Cherie Raciti papers
name: label: Creator
content: Raciti, Cherie
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986, 2021 and 2022 by Cherie Raciti.
creator: label: Creator
content: Raciti, Cherie
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content: Cherie Raciti papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Cherie Raciti papers measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1963 to 2015. The papers document Raciti's career as an artist through resumes, artist statements, teaching materials, exhibition files, and other professional documentation; also found are clippings, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material; sketchbooks of artwork; and photographs, slides and negatives of artwork.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Cherie Raciti  (1942- ) is a feminist painter, sculptor, and educator in San Francisco, California. Raciti began her studies at Memphis College of Arts and went on to receive a Bachelors of Arts from San Francisco State University in 1968 and a Master's from Mills College in 1979. Raciti taught art at San Francisco State University from 1977 to 2007.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963-2015
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.racicher
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series.

Series 1: Professional Activity Files, 1968-2015 (1.1 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1964-2015 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 2, 4)

Series 3: Artwork, 1970-2012 (0.3 linear feet; Boxes 3-4)

Series 4: Photographic Material, 1963-2012 (0.9 linear feet; Boxes 3-4)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2022.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Portions of the collection including some writings, photographs, biographical material, printed material by Raciti are available on 35mm microfilm reel 4046, at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Cherie Raciti papers measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1963 to 2015. The papers document Raciti's career as an artist through resumes, artist statements, teaching materials, exhibitions, and other professional activities; clippngs, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, and other printed material; sketchbooks of artwork; and photographs, slides and negatives of artowrk.

Professional activity files include material such as resumes, artist statements, teaching material from San Francisco State University, exhibition files, undergraduate and graduate degrees, and a file of miscellaneous correspondence. Also included is a VHS cassette on "New Geometries" and one unlabeled VHS.

Printed material consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, exhibition announcements, exhibition catalogs, one unbound notebook, and some published books that Raciti appears in.

Artwork consists primarily of sketchbooks of drawings and test materials for murals.

Photographic material consists of photographs, slides and negatives of artwork and mural projects.