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Our Storied Past: Preserving the Historical Narrative of San Diego’s Italian Community. . .
Convivio Society for Italian Humanities, a nonprofit organization founded in 2003, promotes Italian arts, culture, and heritage in San Diego through education, research, and cultural events—embracing an innovative approach to cultural advancement. Insofar as historical preservation, Convivio strives to preserve San Diego's Italian heritage and create a lasting historical tableau through research, archives, and historical projects and events coordinated in conjunction with local universities and other organizations. Our vision is to establish the Convivio Center, a community resource which will serve to advance Italian culture and heritage in San Diego on a grand scale.
The cornerstone of Convivio's preservation focus is the Italian Community Archives (italianarchives.org), which preserves the local Italian community’s history digitally through photographs, documents, and oral histories. In 2007, Convivio partnered with the University of California, San Diego, 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 now 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 will continue to duplicate the community’s historical materials for inclusion in the digital archives. To contribute materials, please contact us.
We are also establishing the Little Italy Heritage Museum, as the heritage component of the Convivio Center. The museum and research center will be a community resource that will recount the history of San Diego’s Italians by housing historical artifacts, as well as preserve the local Italian historical narrative through scholarship, photographic exhibits, and other displays.
Convivio Society for Italian Humanities, a nonprofit organization founded in 2003, promotes Italian arts, culture, and heritage in San Diego through education, research, and cultural events—embracing an innovative approach to cultural advancement. Insofar as historical preservation, Convivio strives to preserve San Diego's Italian heritage and create a lasting historical tableau through research, archives, and historical projects and events coordinated in conjunction with local universities and other organizations. Our vision is to establish the Convivio Center, a community resource which will serve to advance Italian culture and heritage in San Diego on a grand scale.
The cornerstone of Convivio's preservation focus is the Italian Community Archives (italianarchives.org), which preserves the local Italian community’s history digitally through photographs, documents, and oral histories. In 2007, Convivio partnered with the University of California, San Diego, 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 now 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 will continue to duplicate the community’s historical materials for inclusion in the digital archives. To contribute materials, please contact us.
We are also establishing the Little Italy Heritage Museum, as the heritage component of the Convivio Center. The museum and research center will be a community resource that will recount the history of San Diego’s Italians by housing historical artifacts, as well as preserve the local Italian historical narrative through scholarship, photographic exhibits, and other displays.
