1. Background

2. Education

3. Historical Markers

4. Books By Morello

5. References

Celeste A. Morello is an American historian and criminologist specializing in the studies of the Mafia in the Philadelphia area. Recognized along with her prolific record as a nominator of buildings and artwork with the Philadelphia Historical Commission,^[1][2] to date, she has nominated the most Pennsylvania historical markers approved by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Morello has been called one of "the most active preservationists in the city". (Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 2016)

Background

Born in Norristown Pa; resides in Philadelphia. Morello's Before Bruno: The history of the Philadelphia Mafia (Published by Jefferies and Manz, Philadelphia) is the history of the Mafia in the Philadelphia area from 1880 to 1959 when Angelo Bruno became boss of the Philadelphia crime family. Morello spent 15 years in research, during which time she personally interviewed over a dozen members of the American Mafia. Morello is "The only historian and criminologist in the United State specializing in Mafia history who is the descendant of the first Mafiosi in New York City, New Orleans and suburban Philadelphia."

In 1978, as a student at Loyola University, in Rome, Italy Morello visited with relatives in Sicily, where she became acquainted with the Sicilian Mafia in her family's history. From this, Morello posited the "Medieval Origins" of the Mafia.

Education

Honor's Program, Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia) : Art History (magna cum laude) and Classical Civilizations (cum laude) 1980; Master's in sociology/criminology at St Joseph's University (Phila.) 1994; Master's in History at Villanova University, 2000. Certification, Paralegal studies, Villanova University. Licensed Realtor, 1982 to 1985. Morello also learned much from the Organized Crime Strikes Force of the U.S. Attorneys Office under Deputy Chief Prosecutor Albert C. Wicks.

Historical Markers

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission nominations and approved:

1. St. Augustine Church (Philadelphia)^[3][4]

2. St. Mary Magdalen de Pazzi Church

3. Gianinni family

4. Frank Gasparro

5. Mario Lanza

6. Eddie Lang

7. Joe Venuti

8. Tommy Loughran

9. Eddie Gottlieb ^[5]

10. Harvey Pollack^[6][7]

11. Rabbi Israel Goldstein

12. St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

13. Old St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church

14. Old St. Joseph's Church ^[8]

15. Commodore John Barry^[9]

16. Philadelphia Zoo

17. American Bandstand^[10][11]

18. John Wanamaker

19. Mother's Day

20. Nicola Monachesi

21. Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania

22. Christian Street Hospital

23. South 9th Street Market

24. Benjamin Rush

25. Mathew Carey

26. Connie Mack

27. The Barrymore Family

28. Shibe Park

29. African American Baseball

30. Roy Campanella

31. Moyamensing Prison

32. Eastern State Penitentiary

33. Maxfield Parrish

34. W.C. Fields ^[12]

35. Haym Solomon

36. House of Industry

37. Vincent Persichetti

38. The Mischianza

39. Palumbo's

40. Philadelphia Italian Market

41. Pat's Steaks

42. Samuel V. Merrick

43. Jewish Hospital of Philadelphia

44. The Trial of Hester Vaughan

Books By Morello

• Philadelphia Italian Market Cookbook {{ISBN|0967733405}} {{ISBN|978-0967733401}} ^[13]
• Beyond History -The Times and Peoples of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, 1843 to 1993. ASIN: B0006EZ4VA^[14]
• Before Bruno: The History of the Mafia in Philadelphia. Publication date: 4/28/2000, {{ISBN|9780967733418}}
• Before Bruno: The History of the Philadelphia Mafia, 1931-1946. Publication date: 11/28/2001, {{ISBN|9780967733425}}
• Before Bruno and How He Became Boss: The History of the Philadelphia Mafia, Book 3--1946-1959. Publication date: 8/28/2005, {{ISBN|9780977053209}}
• Philadelphia's Italian Foods(Buchanan, 2006)
• Philadelphia Cooks Italian(Buchanan, 2010)

[https://digital.library.villanova.edu/Item/vudl:402253 Villanova University Digital Library]

("Celeste Morello Collection")

Also refer to nominations at Philadelphia Historical Commission.

References

• The Mount (Lenox, MA)
• The Mount (Lenox, Massachusetts)
• The Mount School, York
• The Mount, stadium
• The Mount (stadium)
• The Mount stadium
• The Mourne Observer
• The Mourners
• The Mourning Dove
• The Mourning Forest
• The Mouse and His Child
• The Mouse and The Mask
• The Mouse And the Mask
• The Mouse And The Mask
• The Mouse and the Monster
• The Mouse and The Moon
• The Mouse Comes to Dinner
• The Mouse Factory
• The Mouse Folk
• The Mouse from HUNGER
• The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
• The Mouse Island Marathon
• The Mouse on the Moon
• The Mouse's Tale
• The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage