The History of Historic Little Italy

Research and Memories from Various Sources

Understanding the neighborhood’s historical development helps put its current condition in perspective, and hopefully, helps chart a path to recovery and revitalization.

We welcome further contributions to our History section. Please contact the Program Manager to contribute articles for this area, or photographs for the Photo Gallery.

• Erie's Italian People: The Genesis and Development of Little Italy
  
  This article in The Journal of Erie Studies was written by Dr. David L. Hood, a professor in the Political Science Department at Washington State University. Before focusing his attention on Erie, PA and its Historic Little Italy neighborhood, Dr. Hood traced the history of Italian emigration back to 1876 when the Italian government first began maintaining emigration records.
• History as Researched by the Study
  
  History of Little Italy as Reseached for the Historic Little Italy Revitalization Project by the Poggermeyer Design Group and Kidder Wachter Architects.
• Nuova Aurora Club's History of Little Italy
  
  History of Little Italy as printed in the 2007 100-year anniversry book for the Nuova Aurora Club, reprinted with permission.
• The History of Little Italy on its 50th Anniversary
  
  This History of Little Italy was written in honor of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the neighborhood in Erie, Pa, It is reprinted with the author's kind permission.

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