Quilts--United States--Exhibitions

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...

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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.

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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.

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...

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...

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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.

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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.

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 ...

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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.

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

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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.

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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.