Florence Resnikoff Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Resnikoff, Florence Lisa Herman
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content: Florence Resnikoff papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet (Box 1-2)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1945-2011
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.resnflor, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographial materials contain artist statements, awards, biographical sketches, blank stationery, and a copy of a 1953 flyer used to publicize and sell her jewelry pieces. One electronic disc (cd) contains copies of her resume and portaits. Resnikoff's professional correspondence is with galleries and institutions concerning the exhibition and sale of her artwork. Also found are fan mail letters from customers. Subject files concern her involvement in the Midwest Designer Craftsmen organization; her study of palladium which includes original writings and printed material; and a conference. Also found are files relating to the sale of liturgical artwork at the Church of the Presentation in Stockton, California, St Mary/Francis de Sales in Oakland, California, St Anne Catholic Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, and St. Jerome Church in El Cerrito, California. 

Personal business records contain employment records from the California College of the Arts; educational records from San Jose State University; as well receipts for metallurgy services, records of the sales of her works, and pricelists. Of note is a detailed list of works involved in a burglary. Two photographs are from Resnikoff's time at artist summer camps in Saugaruck, Michigan. A 1945 photo from Ox-Bow, the summer school of the Art Institute of Chicago is of Resnikoff painting with Jane Bacher. Also found is a photograph of an outdoor painting class from 1949 or 1950 labeled the Michigan Pot Shop. Other photographs are of a Resnikoff giving a demonstration of electroforming, and of a conference in Peru. 

Printed materials consist of clippings and exhibition announcements and catalogs for group and solo shows.