Alberta Cifolelli papers
name: label: Creator
content: Cifolelli, Alberta, 1931-
label: Names
content: Stanczak, Julian, 1928-2017
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Connecticut -- Westport
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Ohio -- Cleveland
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Connecticut -- Westport
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2005-2011 by Alberta Cifolelli.
creator: label: Creator
content: Cifolelli, Alberta, 1931-
setName: label: See more items in
content: Alberta Cifolelli papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of painter and printmaker Alberta Cifolelli measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1944 to 2010. The bulk of the collection relates to Cifolelli's exhibition career in Cleveland, Ohio and Westport, Connecticut. Found are biographical materials including recorded interviews; correspondence with artists and friends; personal photographs; and printed material. Also found is a digitial video recording about artist William Putch, Cifolelli's cousin.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alberta Cifolelli (1931-2022) was a painter and printmaker in Cleveland, Ohio and Westport, Connecticut. She graduated from The Cleveland Institute of Art and later taught at the school while raising a family. Often, she showed her works at the Cleveland Museum of Art's annual May Shows. Cifolelli and her husband Charles P. Lamb, Jr, and sons moved to Connecticut where she continued to exhibit her works. In 1984, she designed the White House's annual commemorative Easter Egg. Cifolelli died in Connecticut in 2022.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1944 -2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cifoalbe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2023 with support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of painter and printmaker Alberta Cifolelli measure 0.8 linear feet and date from 1944 to 2010. The bulk of the collection relates to Cifolelli's exhibition career in Cleveland, Ohio and Westport, Connecticut. Found are biographical materials including recorded interviews; correspondence with artists and friends; personal photographs; and printed material. Also found is a digitial video recording about artist William Putch, Cifolelli's cousin.