MZF2615.xml Guide to the Adriano Manocchia Papers1986-2016 Manocchia (Adriano) Papers Kim Allen Scott (2016), Jodi Allison-Bunnell Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections 2024
P.O. Box 173320, Centennial Mall Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-12. Finding aid written in English Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. 2025 December 12 ACC-2026-017 integrated into the collection Montana State University Library, Archives and Special Collections, Manuscript Collections Adriano Manocchia Papers Manocchia, Adriano, 1951- 2615 Collection 2615, MtBC, us 0.4 linear feet 1986-2025 Adriano Manocchia is a fine artist and landscape painter who focuses on fly fishing, among other subjects. The collection contains an original painting, printed notecards, exhibition catalogs, and other materials created or collected by Manocchia. Collection materials are in English

Adriano Manocchia, born in New York in 1951, began a career in photo-journalism while completing his BA degree for literature from Pace University in New York. Upon completion of college, he ran his own photo/film agency covering events for television and print media. Adriano began spending his free time painting in 1983. A year later he decided to paint full time.

Manocchia's art focuses on fly fishing, equestrian pursuits, golf, landscapes, wildlife, and marine subjects. His work has been shown in galleries across the United States and Europe and appeared in several monographic and serial publications. He has also auctioned art to benefit conservation organizations, notably Ducks Unlimited, Atlantic Salmon Federation, Trout Unlimited, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, American Cancer Society and the Special Olympics.

The collection contains an original painting, printed notecards, exhibition catalogs, and other materials created or collected by Manocchia.

This collection is open for research.

An original painting, printed notecards, exhibition catalogs, and other materials created or collected by Adriano Manocchia were donated to Montana State University by him on June 6, 2016. Additional materials donated by Manocchia October 15, 2016; November 30, 2016; January 24, 2017; May 9, 2017; July 2018; April 2019; September 2019; and between 2019 and 2025.

This collection was processed 2016 September 27. Additional materials received between 2016 and 2025 were added to the collection on 2025 December 12.

[Creator Name], [Date of Creation], [Brief Description of Object], Folder [#], Box [#], [Collection Name], [Collection #], Montana State University (MSU) Library, Bozeman, MT

 Montana Painters Landscape painters Fine Arts Fishing and Canning National Parks Publishers and Publishing Montana Artifacts Photographs Photographs Photographs Photographs 1 1 Adriano with race car driver Mario Andretti 1 Adriano with actress Betty White 2 Adriano fishing 3 1996 Adriano holding fish undated 4 Adriano painting near unnamed river 5 undated Notecards 1 2 Gallery exhibit catalogs 1 3

copy of the periodical Sporting Classics June 2009, and copy of Ode to Bass and Trout: An Illustrated Treasury of the Best Angling Literature

 Publications Gray's Sporting Journal, American Angler, Fly Tyer, New York State Conservationist, De Nederlandse Vliegvisser 2016-2025 1 4 Artwork in Tying and Fishing Bucktails and Other Hair Wings 1 5 Fishing Licenses 1 6 Yellowstone fishing cap 1 Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum award 2010 1 Artwork (Oversize)

16 prints published by White Creek Images; 2 Framed Oil Paintings; Etching.