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Mary Bywater Cross, Quilt Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0421

Scope and Contents

The Mary Bywater Cross, Quilt Papers contains the personal papers of quilt historian, Mary Bywater Cross including correspondence, quilt exhibition catalogs and exhibit planning, American quilt history research, and historical and quilt conferences materials. Papers also include early Oregon Quilt Project documentation, Columbia-Willamette Quilt Study Group organization records, artist Marie Lyman’s scrapbooks and research, and Bywater Cross’ personal calendars and scrapbooks. Additional materials include manuscript drafts, notes, quilt and genealogy research, images, and other research related to Bywater Cross’s publications, Treasures in the Trunk, Quilts of the Oregon Trail, and Quilts & Women of the Mormon Migrations.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-2020

Creator

Extent

40 Linear Feet (37 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Status
Unprocessed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries Repository

Contact:
Archives & Special Collections
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
P.O. Box 884100
Lincoln NE 68588-4100 United States
402-472-2531