Nebraska Quilt Project [RG2043.AM]

NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID

RG2043.AM:  Nebraska Quilt Project

Data sheets, etc.:  1987-1989
Nebraska
Size:  12 cu.ft.; 14 boxes

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of copies of records relating to research conducted by the Nebraska Quilt Project, comprised of members of the Lincoln Quilters Guild, between 1987 and 1989.  The project documented the history of quilts and quilt-making in Nebraska.  Participants completed questionnaires with information about the quilt owner, quilt maker and history of the quilt, and photographs were taken of each quilt.  Included in the collection are questionnaire forms and slides for each quilt, as well as transcripts of taped interviews with participants.  Boxes 10 and 11 are restricted due to confidential ownership information.

Note:  The original Nebraska Quilt Project records are held by the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Archives & Special Collections.  Information from these records has been digitized and made available through The Quilt Index.

INVENTORY

Box 1 – Quilt data sheets, 10-900
Box 2 – Quilt data sheets, 901-1800
Box 3 – Quilt data sheets, 1801-2640
Box 4 – Quilt data sheets, 2641-3240
Box 5 – Quilt data sheets, 3241-3850
Box 6 – Quilt data sheets, 3851-4250
Box 7 – Quilt data sheets, 4251-4640
Box 8 – Quilt data sheets, 4641-4760
Box 9 – Quilt data sheets, 4761-4918
Box 10 – Confidential forms, 12-2110 [restricted to 2044]
Box 11 – Confidential forms, 2111-4918 [restricted to 2044]
Box 12 – Slides for quilts, 10-3966
Box 13 – Slides for quilts, 3967-4918
Box 14 – Transcripts of interviews, volumes 1-5


Subject headings:

Artisans — Nebraska
Folk arts — Nebraska
Nebraska Quilt Project
Quilting — Nebraska
Quilt makers — Nebraska
Textile fabrics


PJE                     10-17-1994
Revised TMM      07-17-2020

 

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