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American Quilt Study Group, Quilt Research Files

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0112

Scope and Contents The American Quilt Study Group (AQSG) Records include administrative correspondence, the "Blanket Statement" newsletters, and documents created through administrative and general membership activities. The subject and research files document a wide variety of topics related to quilt studies and textiles. The files were initially developed through the efforts of Sally Garoutte, Joyce Gross, and through the activities and administration of AQSG. The subject files were developed through the...

Dates: 1872-2002

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Candace McCann, Collection on Quilts

Collection

Identifier: MS-0292

Scope and Contents

The collection includes newspaper articles and newsletters about quilting in Hawaii. The catalogs included in the collection offer numerous quilts imported from China, advertised as handmade.

Dates: 1989-1992

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Dorothy Cozart, Collection on Quilts

Collection

Identifier: MS-0288

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence and numerous original items relating to quilt shows, exhibits, conferences, and quilt contests. The majority of items are promotional flyers, brochures, pamphlets, catalogs, and conference materials.

Dates: 1979-1996

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Ferrero-Silber, Quilt Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-0291

Scope and Contents The papers consist of research and audio visual material compiled by Pat Ferrero and Julie Silber for their film, Hearts and Hands: A Social History of Nineteenth Century Women and Quilts. Included in the collection is correspondence with quilt historians, along with research articles sent to Ferrero and Silber. The research files are primarily articles pertaining to a wide range of topics concerning nineteenth century women, social history, and quilting,...

Dates: 1783-1993

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Laurel Horton, Quilt Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MS-0424

Content Description The Laurel Horton, Quilt Paper contains Laurel Horton’s correspondence, interviews, publications, personal journals, quilt exhibition materials, quilt scrapbooks, conference and workshop presentations, American Quilt Study Group seminars, and quilt research materials including English, French, Swedish, African American quilts, and other research. Photographs and slide presentations include “Hands All Around,” Archives of Appalachia presentation, 1991 trip to Ireland, “Quilts: The Irish...

Dates: 1972-2020

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Marion W. Esposito, Quilt Pattern Collection

Collection

Identifier: MS-0290

Scope and Contents

The collection includes three composition books created by Marion Esposito. Each of the books is filled with newspaper clippings related to quilt patterns, such as "The Nursery Rhyme Quilt" created by Ruby Short McKim and published about 1921, and the "Nancy Page Garden Quilt" and "Alphabet Quilt," published between 1928 and 1930. There are numerous patterns published under the bylines of Nancy Cabot and Hetty Winthrop, Nancy Page, and Laura Wheeler, among others.

Dates: 1921-1987

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Sally Garoutte, Quilt Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS-0302

Scope and Contents The Sally Garoutte papers contain correspondence, typescripts, and published works focused on quilts and quilt history. The research materials focus on quilts and information on textiles and textile trade. The materials include several sets of fabric swatches. Photographs documenting quilts and quilters can also be found in the collection. The Garoutte papers were maintained by the American Quilt Study Group and both the papers and the AQSG records contain research files that are arranged in...

Dates: 1685-1996

Found in: Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

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American Quilt Study Group, Quilt Research Files

Candace McCann, Collection on Quilts

Dorothy Cozart, Collection on Quilts

Ferrero-Silber, Quilt Papers

Laurel Horton, Quilt Papers

Marion W. Esposito, Quilt Pattern Collection

Sally Garoutte, Quilt Papers

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