Preliminary Inventory of the Jimmy Burns and Rose Milanese Papers from their Performing Arts Careers, Including the "Chico 'N' Peppina" Radio Program, 1909-1954, 1985 SPEC.TRI.0109 Finding aid prepared by David Mezick Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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2024 September This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2024-09-30T12:25-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Jimmy Burns and Rose Milanese Papers from their Performing Arts Careers, Including the "Chico 'N' Peppina" Radio Program SPEC.TRI.0109 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 1.51 Cubic feet 1909-1954, 1985 Jimmy Burns (James Vincent Falabella) and Rose Milanese (Rosa Milanese Falabella) were theatrical and radio performers. "Chico 'N' Peppina" was a comedy radio program about a newly married Italian-American immigrant couple, and Burns and Milanese performed as the characters of Chico and Peppina respectively. The Jimmy Burns and Rose Milanese Papers from their Performing Arts Careers, Including the "Chico 'N' Peppina" Radio Program, dated 1909-1954, 1985, contains materials about the careers of Burns and Milanese, including "Chico 'N' Peppina," as well as about their personal lives and family. The materials include photographs, scripts, promotional materials, scrapbooks, sheet music, and audio recordings. (1) 5" letter document box; (1) 2.5" letter document box; (1) 2.5" legal document box; (1) oversize document box; (1) oversize folder English, Italian Burns, Jimmy (James Vincent Falabella) Milanese, Rose (Rosa Milanese Falabella) Arrangement of Materials

This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession No. TRI.2024.0048: Purchased, 2019 June

 Preferred Citation

[identification of item], Jimmy Burns and Rose Milanese Papers from their Performing Arts Careers, Including the "Chico 'N' Peppina" Radio Program, SPEC.TRI.0109, Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, Ohio State University

 Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Contains compact discs, an audiotape, and a USB flash drive.

 Access to Materials

Audiovisual materials and computer media may need a use copy produced before access is allowed. The remainder of this collection is available for patron research, but may be used only in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room.

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 Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed. Finding aid written by: David Mezick, 2024 September

 Biographical Note

Jimmy Burns (James Vincent Falabella) was a theatrical and radio performer. Rose Milanese (Rosa Milanese Falabella) was a performer and singer, who worked in theatre and radio. She was also a musical composer. They married in 1944.

"Chico 'N' Peppina" was a comedy radio program about a newly married Italian-American immigrant couple. Burns and Milanese performed as the characters of Chico and Peppina respectively. The show was broadcast on the Cincinnati, Ohio radio station, WCKY, in the 1930s. Burns and Milanese also performed the show at several theatres in Cincinnati, Ohio.

 Scope and Contents

The Jimmy Burns and Rose Milanese Papers from their Performing Arts Careers, Including the "Chico 'N' Peppina" Radio Program, dated 1909-1954, 1985, contains materials about the careers of performers Jimmy Burns and Rose Milanese, including the radio program in which they both performed, "Chico 'N' Peppina." Also included are materials related to their personal lives and family. The materials include photographs, scripts, promotional materials, scrapbooks, sheet music, other documents, and audio recordings.

 Burns, Jimmy (James Vincent Falabella) Milanese, Rose (Rosa Milanese Falabella) Actors--Ohio--Cincinnati--20th century Audiotapes Compact discs Italian Americans in mass media--20th century Italian Americans--Ohio--Cincinnati--20th century Photographs Radio actors and actresses--Ohio--Cincinnati--20th century Radio comedies--Ohio--Cincinnati--20th century Scripts (documents) USB flash drives Women musicians--Ohio--Cincinnati--20th century "Chico 'N' Peppina" scripts Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 circa 1932 "Chico 'N' Peppina" and personal photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 1932-1944 "Chico 'N' Peppina" scrapbook Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.004 1930-1934 Correspondence, contracts, and marriage certificate Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.003 1909-1954 Italian foods promotional materials, labels, photograph, and health permit Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.003 1931, undated "Chico 'N' Peppina" promotional materials Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 1936, undated "Chico 'N' Peppina" promotional materials 2024 TRI Accessions Box 3 1932, undated "Chico" and "Peppina" drawings Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 undated "Chico 'N' Peppina" audiotape Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.004 undated Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements Audiotape; approximate run time: unknown "Chico & Peppina Radio Show" compact discs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.004 undated Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements (3 identical copies) Compact discs Scope and Contents

Contains digital audio files.

 "Chico & Peppina Radio Show" USB flash drive Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.004 undated Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements USB flash drive Scope and Contents

Contains digital audio files.

 Milanese (Rose) personal records Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 1917-1942 Milanese (Rose) photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 undated Milanese (Mateo "Matthew") and other family photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 1923-1930, undated Milanese (Rose) personal photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 1920s-1938 Milanese (Rose) personal photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 undated Milanese (Rose) personal photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.001 1923, undated Milanese (Rose) personal photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.002 1922, undated Milanese (Rose) personal photographs Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.002 undated Milanese (Rose) scrapbook Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.004 1920-1928 "If I Have You" sheet music Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.004 1928 Milanese (Rose) song and poetry notebooks and notes Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.002 circa 1930s, 1985 "Tony 'N' Maria" scripts Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.002 undated "The Organ Grinder" scripts Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.003 1933 Other shows scripts Accession No. TRI.2024.0048.002 undated