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Textile research

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Dottie Moore, Quilter Interviews

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0322
Scope and Contents

The interview materials include subject files on individual quilters as well as 136 cassette tapes of interviews and speeches given at various quilting events. The subject files include biographical information and photos or slides of the interviewee, quilts they created or own, and correspondence with Dottie Moore.

Dates: 1994-2000

Eve Wheatcroft-Granick, Collection on Quilts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0327
Scope and Contents

The collection contains materials on Wheatcroft-Granick's research and writings on Amish quilts and quilt-making. Included is correspondence, research materials and notes on the Amish, photocopied articles about the Amish, as well as a manuscript of a book on the Amish and Quilts. In addition there are some fabric samples, and cassette tapes of interviews with Joyce Brown and Sam Greenburg.

Dates: 1910-1967, 1980s

Katy Christopherson, Collection on Quilts

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0324
Scope and Contents

The most significant portion of the materials are research files on quilts and textiles, which are dated from 1918 to the present. There are also newsletters, magazines, pattern books, and materials on quilt judging. Some of the items relate to institutions or groups such as the American Quilters Society, the Women of Color Network, and the Quilt Conservancy.

Dates: 1913-2014

Louise Howey, Quilt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0332
Scope and Contents

The papers include scrapbooks and photo albums created by Louise Howey that represent her personal documentation of quilting from as early as the 1960s. The papers also include patterns, news clippings, correspondence, and various publications.

Dates: 1917-2004

Margot Krager Reproduction Fabrics, Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0330
Scope and Contents

The most significant portion of the materials are correspondence and fabric swatches created by Reproduction Fabrics. The fabric samples are reproductions of fabrics from 1775-1970.

Dates: 1995-2007

Nancy Halpern, Quilt Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0336
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, lectures and writings by Halpern as well as posters, pamphlets, quilt show announcements, patterns, newspaper clippings, and journal articles.

Dates: 1971-2003

Nebraska State Quilt Guild, Records

 Collection — Folder Conference posters
Identifier: MS-0334
Scope and Contents

The materials include by-laws, policies and procedures, correspondence, meeting minutes, newsletters, press releases, news articles, planning files for events, exhibit posters and publicity, photographs, slides, swatch books, a wide variety of quilt-related materials, and materials on textiles.

Dates: 1985-2019

Oklahoma Quilt Heritage Project, Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0323
Scope and Contents

The most significant portion of the materials are fabric samples.

Dates: 1880-2005

Roderick Kiracofe, Quilt Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0440
Content Description

Roderick Kiracofe, Quilt Papers contains correspondence, quilt exhibition postcards and catalogs, magazine articles featuring Kiracofe, American quilt history research and notes, royalties and contracts, manuscript drafts, and photographs of quilts and images related to Kiracofe’s publications, The American Quilt and Cloth and Comfort, and other works.

Dates: 1960-2015

Sharon Newman, Quilt Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0328
Scope and Contents

The most significant portion of the materials are patterns, articles on quilts, as well as textiles and various research materials.

Dates: 1905-1999

Sonya Lee Barrington, Collection on Quilts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0325
Scope and Contents

The collection of 35 mm slides of quilts was compiled by Barrington over the course of her quilt research.

Dates: 1973-1988

Susan Miller, Collection on Quilts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0326
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of quilt catalogs, advertising and promotional materials related to quilts, and programs from quilt shows and contests.

Dates: 1982-2004

Textile Society of America, Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0335
Scope and Contents The Textile Society of America, Records include bylaws, incorporation articles, and minutes and reports for semiannual Board meetings. The information regarding the biennial symposia from 1988 through 2004 include participant lists, planning information, programs and schedules, the published proceedings of the symposia, and the final reports of symposium committees. TSA newsletters are published three times per year. Other records note the establishment of the R.L. Shep book award and the...
Dates: 1988-2004