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Quilts--United States--Exhibitions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

Joanna S. Rose, Quilt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0483
Scope and Contents The papers contain quilt exhibit catalogs, a guest book, promotional and media campaign materials, correspondence, articles and news clippings, design and layouts, agreements and proposals, photographs, and souvenirs from the exhibit "Infinite Variety: Three Centuries of Red and White Quilts" at the American Folk Art Museum in 2011. The papers also contain photo albums of the quilts of Joanna Rose, publicity related to various exhibits, an autograph book, and materials related to the...
Dates: 1888-2021

Jonathan Holstein, Quilt Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0305
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials related to Jonathan Holstein's work as a collector and scholar in the field of quilt studies. The materials cover a time span of over thirty years, from Holstein's entrance into the quilt field in the late 1960s up until the late 1990s. Included in the collection are extensive correspondence files, quilt archives kept by Holstein, files related to exhibitions where Holstein's quilts were featured, and slides of the quilts. Additionally, the collection...
Dates: 1968-2003

Ludy Strauss, Quilt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0396
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of correspondence, photos, contracts and agreements, research matreials, and news clippings from the Artists' Quilts Exhibit, as well as patterns, sketches, and fabric samples from the participating quilt artists.

Dates: 1973-2002

Peggy Greene, Quilting America Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0445
Scope and Contents

The records include collected documents and artifacts from the Quilt America! conference from 1990-2002. Materials include correspondence, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, programs, floor plans, registration forms, reports, photographs, and artifacts, arranged chronologically by conference date.

Dates: 1990-2002

Penny McMorris, Quilt Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0315
Scope and Contents The collection consists of materials related to Penny McMorris's work in the field of quilt studies as a dealer and scholar. The collection contains files related to the television shows she hosted, "Quilting," "Quilting II," and "The Great American Quilt." There are also extensive files of correspondence between McMorris and contemporary quilt artists whose work she helped to sell. Research files in the collection relate to two of McMorris's books ...
Dates: 1980-1990s

Quilt Symposium '77, Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0266
Scope and Contents

The collection of quilt symposium records includes publicity information created by members of the Lincoln Quilt Guild to promote the symposium. Selected items from the symposium include a handbag given to participants with the signatures from several of the artists and lecturers who taught or attended the event. Materials from Betty Ferguson include the notes that she took at sessions and lectures that she attended.

Dates: 1976-1977

"She Made Her Mark," Quilt Exhibit Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0552
Content Description

The records include compact discs containing entries and photographs from quilt artists for the exhibit, a booklet about the exhibit, reports, and planning files.

Dates: 2006-2007

Susan Bradford, Collection on Quilts

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0285
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: 1981-1998

Xenia Cord, Quilt Papers

 Collection — Box 001
Identifier: MS-0287
Scope and Contents

The materials include an article about "The Great Midwest Quilt Show and Sale," a booklet about the show that contains advice on how to buy an antique quilt. There are several publications produced for quilt shows and museum exhibits, with a catalog for the show "Marie Webster Quilts: A Retrospective," held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1991. The collection contains a piece of centennial fabric from the back of an 1880s quilt.

Dates: 1880-1991