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

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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

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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

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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

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Stearns & Foster - Part III

Benberry, Cuesta

June; 1981

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

Ephemera

25-131-222

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Womenfolk 10. America's Quilt Revival & Bicentennial Quilts: 1960s & 1970s

Breneman, Judy Anne

2006

This article from the website, Womenfolk.com is part of the Quilt History: A Tour of Quilts Through Time essays. Travel from Colonial times through the Civil War and the Victorian era up to the 20th century quiltmaking revival.

Ephemera

51-149-13

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Cuesta Benberry Ephemera Collection at the Michigan State University Museum

Cuesta Benberry Ephemera Collection

2006

Collection

12-91-1387

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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

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