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Noncirculating; available for research.

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Biographical Sketch
Gioia Fiammenghi was born on September 29, 1929 in New York City to a family with a long history of artistic accomplishment. She received a scholarship from Parsons School of Design and graduated in 1950. She worked briefly as a fashion model and an assistant art director before becoming a free-lance artist and illustrator in 1951. She married Guido Caputo in 1959 and had three children. She has lived much of her adult life in Europe, illustrating books for American and European publishers.

Sources:

• Something About the Author, vol. 66.

Scope and Content
The collection contains material for thirty-one books. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Within each title the materials are arranged in the probable order in which they were created. For most of these titles, the collection contains sketches or illustrations overlaid with color separations. A few of the titles are documented with dummies. Her illustrations are usually detailed and drawn in black ink. She frequently illustrated humorous adventure stories.

Series and Subseries

A. Books (1957-1991)

• BELINDA S NEW SPRING HAT (1969)
• BIGGER AND SMALLER (1971)
• BIRTHDAY BOOK OF SIX (Undated)
• BORN TO DANCE SAMBA (1984)
• BURRHEAD S CONFESSIONS (1960)
• THE DAY JEAN PIERRE WENT ROUND THE WORLD (1965)
• THE DAY THE TV BLEW UP (1988)
• GUS ET LE CAMBRIOLEUR (1985)
• GUS ET LE HINDOUS (1982)
• HOW TO FIGHT A GIRL (1987)
• HUGO THE HUGE (1968)
• THE IGUANA S TAIL (1969)
• LIBRARIES
• LITTLE RACOON AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD(1965)
• MONKEY GROWS UP (1991)
• MRS. ARRIS GOES TO PARLIAMENT (1958)
• MRS. ARRIS GOES TO PARIS (1958)
• MYSTERY OF THE BLUE NETS (1957)
• NOISY NANCY NORRIS (1965)
• AN OCCASIONAL COW (1989)
• ONCE UPON A HOLIDAY (1959)
• ONCE UPON A SEASON (1962)
• PAPA ALBERT (1964)
• PINNOCHIO (1974)
• P.J. CLOVER, PRIVATE EYE
  • THE CASE OF THE BORROWED BABY (1988)
  • THE CASE OF THE HALLOWEEN HOOT (1990)
  • THE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING MOUSE (1985)
• SCOTT FOREMAN READING TEXTBOOK
• SECOND GRADE DOG (1990)
• SKIP AROUND THE WORLD (1957)
• UN CHAT COMME MOI (Undated)

  B. Alphabetical Files

  Box Inventory

     Box/Folder 
  
  A. Correspondence
  
  B. Books
  
     Belinda s New Spring Hat by Eleanor Clymer,    
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: F. Watts,                               
     1969).    
       
     1/1       Sketch for book jacket, 1 item.
  
     1/2       Illustrations with color separation overlays:
               book jacket, half-title, title, pp. 4-5, 6-7, 8-9,
               10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-
               23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32, 18 items.
       
     Bigger and Smaller by Robert Froman,         
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Crowell,   
     1971).         
  
     1/3       Illustrations with color separation overlays:
               book jacket, title, half-title, pp. 1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7,
               8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23,
               24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33.
  
     2/1-2/2   Dummy, 
  
     2/1            Original.
  
     2/2            Photocopy, 22 pp.
  
     2/3       Activity cards, 6 items.
       
     Birthday Book of Six  (Unpublished) 
  
     2/4-2/5   Preliminary layouts, with pasted-up text and
               sketches, 
  
     2/4            Photocopied, pp. 2-47.
  
     2/5            Original, 2 items.
  
     Born to Dance Samba by Miriam Cohen, illustrated
     by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Harper & Row, 1984).    
  
     2/6       Illustration, p. 26, 1 item.
  
     Burrhead s Confessions by Guy Hansen,            
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY:         
     Doubleday, 1960).
  
     2/7-2/8   Illustrations,
  
     2/7            Title page, 8, 16, 23, 29, 35, 41, 42, 47,
                    52, 59, 69, 78, 90, 96, 102, 107, 116, 120,
                    137, 145, 21 items.
  
     2/8            Photocopies, 21 items.
  
     The Day Jean Pierre Went Round the World      
     by Paul Gallico, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi   
     (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1965).
  
     2/9-2/10  Sketches,
  
     2/9            Originals, 24 items.
  
     2/10           Photocopies, 23 pp. 
                                
     The Day the TV Blew Up by Dan West,         
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Niles, IL: A. Whitman, 
     1988).
  
     2/11      Illustrations with overlays, pp. 14-15, 20-
               21, unidentified, 3 items.
       
