Annotated Bibliography

Works Cited (Primary)

Hill, Andrew P. Business Classroom in Commercial Building, 1890. Santa Clara.

Not only does this picture illustrate what Nicholas Pellerano studied in his time at Santa Clara College, but it also gives us an idea of what the buildings at Santa Clara University looked like in the 1890s. Even though it does not illustrate a whole lot about the Italian-American experience at Santa Clara, we still are able to see how students of all ethnicities learned and experienced their time at Santa Clara.

Library of Congress. “John Pierpont Morgan.” Britannica , 1902,

https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-P-Morgan/images-videos. Accessed 2022.

This image of J.P. Morgan gives us some insight into other bankers at the time of AP Giannini. This comes in useful to our paper when we take a look at some of the competitors of the Bank of Italy at the time. This image is important to our exhibit because it gives us a visual representation of J.P. Morgan to go along with his section in our essay.

McKay, Leonard. San Jose, CA Branch of AP Giannini's Bank of Italy. San Jose, 1907.

This primary source is relevant to our exhibit topic because it is a picture of the first Bank of Italy branch in San Jose. Not only is this relevant to AP Giannini and the upbringing of the Bank of Italy, but it is also relevant because it is located very close to our campus. This image and description gives us a better idea of what Giannini’s institutions looked like in the early 1900s, and where these banks were located.

“A.P. Giannini, Famous Founder of Bank, Dies.” Madera Daily News-Tribune, 3 June 1949,
1–2.

In this primary source, it featured an excerpt informing the public about the death of A.P. Giannini and portrayed facts and stories about his life and success. This excerpt was useful to our research and theme because it praises Amadeo Peter Giannini for his legacy and the way in which he defined odds in order to become one of the greatest businessmen ever. The excerpt seems to portray Giannini as an inspiring figure for the Madera citizens which only cements our argument of his legacy as a prominent model of Italian-American success.

Santa Clara College. Descriptive Catalogue of Santa Clara College. Santa Clara College, 1890.

This primary source gives us a list of all of the students that attended Santa Clara College in the 1890-1891 school year. In this list we see Nicholas Pellerano’s name along with many others. The catalog also includes some courses that students were taking at the time as well as other basic information regarding the school. We thought this was interesting because many of the classes the students were required to take are courses that are still relevant today. This shows us that even with advancements in technology and the progress of everyday life since the late 19th century, many lessons and topics are still relevant today.

Works Cited (Secondary)

“From Tragedy to Triumph: A.P. Giannini and His Bank of America.” From Tragedy to Triumph:

A.P. Giannini and His Bank of America | My Italian Family, My Italian Family, 1949, https://www.myitalianfamily.com/resources/tragedy-triumph-ap-giannini-and-his-bank-america.

In this secondary source there is actually a primary source hidden within it at the bottom of the page which is one of many obituaries written about Giannini after his passing. The obituary featured in this article praises Giannini and regards him as one of the world's biggest bankers and most successful people yet. This description after his death was exactly something that we needed for this paper because it just furthers the idea that Giannini’s legacy lasted after his passing and continues to.

“History.” A.P. Giannini Foundation, PostDoctoral Research Fellowships in California,

https://apgianninifoundation.org/history/.

This secondary source is actually from a foundation named after A.P. Giannini that helps people through doing fellowships in California. In this section of the foundation’s website, it speaks about the history and background of Giannini’s legacy and gives us specific details about his early life and the way in which he entered into the banking world for the first time. This allowed us to fill the informational section on A.P. 's background and earl;y life before assuming wrong facts.

Martone, Eric, editor. Italian Americans: The History and Culture of a People. ABC-CLIO, 2016.

This textbook gave us information about some of AP Giannini’s early life, but mostly about the starting work of the Bank of Italy. It explained how Giannini took a different approach to banking than most other banks at the time by giving loans and helping the immigrant and working-class of America. This was useful in the essay because it helped to expand on how certain immigrant entrepreneurs, like Giannini, had different morals and objectives in their section of banking.

PBS. “Who Made America? | Innovators | A. P. Giannini.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service,

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/giannini_hi.html

In this secondary source outlining A.P. Giannini’s life and accomplishments, it lays out countless helpful facts and stories from Giannini at several different ages which helped us to get a full picture on who he was as a boy, young adult, and businessman. The article by PBS helped fit our argument perfectly as it talked about how AP Giannini defied most of the usual rules in order to create his own unique banking experience that caused him to be so successful.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “AP Giannini | American financier | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica, https://www.britannica.com/biography/A-P-Giannini.

In this secondary source that acts like a bibliography, it outlines every age of Giannini’s life and helps to give us a complete picture of how he became who he turned out to be in his career and life in general. The entirety of this source is aligned with our paper’s theme and main argument that portrays AP Giannini has a hero whose legacy will last forever.

The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “JP Morgan | Biography & Facts | Britannica.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 July 1998, https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-P-Morgan.

This source gave us some background history on JP Morgan’s upbringing in America. The source talks about his family who had history in the banking and finance industry in early America. This was useful to the essay because it helped us understand and explain the differences between immigrant entrepreneurs and American entrepreneurs in the late 19th century and the early 20th century.