
n.d. |
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Scope and Content:
This series contains twelve compact discs from February 2001 to July 2002, that record the telephone conversations of Ralph Mostillo and his mother, Antoinette, during the months before her death.
| Series 3: Compact Discs, 2001-2002 |
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