     Gus Et le Cambrioleur by Hubert Monteilhe    
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Paris: Arc en poche/         
     Nathan, 1985).
       
     2/12      Illustrations, frontispiece, pp. 11, 19, 25, 34-35,
               41, 47, 48, 53, 65, 70, 11 items.
       
     Gus Et le Hindous by Hubert Monteilhet, illustrated by
     Gioia Fiammenghi (Paris: Fernand Nathan, 1982).
  
     2/13-2/14 Sketches, 
  
     2/13           Originals, 9 items.
  
     2/14           Photocopies, 14 pp.
  
     How to Fight a Girl by Thomas Rockwell,           
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Watts, 1987).  
          
  
     2/15-2/16 Sketches, 
  
     2/15           Originals, 4 items.
  
     2/16           Photocopies, 17 pp.
  
     2/17      Book jacket proof, 1 item.
  
     Hugo the Huge by Ray Broekel, illustrated by Gioia
     Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1968).
  
     2/18-2/19 Illustrations with color separation overlays, 
  
     2/18           title page, pp. 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13,
                    14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22, 23, 24-25,
                    13 items. 
  
     2/19           28-29, 32-33, 34-35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41,
                    42-43, 44-45, 46-47, endpapers, and book
                    cover, 11 items.
  
     3/1-3/2   Layouts with pasted-up sketches and text, 
  
     3/1            Originals, title page, endpapers, and pp. 4-48. 
  
     3/2            Photocopies, title page, endpapers, and pp. 4-
                    48.
  
     The Iguana s Tail: Crick Crack Stories from the
     Caribbean by Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock, illustrated
     by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Crowell, 1969).
  
     3/3       Illustrations with color separation overlays, 2 items.
  
     Libraries(unidentified)    
  
     3/4-3/5   Illustrations with color separation overlays, 
  
     3/4            Book cover, 2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12, 14-15, 16,
                    17, 18-19, 20, 21, 12 items. 
  
     3/5            22-23, 24, 25, 26-27, 28-29, 30-31, 32-33, 34-
                    35, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45, 46-47, 12 items.
  
     Little Racoon and the Outside World by Lilian
     Moore, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York:      
     McGraw-Hill, 1965).
  
     3/6       Illustrations with color separation overlays, book
               cover, endpapers, title page, half-title page, pp. 8-9,
               10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-17, 18-19, 20-21, 22, 23,
               24-25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37,
               38, 39, 39, 40-41, 42-43, 44.
  
               Book jacket text, 1 item.
  
     Monkey Grows Up by Rita Gelman, illustrated by
     Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Scholastic, 1991).    
  
     3/7       Sketch, book cover, 1 item.
  
     Mrs. Arris Goes to Parliament by Paul Gallico,    
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammengh (Garden City, NY:       
     Doubleday, 1958).
  
     3/8-3/9   Sketches,
  
     3/8            Originals, 5 items.
  
     3/9            Photocopies, 5 pp.
  
     Mrs. Arris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico, illustrated
     by Gioia Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1958).
  
     3/10-3/11 Sketches, 
  
     3/10           Originals, 9 items.
  
     3/11           Photocopies, 7 items.
  
     Mystery of the Blue Nets by Lois Allen, illustrated
     by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Coward McCann, 1957).
       
     3/12-3/13 Illustrations, chapters 1-10, 12-14, 
  
     3/12           Originals, 13 items.
  
     3/13           Photocopies, 13 pp.
  
     Noisy Nancy Norris by Lou Ann Gaeddert,
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (Garden City, NY:
     Doubleday, 1965).   
  
     3/14-4/3  Illustrations with color separation overlays, 
  
     3/14           Book jacket, endpapers, 2 items.
  
                    pp. 1, 2-3, 4, 5, 6-7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12-13, 14-15.
       
     4/1            pp. 16, 17, 18-19, 20-21, 22-23, 24, 25, 26-27,
                    28-29.
  
     4/2            pp. 30-31, 32-33, 34, 36-37, 38, 39, 40-41, 42-
                    43, 44.
  
     4/3            pp. 45, 46-47, 48-49, 50, 51, 52-53, 54-55, 56,
                    57, 58-59, 60-61, 62-63, and 64.
  
     An Occasional Cow by Polly Horvath, illustrated by
     Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux,
     1989).    
  
     4/4       Illustrations, pp. 14, 21, 29, 36, 47, 62, 74, 84, 106,
               112, 128, 133
  
     Once Upon a Holiday by Lilian Moore, illustrated
     by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Abingdon, 1959).
  
     4/5-5/4   Illustrations,
  
     4/5-5/3        Originals, 
  
     4/5                 pp. 10, 13, 14, 17, and 19. 
  
