2002

Davis, Carolyn O'Bagy

United States

From Uncoverings 2002, Volume 23 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

Carolyn O'Bagy Davis, a fourth-generation quilter, has written six books on western women and quilting history. She earned her B.A. in anthropology from the University of Arizona. She lectures and has curated traveling exhibits on Southwestern archaeology, Hopi Indian quilting, and pioneers of the American West. The quilting traditions of Native and Anglo women of the Southwest are the subject of ongo­ing research.

​When AQSG added Uncoverings articles to the Quilt Index, they omitted all the illustrations, for lack of permissions. Although the articles found in the QI (1980-2010, 2012-2016) lack illustrations, they link to quilts, essays, special collections, and documentation projects across the Quilt Index, introducing them to a wider audience. The permission issues have since been resolved and in 2024, AQSG completed adding all the Uncoverings volumes from 1980-2023 to the Digital Commons@University of Nebraska-Lincoln. They are completely searchable and include all the illustrations. You can find, Uncoverings 2002, Volume 23, at this link, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aqsg-uncoverings/38/.