Papers from In the Heart of Pennsylvania, 1986; Pieced By Mother, 1988; Bits and Pieces - Textile Traditions, 1991; and On the Cutting Edge - Textile Collectors, Collections, and Traditions, 1994.

The Union County Historical Society's Oral Traditions Project organized a three day symposium where papers were presented in conjunction with the exhibit In the Heart of Pennsylvania/19th & 20th Century Quiltmaking Traditions, held in the Center Gallery, Bucknell University from April 28-June 10, 1985.

In the Heart of Pennsylvania: Symposium Papers, 1986

Front Matter, Foreword, Contents; Jeannette Lasansky
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Quiltmaking Within Women's Needlework Repertoire by Susan Burrows Swan
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The American Block Quilt by Jonathan Holstein
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What Distinguishes A Pennsylvania Quilt by Patricia T. Herr
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A Century of Old Order Amish Quiltmaking in Mifflin County by Eve Wheatcroft Granick
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Quilting in Goschenhoppen by Nancy Roan
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The Typical Versus the Unusual/Distortions of Time by Jeannette Lasansky
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The Needlework of an American Lady/Social History in Quilts by Ricky Clark
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Various Aspects of Dating Quilts by Gail van der Hoof
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Paradigms of Scarcity and Abundance/The Quilt as an Artifact of the Industrial Revolution by Rachel Maines
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The Display, Care, and Conservation of Old Quilts by Virginia Gunn
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Index by Jeannette Lasansky
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Pieced By Mother: Symposium Papers, 1988

Front Matter, Acknowledgements, Contents; Jeannette Lasansky
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Quilted Petticoats by Tandy Hersh
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Quaker Quilts and Their Makers by Patricia T. Herr
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Early Pennsylvania-German Traditions: Beds, Bedding, Bedsteads and Sleep by Alan G. Keyser
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A Cool Heart and a Watchful Mind: Creating Hmong Paj Ntaub in the Context of Community by Sally Peterson
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More For Warmth Than For Looks: Quilts of the Blue Ridge Mountains by Geraldine N. Johnson
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The Folklore of the Australian Wagga: A Distant Cousin of the Pennsylvania Hap by Annette Gero
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Template Quilt Construction and Its Offshoots: From Godey's Lady's Book to Mountain Mist by Virginia Gunn
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Mid-19th Century Album and Friendship Quilts, 1860-1920 by Ricky Clark
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The Role and Look of Fundraising Quilts, 1860-1920 by Dorothy Cozart
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The Colonial Revival and Quilts, 1864-1976 by Jeannette Lasansky
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What's In a Name? Quilt Patterns from 1830 to the Present by Barbara Brackman
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New Thoughts on Care and Conservation by Virginia Gunn
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Index by Jeannette Lasansky
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Bits and Pieces, Textile Traditions: Symposium Papers, 1991

Front Matter, Acknowledgements, Contents; Jeannette Lasansky
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Dress Fabrics of the Late 19th Century - Their Relationship to Period Quilts by Virginia Gunn
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Fabrics Used by Pennsylvania-German Farm Families in Southeastern Pennsylvania by Nancy Roan
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Iwwerich Un Ender: Those Small Pieced, Appliqued, and Quilted Objects in the Pennsylvania-German Household by Patricia T. Herr
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The Evolution of the Pennsylvania-German Pillowcase by Tandy Hersh
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Quilts in the Dowry by Jeannette Lasansky
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To Go to Housekeeping - Quilts Made for Marriage in Lancaster County by Patricia J. Keller
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The Legacy of German Quiltmaking in North Carolina by Kathy Sullivan
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Textile Traditions in South Carolina's Dutch Fork by Laurel Horton
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The Nationalization of Pennsylvania-Dutch Patterns in the 1940s-1960s by Cuesta Benberry
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Fairs and Expositions - Their Influence on American Quilts by Barbara Brackman
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Reflections on an Oregon Quilt Contest by Mary Cross
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The Tools of the Workbasket - Needlework Technology in the Industrial Era by Rachel Maines
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Index by Jeannette Lasansky
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On the Cutting Edge, Textile Collectors, Collections, and Traditions: Symposium Papers, 1994

Front Matter, Acknowledgements, Contents; Jeannette Lasansky
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Electra Havemeyer Webb and Shelburne's Quilt Collection by Celia Oliver
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The Evolution of the Quilt Collection at the DAR Musuem by Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn
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Quilted Ballots, Political and Campaign Textiles by Julie Powell
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Rags Into Riches, The Collecting of Textiles and Needlework in Southeastern Pennsylvania by Richard and Rosemary Machmer
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All In and All Done? The Pennsylvania Vendue by Alan G. Keyser
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Fabric and the Amish Quilt, Tradition, Sources and Change by Eve Wheatcroft Granick
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Quiltmaking on Chesapeake Plantations by Gloria Seaman Allen
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Characteristics of Signed New Jersey Quilts 1837-1867 by Rita Erickson and Barbara Schaffer
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Quilt Design Explosion of the Great Depression by Merikay Waldvogel
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Feed, Flour, Tobacco and Other Sacks by Pat Nickols
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The Hispanic Tradition of Quiltmaking in Taos County, New Mexico by Dorothy R. Zopf
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Myth and Reality in Craft Tradition, Were Blacksmiths Really Muscle Bound? Were Basketmakers Gypsies? Were Thirteen Quilts in the Dowry Chest? by Jeannette Lasansky
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Index by Jeannette Lasansky
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