     4/6                 pp. 21, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 34, 37,
                         39, 40, 43, and 46. 
  
     5/1                 pp. 48, 53, 55, 56, 61, and 65. 
  
     5/2                 pp. 67, 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84,
                         85, and 88. 
  
     5/3                 pp. 89, 91, 93, and 94.
  
     5/4            Photocopies, pp. 10, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 21, 23,
                    24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 34, 37, 39, 40, 43, 46, 48,
                    53, 55, 56, 61, 65, 67, 68, 71, 72, 74, 78, 79,
                    81, 83, 84, 85, 88, 89, 91, 93, and 94, 41
                    items.
  
     Once Upon a Season by Lilian Moore, illustrated by
     Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Abingdon, 1962).
  
     5/5-5/7   Illustrations with color separation overlays, 
  
     5/5            Title page, 1 item.
       
     5/6            pp. 6, 11, 14-15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 33,
                    34-35, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, and 50.
  
     5/7            pp. 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 60-61, 63, 64, 66, 67,
                    69, 70, 72-73, 75, 76, 79, 81, 83, 84-85, 87,
                    89, 91, 92-93, and 95. 
  
     Papa Albert by Lilian Moore, illustrated by Gioia
     Fiammenghi (New York: Atheneum, 1964).
  
     6/1-6/2   Illustrations, 
  
     6/1            Book jacket, title page, pp. 4-5, 6-7, 8, 9, 10-
                    11, 12, 12-13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20-
                    21.
  
     6/2            pp. 22-23, 24, 25, 26-27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32-33,
                    34-35, 36, 37, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45, 46, 47, and
                    48.
  
     6/3       Folded and gathered sheets.
  
     Pinnochio by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Gioia    
     Fiammenghi, translated by E. Harden (Harmondsworth,
     England; Baltimore: Penguin, 1974). 
  
     6/4-6/5   Illustrations, 
  
     6/4            pp. 2-3, 5, 7, 8-9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18-
                    19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
                    34, 36-37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50,
                    51, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 61, 62-63, 64, 66-67, 68,
                    70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 76, 77, 78-79, 81, 82, 84-85,
                    88-89,
       
     6/5            pp. 136-137, 139, 140, 141, 143, 144-145,
                    147, 149, 150, 152-153, 155, 156-157, 160,
                    162, 165, 166, 167, 170, 174-175, 178, 181,
                    182, 185, 187, 188-189, 190, 192, 194, 197,
                    199, 200, 202, 204-205, 209, 210, 214-215,
                    216-217, 219, 219, 220, 223, 225, 226-227,
                    229, 230, and 232.
  
     P.J. Clover, Private Eye  (Series)   
  
     The Case of the Borrowed Baby by Susan
     Meyers, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Dutton,
     1988).
  
     6/6            Illustrations, pp. 36, 66, and 83, 3 items.
  
     The Case of the Halloween Hoot by Susan
     Meyers, illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York:
     Lodestar, 1990).
  
     6/7            Illustration, p. 82.
  
     The Case of the Missing Mouse by Susan Meyers,
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Dutton, 1985).
  
     6/8       Illustrations, book jacket, pp. 7 and 15, 3 items.
  
     Scott Foreman Reading Text Book (Unidentified).
  
     6/9       Illustrations, pp. 14, 39, 40, 60, unidentified, 7
               items.
  
     Second Grade Dog by Laurie Lawlor, illustrated by
     Gioia Fiammenghi (Niles, IL: A. Whitman, 1990).   
  
     6/10      Paste-ups, pp. 4-39.
  
     Skip Around the Year by Aileen Lucia Fisher,
     illustrated by Gioia Fiammenghi (New York: Crowell, 1957).
  
     6/11-6/12 Illustrations with color separation overlays, 
  
     6/11           book jacket, title page, pp. vi-vii, viii, 1, 2-
                    3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 16-
                    17, 18-19, 20-21, 15 items. 
  
     6/12           pp. 22-23, 24-25, 26-27, 28-29, 32-33, 34-
                    35, 36-37, 38-39, 40-41, 42-43, 44-45,
                    and 46-47.
  
     Un Chat Comme Moi (Unidentified)
  
     6/13      Illustrations, pp. 4, 8-9, 20-21, 24, 25, 26, 28,
               34, 35, 38, 45, 52-53, 59, 71, 74, 79, 84-85,
               89, and 92-93, 17 items. 
  
  B. Alphabetical Files
  
     6/14      Correspondence, 1990, n.d., 2 items.
  
     6/15      Greeting cards, 5 items.
  
     6/16      Sketch, unidentified, 2 items.
  

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