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Unique
man, unique collection
UM's Maureen
and Mike Mansfield Library has received a substantial collection of
books and materials from 91-year-old Umberto "Bert" Benedetti,
a longtime UM print shop employee who first came to Montana as an
Italian World War II internee at Fort Missoula. Pictured at right
is Benedetti's "Certificate of Identification," which was
issued in Missoula in 1943 and placed on file with the FBI office
in Butte. An Italian national, Benedetti was one of about 1,600 Italians
held at Fort Missoula during World War II. Benedetti stayed on in
Montana, becoming a painter, poet, sculptor, photographer and writer
who maintains close ties to UM and is a frequent campus visitor. People
can view selected portions of his collection in a glass case near
the Archives and Special Collections office on the library's fourth
floor.
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