UUM_Accn3141.xml Inventory of the Cristina Biaggi papers Biaggi (Cristina) papers Finding aid created by Kristina Barksdale. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2020
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-09-06. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Cristina Biaggi papers Biaggi , Cristina, 1937- ACCN 3141 4.75 linear feet 12 boxes 1930-2022 The Cristina Biaggi papers (1930-2022) contains correspondence, research, essays, and other materials related to Biaggi's career in art, academia, and activism. English .

Cristina Biaggi (1937-) was born in Switzerland and was raised in New York. She studied art and art history, sculpture, archeology, literature, and more at Vassar College, Harvard University, the University of Mexico City, and the University of Utah, finally earning her PhD in the aesthetics of art and prehistory at New York University. She has had a long career in activism and the arts, publishing papers, giving speeches, and displaying her art around the world. Much of her life's work is centered around the Goddess; she has written numerous books and created countless works of art on the subject. Later in life, she began an impressive hiking career, climbing peaks such as Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Shasta. She now resides in New York, continuing to write, create, lecture, exhibit her art, and teach taekwondo as a fifth-degree black belt.

The Cristina Biaggi papers (1930-2022) contain correspondence with Biaggi's family and associates, as well as written materials related to Biaggi's career in art, academia, taekwondo, mountain climbing, and activism. Also included are copies of her book Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess as well as other academic writings and speeches from her study of the Great Goddess, prehistory, and the origin and impact of patriarchy on contemporary life.

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Donated by Cristina Biaggi in 2019.

Processed by Kristina Barksdale in 2020 and 2024.

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Forms part of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives.

 Biaggi , Cristina, 1937---Archives Women artists--Utah--Archives Feminism and art--Archives Religion--Study and teaching--Archives Goddesses in art Goddesses, European Feminist anthropology Anthropology of religion--Europe, Western Sex--Anthropological aspects--Archives Goddess religion--Archives Women--Religious aspects Women Personal correspondence Diaries Manuscripts Religious materials Hymns Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Family histories Academic theses Personal and family materials I Mimi Lobell correspondence and architectural work 1994-1999 1 1 Jared Diamond correspondence 1997-2010 1 2 Olympia Dukakis correspondence 1996 2001 1 3 Dorothy Cameron, The Maltese Temples and letter to Biaggi 1986 1 4 Correspondence with and regarding Marija Gimbutas 1984-1999 1 5 Marija Gimbutas memorial and obituary 1994 1 6 Transcript of dialogue between Marija Gimbutas and Colin Renfrew 1985 1 7 Dalui We Sang (Phases of the Moon) an original form by Cristina Biaggi in honor of her 4th Dan Black Belt test 1996 1 8 Dominican college teaching materials 1976-1982 1 9 Biaggi mountain climbing career materials 1990 1 10 The Little Red Cabbage children's book 1 11 Postcards and letters from friends 1990-1992 2 Biaggi sketches and armwork 1976 3 1 Private diaries and love poems 1969-1970 3 2 Diary from jail in Sicily 1983-1985 3 3 Greenham Women's Peace Camp pamphlet 1983 3 4 FBI files on Biaggi from her arrest during protest 1984 1988 3 5 Letters from Virginia Howard to Elise Musser 1930-1964 4 1-2 Typed letters from Virginia Howard to Elise Musser 1930-1964 4 3-4 Family research from Virginia Howard, Biaggi's mother 4 5 Academic materials II Biaggi speeches, academic papers, and other writing 1986-2017 5 1-4 Biaggi college papers 1955-1956 1970-1971 1981 6 1-2 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess 1982 7 1 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess book I 1982 7 2 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess book I original copy 1982 7 3 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess book II original copy 8 1 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess book II 8 2-5 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess book III original copy 9 1-2 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess book III, chapters III-IV, original copy 9 3-4 Megalithic Sculptures that Symbolize the Great Goddess book IV original copy 10 1-2 Miscellaneous Materials III What God Has Joined church services 1965 11 1 The Unknown Spirit (Pentecost) church materials 1959 11 2 David Emerson Reiser memorial 2013 11 3 The Simple Gospel church service 1961 11 4 Faith in a Secular Age church services 1963 11 5 The Godness of God church services 1968 1990 11 6 The Grace of God church services 1962 11 7 Celebrating the Center Psalm 146 church service 11 8 What God Has Joined: Marriage Modern Style church service 11 9 Together Free church services 1985 11 10 The Celebration of Life Psalm 96 service 11 11 Come, Sing to the Lord hymn 11 12 Addendum Past work, exhibitions, and clippings 1986-2007, 2022 12 1