2009

Derrick, Peggy; McShannock, Linda

United States

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

Peggy Derrick has been a quilt researcher, designer, and quiltmak­er since 1990. She holds a B.A. in Art from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and an M.A. in Textile History/Quilt Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She curated Visual Systems: The Quilter's Eye, an exhibition of quilts from the International Quilt Study Center collection. As an intern and a vol­unteer at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, Derrick examined and researched their collection of approximately 110 quilts.

Linda McShannock has served as collections curator at the Minnesota Historical Society since 1995. She holds a B.S. in Fashion Merchandising from the University of Minnesota, and an M.A. in Textile History/Quilt Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research into the profession of dressmaking will be published in a forthcoming volume of Minnesota History. She is a former president and board member of the Textile Center, a member of the Costume Society of America, and a member of AQSG.

Peggy Derrick has been a quilt researcher, designer, and quiltmak­er since 1990. She holds a B.A. in Art from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, and an M.A. in Textile History/Quilt Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She curated Visual Systems: The Quilter's Eye, an exhibition of quilts from the International Quilt Study Center collection. As an intern and a vol­unteer at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Decorah, Iowa, Derrick examined and researched their collection of approximately 110 quilts.

Linda McShannock has served as collections curator at the Minnesota Historical Society since 1995. She holds a B.S. in Fashion Merchandising from the University of Minnesota, and an M.A. in Textile History/Quilt Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her research into the profession of dressmaking will be published in a forthcoming volume of Minnesota History. She is a former president and board member of the Textile Center, a member of the Costume Society of America, and a member of AQSG.

​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 2009, Volume 30, at this link, https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/aqsg-uncoverings/31/.