Women in the Arts Foundation Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Women in the Arts Foundation, Inc
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content: Women in the Arts Foundation records
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.4 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971-1979
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.womein, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Administrative records consist of agendas, by-laws, explanation of goals, historical records, and a mock-up of a flyer. General business records maintains the foundation's original folder title and contains correspondence, pricelist, proposals, and printed material. Of note is a letter from Ilise Greenstein. Additional correspondence is between founders of the foundation and members, including Cynthia Navaretta, Ce Roser, Jacqueline Skiles, Joyce Weinstein, and Jean Zaleski. Correspondence also includes member inquiries.

Exhibition files may contain correspondene between artists, the foundation, and galleries, printed material, and notes. Also found are photographs of works of art that were used in the exhibition catalog for Women Artists/Works on Paper, which are annotated. Scattered records are found for Women Choose Women and additional shows. Membership and mailing lists date from the mid-1970s and do not appear to be complete. Meeting minutes are for executive board and general meetings. Two notebooks contain minutes recorded by Jean Zaleski. Printed material includes announcements for events, bulletins, flyers, and newsletters, exhibition catalogs, and clippings. Many of the printed mateiral was created by the Women in the Arts Foundation. 

Subject files maintain original folder titles and are scattered however they concern women in the art world and the role of the federal government in art. They may contain correspondence, notes, and printed material.