Research Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Navaretta, Cynthia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cynthia Navaretta research files on women artists
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-circa 2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.navacynt2, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Cynthia Navaretta's compiled artist files focus on women artists and contain clippings, exhibtion announcements and catalogs, press releases and photographs of the artists and works of art. In general, one to two items are found for each artist. Artists included are Adela Ackers, Sandra Aronson, Vanessa Bell, Jill Baker, Elizabeth Chater, Cynthia Clabough, Margaret Bailey Doogan, Kathleen  Faggan, Barbara Grossman, Elly Kolchin, Bobbie Lurie, Ann Meredith, Gayil Nalls, Mary Ann Ross, Susan Schwalb, Harriet Silverstein, Rita Hill Toren, and Lika Tov, among many others. 

Exhibition announcements and catalogs are for group shows around New York City. Photographs are of works of art and are unlabeled and unidentified. 

Of note is a subject file concerning Women in the Arts, an organzation co-founded by Navaretta. Found is correspondence between the group, Navaretta, and other organizations; publicity material including announcements, flyers, and press releases, and photographs. Perhaps used in newsletters produced by WIA, photographs are of events, meetings, panels and general gatherings of the group. Photographs are of Minna Citron, Sari Dienes, Audrey Flack, O. Garcia, Lila Katzen, Faith Ringold, Martha Rosler, Susan Schwalb, Lowery Sims, and June Wayne. Other subject files are scattered and contain clippings and other printed material concerning general art-related topics.