Mountain Mist/Stearns & Foster Collection

Mountain Mist

August; 24; 2021

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.

Collection

12-91-670

The Origin of Mountain Mist Patterns

Waldvogel, Merikay

1995

From Uncoverings 1995, Volume 16 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

Ephemera

35-90-193

The Stearns & Foster Company (1846-1900): The Inside Story

Pumphrey, Linda M.

2009

From Uncoverings 2009, Volume 30 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group

Ephemera

35-90-329

Stearns & Foster

Gross, Joyce

December; 1980

Quilters' Journal, Volume 3, Issue 4, pages 7-9, 17, 21.
Including an article of a quilt display at the J. L. Hudson Department store in Detroit.

Ephemera

25-131-197

Stearns & Foster - Part III

Benberry, Cuesta

June; 1981

Quilters' Journal, Volume 4, Issue 2, pages 13-15.

Ephemera

25-131-222

Womenfolk 33. The History of 20th Century Kit Quilts

Breneman, Judy Anne

2007

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Practices in Patchwork Quiltmaking essays. Themes and methods through time including Bible, temperance, feedsack and kit quilts.

Ephemera

51-149-29

Cuesta Benberry Ephemera Collection at the Michigan State University Museum

Cuesta Benberry Ephemera Collection

2007

Collection

12-91-1387

Finding Aid: Cuesta Benberry Ephemera Collection

Worrall, Mary

2008

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.

Ephemera

12-91-466