Donated American books presented to Italians in Rome, Italy, 1945

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Photograph. American cultural attaché Dr. Charles R. Morey presents the bibliography of a collection of books donated by the United States to the Italian Center for American Studies in Rome. Mr. Morey is standing with Italian officials next to shelves of books in a library. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/3/45--Books presented Italians--Dr. Charles R. Morey (third from left), cultural attaché of the American embassy, presents to Professor Giovanni Selvaggi, Vice President of the Italian-American Association, the bibliography of the 450 new-book collection donated by the United States to the Italian Center for American Studies in Rome. Looking on are Judge Salvatore Messina, one of the founders of the Center and a counselor of the association which cooperates with the Center; and Miss Nina Ruffini, who represented Professor Edoardo Ruffini, also Vice President of the Italian-American Association. The books, transmitted through the American Library of the U.S. Information Service, include American histories, biographies and technical works. They are available to the public in special section of the Italian Center.--OWI staff photo by appropriate military authority (List D). 6975." Rome, Italy. 1945

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1945
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Items from the service of Isaac "Ike" Bethel Utley, who was born in Smith Mills, Kentucky on 3 March 1920. Ike enlisted in the Army Air Corps on 19 January 1942. He was shipped overseas to the European Theatre and worked with a supply division based out of the city of Naples with an office set up in a residential villa. Utley worked with the Office of War Information and used their photographs in news articles to inform soldiers of the progress of the war. At war's end, Utley returned stateside. A trunk full of over 800 photographs from the O.W.I. arrived on his doorstep from his office in Italy, sender unknown. This collection consists of those photographs.
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Roma
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41.900
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12.483
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Books--Italy
Discussion--Italy
Statesmen--American--Italy
Libraries--Italy