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1933 Sears National Quilt Contest Discoveries

Waldvogel, Merikay

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Merikay Waldovogel and Barbara Brackman researched the Sears National Quilt Contest. Sears Roebuck & Co. with headquarters in Chicago was a financial backer of the 1933 World’s Fair, known as The Century of Progress Exposition. To drum up interest in the Fair nationwide, Sears announced a national quilt contest in January 1933 with prizes totaling $7500.

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African American Quilt Collection

Michigan State University Museum

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

The Michigan State University Museum's collection of African-American quilts grew out of an effort begun in 1985 to aggressively collect information on African-American quilting history in the state.

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Alliances: People, Patterns, Passion

Asheville, North Carolina, United States

A 2011 contest sponsored by the Quilt Alliance.

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Ardis and Robert James Collection

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Champions of all quilts, Ardis and Robert James' quilts were the first collected by the Internationl Quilt Museum

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Arizona Centennial Quilt Project, 100 Years-100 Quilts

Miller, Lynn Evans

Arizona, United States

Quilts were made in 2012 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Arizona's statehood.

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Arizona Quilter's Hall of Fame

Miller, Lynn Evans

Arizona, United States

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Arizona's Hopi Quilts

Arizona, United States

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Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection

American Folklife Center

Washington, D.C., United States

The quilts showcased here are drawn from the American Folklife Center's Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978).

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Canada Packers Competition Quilts

Lyons, Judy

Milton, Ontario, Canada

In 1976, Canada Packers used a travelling collection of quilts as a goodwill gesture to the agricultural community by recognizing quilting as a traditional and continuing craft.

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Clarke Family Quilt Collection

Michigan State University Museum

Detroit, Michigan, United States

The Clarke Family quilt collection, given to Michigan State University Museum in 1986 by Dr. Harriet A. Clarke and her brother, George M. Clarke, includes forty-five quilts and quilt tops completed between 1926 and 1946 by Bozena Vilhemina Clarke, her daughter Laura May Clarke, and daughter-in-law Emilie Ann Clarke.

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Covid-19: Quilters Respond

Donaldson, Beth

United States

During the national emegency that is Covid-19, quilters have mounted a heroic effort to supply masks to essential workers, family members, and friends all over the United States.

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Cuesta Benberry Quilt and Ephemera Collection

Worrall, Mary

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Cuesta Benberry was one of the twentieth-century's pioneers of research on American quiltmaking and she was the pioneer of research on African American quiltmaking. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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D L Miller Quilt Collection

Miller, Lynn Evans

Arizona, United States

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Deborah Harding Redwork Collection

Worrall, Mary

New York, New York, United States

The Deborah Harding Collection at the Michigan State University Museum consists of twelve redwork quilts, embroidered pieces, research, and related ephemera.

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Detroit News Quilt History Project

Salser, Susan

Detroit, Michigan, United States

With its Quilt Club Corner column, association of registered members, sponsorship of an annual quilt show, and underwriting of a quilting program on WWJ-radio, The Detroit News played a major role in quilting in the 1930s.

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Durkee-Blakeslee-Quarton-Hoard Family Quilt Collection

Worrall, Mary

Birmingham, Michigan, United States

A quilt collection donated to the Michigan State University Museum and made by four generations of a Oakland County Michigan family.

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Emma Andres Collection

Miller, Lynn Evans

Arizona, United States

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Eugenia Mitchell Quilts: The Foundation of the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection

Golden, Colorado, United States

The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, Colorado, first opened its doors in 1990 thanks to founder Eugenia Mitchell. The museum currently has 340 quilts in its collection.

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Florence LaGanke Harris, aka Nancy Page

Donaldson, Beth

United States

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Inspired By...

Quilt Alliance

United States

A contest sponsored by the Quilt Alliance in 2014.

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International Collection from the Michigan State University Museum

MacDowell, Marsha

Michigan, United States

Throughout history, piecing, appliquéing, and quilting techniques have been employed by individuals to construct and decorate textiles for both ceremonial and everyday uses. Michigan State University Museum's collections hold many historical and contemporary examples of textiles that incorporate these techniques.

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Janet E. Finley Collection of Quilt History Photographs

Finley, Janet E.

Lakewood, Colorado, United States

Janet Finley spent a decade acquiring photographs of every day life that had a quilt in them.

-- All images published with permission of the publisher, excerpted from Janet E. Finley, Quilts in EveryDay Life 1855-1955 (Schiffer Publishing, 2012).

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Jonathan Holstein Collection

International Quilt Museum

Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Jonathan Holstein was inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 1979.

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Joyce Gross Quilt History Collection, 2008-2013

McCrady, Kathleen

Austin, Texas, United States

Joyce Gross’ collection is housed in the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. Her collection includes more than 200 quilts and quilt tops. Her related research materials, include books, journals, exhibit catalogs, subject and biographical files, patterns and kits, visual materials, and ephemera documenting twentieth-century quilting history.

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Kathleen McCrady Quilt History Collection

McCrady, Kathleen

Austin, Texas, United States

Kathleen McCrady’s collection is housed in the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. It currently contains 30 quilts and 20 quilt tops; many of these quilts are family quilts or were made by Kathleen. Others are ones she collected for personal enjoyment or as instructional tools in her Quilt History Study Hall (see below). Mrs. McCrady plans to donate an additional 9 quilts, probably this month (June, 2011). The collection also contains fabric swatches, quilt blocks, fabric remnants, and cotton sacks.

