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Diana Church, Papers

Title: Diana Church, Papers
Creator:  Church, Diana
Collector:  American Quilt Study Group
Dates: 1750-1991, bulk 1983-1991
Quantity: 2 boxes (1.0 linear feet)
Collection Number:
 MS 286

Language:
 English

Restrictions: None

Copyright: To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. For more information see the Use Guidelines

Preferred Citation: Diana Church, Papers (MS 286). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.

Alternative Format: None

Scope and Content: 

The correspondence and several research files relate to documentation work done for the Bayles Quilt held at the Dallas Historical Society. The majority of research materials are photocopies of articles and research sources related to a specific topic. Many of the research files include Church's handwritten notes and comments on the published articles. Types of items within the research files include correspondence, photocopies of published articles, research notes and questions, notes on genealogical work, bibliographies and resources, photographic slides, and maps. There are also selected exhibit catalogs and flyers for quilt-related items such as books.

Subjects: 

Church, Diana -- Correspondence

Bayles, Carolina

Quiltmakers -- United States -- Archives

Quilting -- United States -- History

Quilts -- Louisiana -- History



Container List:

Box 1.  Folder 1. Correspondence, 1983, Feb-Aug
Box 1.  Folder 2. Correspondence, 1983, Sept-1984, 1991
Box 1.  Folder 3. Publications, press release draft, essay, newsletter article, Bayles Quilt, 1983
Box 1.  Folder 4. Research, genealogy notes and sources, Bayles Quilt, undated
Box 1.  Folder 5. Research, genealogy notes and sources, Bayles Quilt, undated
Box 1.  Folder 6. Research, genealogy notes and sources, Bayles Quilt, undated
Box 1.  Folder 7. Research, bibliographies, undated
Box 1.  Folder 8. Research articles, quilt dating, conservation, undated
Box 1.  Folder 9. Research articles, eighteenth and nineteenth century quilts, 1957, 1972
Box 1.  Folder 10. Research articles, historical, geographical, socio-economic, undated
Box 1.  Folder 11. Research, historical, socio-economic, maps, reference sources, undated
Box 1.  Folder 12. Research, general quilt research, undated
Box 2.  Folder 1. Research articles, southern quilts, 1750-1850
Box 2.  Folder 2. Research articles, stenciled quilts, 1927-1974
Box 2.  Folder 3. Research articles, Texas quilts, 1800-1984
Box 2.  Folder 4. Research articles, textile patterns, 1620-1950
Box 2.  Folder 5. Research notecards, textile and textile production, undated
Box 2.  Folder 6. Flyers, quilt shows, 1983-1987
Box 2.  Folder 7. Catalogs, flyers, undated
Box 2.  Folder 8. Research articles, samplers and quilts, undated
Box 2.  Folder 9. Slides, Bayles Quilt research, undated


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