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Quilts As Manifestations of Cross-Cultural Contact: East-West and Amish-"English" Examples
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From Uncoverings 2003, Volume 24 of the Research Papers of the American Quilt Study Group
2003
By: Hanson, Marin F.; Smucker, Janneken
Marin F. Hanson, assistant curator of the International Quilt Study Center, holds undergraduate degrees from Grinnell College and Northern Illinois University and a M.A. degree in textile history, quilt studies emphasis, and museum studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She recently curated the IQSC exhibition "Reflections of the Exotic East in American Quilts" and authored the accompanying catalog (2001). Her scholarly work also focuses on the use of databases in facilitating broad-scale quilt research.
Janneken Smucker holds a M.A. in textile history, quilt studies emphasis, with a minor in museum studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She recently co-authored Amish Crib Quilts from the Midwest: The Sara Miller Collection (2003) and curated the exhibition "At the Crossing: Midwestern Amish Crib Quilts and the Intersection of Cultures," sponsored by IQSC. Her research interests center on intercultural themes with particular focus on Anabaptist history and Amish and Mennonite quilts and quiltmakers.
Janneken Smucker holds a M.A. in textile history, quilt studies emphasis, with a minor in museum studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She recently co-authored Amish Crib Quilts from the Midwest: The Sara Miller Collection (2003) and curated the exhibition "At the Crossing: Midwestern Amish Crib Quilts and the Intersection of Cultures," sponsored by IQSC. Her research interests center on intercultural themes with particular focus on Anabaptist history and Amish and Mennonite quilts and quiltmakers.
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Contents and Preface
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Eighteenth-Century Annapolis Quilters:...
Venters, Heather Ersts
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The Anti-Polygamy Quilt by the Ogden M...
Cross, Mary Bywater
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The Cultural Significance of the Block...
Dangelas, Sarah Rose
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Quilt Symposium '77: "Fine Art--Folk A...
Ducey, Carolyn; Ducey, Mary Ellen
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Egyptian Appliques
Gagnon, Blaire O.
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Authors and Editor and Index
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