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Kitty Clark Cole Quilt Collection

Worrall, Mary

Milford, Michigan, United States

Kitty Clark Cole has donated 36 quilts to the Michigan State University Museum. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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Ladies Art Company

Benberry, Cuesta

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

The Ladies Art Company of St. Louis, Missouri was the earliest quilt pattern company to publish quilt patterns in large quantities and design varieties. Officially established in 1889 (although the family gave a date of c1874 for the founding) Ladies Art Company continued to publish patterns until the 1970s. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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Land’s End All American Quilt Collection

Washington, D.C., United States

This collection is an archival collection from the American Folklife Center. The "All-American Quilt Contest" (1992-1996) was sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End, and Good Housekeeping. 

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Mary Barton: Iowa Quilt Collector

Roberts, Elise Schebler

Iowa, United States

Elise Schebler Roberts describes the quilting life of Mary Barton, an Iowa Quilt Collector. Roberts describes Barton as being enthusiastic, preserving, detailed and ahead of her time.

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Mary Schafer Quilt and Ephemera Collection

Worrall, Mary

Flushing, Michigan, United States

During the period between the quilting revivals of the 1940s and the 1970s, Mary Schafer of Flushing, Michigan emerged as an important quiltmaker, historian, and collector in American quilt studies. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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Merry and Albert Silber Collection

Swanson, Lynne

Southfield, Michigan, United States

Merry's collection is composed of primarily mid- to late-19th century quilts, mostly anonymously produced.This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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Migrant Quilt Project

Migrant Quilt Project

Arizona, United States

A grassroots, collaborative effort of artists, quiltmakers, and activists to express compassion for migrants from Mexico and Central America who died in the Southern Arizona deserts.

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Minnesota Quilt Stories

Minnesota Quilt Project

Minnesota, United States

Minnesota Quilt Stories

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Miss Ima Hogg Quilt Collection in the Winedale Quilt Collection at the Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Winedale Quilt Collection

Austin, Texas, United States

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Mountain Mist Quilts from the Museum of Texas Tech University

Museum of Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas, United States

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Mountain Mist/Stearns & Foster Collection

Mountain Mist

Michigan, United States

In 1928, the Stearns & Foster Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, repackaged its cotton batting and became a potent force in promoting quilts. Through national advertising and company sponsored quilt exhibits, the firm increased sales of Mountain Mist batting and also created a demand for its wrapper patterns.

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North American Indian and Native Hawaiian Quilt Collection

MacDowell, Marsha

Michigan, United States

Native quilters in the Hawaiian Islands and on the North American continent have long used colors and designs distinctly their own to make quilts which function in ways both similar to other cultural groups as well as in ways that have specific tribal or pan-Indian meanings.This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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Oh Wow! Miniature Quilt Collection

Paducah, Kentucky, United States

Bill Schroeder and Klaudeen Hansen created The Oh Wow! Miniature Quilt Collection. These quilts are made to scale and were donated to the National Quilt Museum.

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Paul D. Pilgrim Collection at the National Quilt Museum

Roy, Gerald E.

Paducah, Kentucky, United States

Paul D. Pilgrim, collector and quiltmaker, brought together old forgotten quilt blocks with new contemporary blocks in his quilts. is collection was donated to the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky.

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Quilts of the Oregon Trail

Cross, Mary Bywater

Oregon, United States

These quilts were documented by Mary Bywater Cross during her research for the book, Treasures in the Trunk, Quilts of the Oregon Trail (Rutledge Hill Press, 1993).

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Ralli Quilts

Stoddard, Patricia Ormsby

East Lansing, Michigan, United States

Ralli quilts are full of color, patterns and energy. They are made of cotton scraps and are used to cover cots. Rallis help those not in the ralli making culture understand that community and culture. This collection is housed in the Michigan State University Museum.

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Rooted in Tradition: Art Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

Golden, Colorado, United States

Quilts from the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum's Rooted in Tradition collection.

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Sinema Family Quilt Collection

Arizona, United States

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The Detroit News Quilt Club Sisters

Beth Donaldson

Detroit, Michigan, United States

The story of two sisters reunited after 33 years by the Detroit News Quilt Show, 1933.

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The Quilter's Journal

Gross, Joyce

Austin, Texas, United States

A complete set of Joyce Gross' Quilters Journal, thirty-one issues, 1977-1987.

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Tucson January 8th Memorial Foundation

Tucson, Arizona, United States

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Waldvogel Ephemera Collection

Waldvogel, Merikay

Tennessee, United States

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Wilene Smith Ephemera Collection

Wilene Smith

Wichita, Kansas, United States

Research and collecting is a continuous and exciting road of discovery.  No matter how long a person has collected material or how much material has been accumulated, there's always something new to discover.

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Womenfolk Quilt History Collection

Breneman, Judy Anne

United States

An archive of articles from the Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting and Quilts and Quiltmaking Yesterday and Today website.

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WW2 Canadian Red Cross quilts - Collection of the Groebenzeller Quilt Group

TRC Leiden - The Netherlands

Netherlands

A collection of quilts made by Canadian women and sent to Europe during WWII.

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