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Ferrero-Silber, Papers

Title: Ferrero-Silber, Papers
Creator:  Ferrero, Pat, 1942-
Creator:  Silber, Julie, 1944-
Collector:  American Quilt Study Group
Dates: 1783-1987
Quantity: 5 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Collection Number:
 MS 291

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: Ferrero-Silber, Papers, (MS 291) American Quilt Studies Group Research Collection. Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.

Alternative Format: None

Scope and Content: 

The papers consist of research material compiled by Pat Ferrero and Julie Silber for their film, "Hearts and Hands: A Social History of Nineteenth Century Women and Quilts." Included in the collection is correspondence with quilt historians, along with research articles sent to Ferrero and Silber. The research files are primarily articles pertaining to a wide range of topics concerning nineteenth century women, social history, and quilting, almost all of them photocopies. Additional topics include temperance, women's suffrage, the Civil War, history of weaving, and Medieval cloth-making. There is also an extensive collection of photographs on the same topics, also all photocopies.

Subjects: 

Ferrero, Pat, 1942- -- Correspondence

Silber, Julie, 1944- -- Correspondence

Quiltmakers -- United States -- History

Women -- United States -- History

Quilting -- United States -- History



Container List:

Box 1.  Folder 1. Correspondence, Benberry, Cuesta, 1986
Box 1.  Folder 2. Correspondence, Brackman, Barbara, 1986
Box 1.  Folder 3. Correspondence, Clark, Ricky, 1985-1987, undated
Box 1.  Folder 4. Correspondence, Horton, Laurel, 1983
Box 1.  Folder 5. Correspondence, Maines, Rachel, "Women in the Needle Trades, 1850-1880," 1985
Box 1.  Folder 6. Correspondence, Ramsey, Bets, 1986
Box 1.  Folder 7. Correspondence, Reddall, Wyn, 1986
Box 1.  Folder 8. Correspondence, 1984-1993, undated
Box 1.  Folder 9. Manuscripts, rough draft, notes, undated
Box 1.  Folder 10. Research, abolition, 1850-1941
Box 1.  Folder 11. Research, activists, women, 19th Century, 1980
Box 1.  Folder 12. Research, African-American quilting, 1971-1987
Box 1.  Folder 13. Research, Baltimore, 1898-1985
Box 1.  Folder 14. Research, Baltimore, 1853, 1976-1983
Box 1.  Folder 15. Research, children, 19th Century, 1976, July 12
Box 1.  Folder 16. Research, Civil War, 1864, 1901-1979
Box 2.  Folder 1. Research, Civil War, 1837, 1957-1978
Box 2.  Folder 2. Research, Civil War, Women of the Confederacy, 1837, 1957-1978
Box 2.  Folder 3. Research, Civil War, undated
Box 2.  Folder 4. Research, costume, 19th Century, undated
Box 2.  Folder 5. Research, diaries, various, 1831-1939, , 1973-1979
Box 2.  Folder 6. Research, diaries, various, 1808-1980
Box 2.  Folder 7. Research, domestic work, southern, white, 1860, 1969, undated
Box 2.  Folder 8. Research, Duniway, Abigail Scott, 1852-1914, 1983-1984
Box 2.  Folder 9. Research, flax, 1983-1984
Box 2.  Folder 10. Research, folk art portraits, 1974
Box 2.  Folder 11. Research, Grimke, Sarah, 1837, undated
Box 2.  Folder 12. Research, Hale, Sarah Josepha, 1928-1983
Box 2.  Folder 13. Research, Hawaiian quilts, 1982
Box 2.  Folder 14. Research, housework, undated
Box 2.  Folder 15. Research, housework, domestic science, 1980-1981
Box 2.  Folder 16. Research, Hutchison family singers, 1843-1946
Box 2.  Folder 17. Research, Keckley, Elizabeth, 1889, 1974
Box 2.  Folder 18. Research, Larcom, Lucy, and New England, 1843-1946
Box 2.  Folder 19. Research, Lowell textile mills, 1783, 1836-1982
Box 2.  Folder 20. Research, Lowell and Salem brochures, 1980-1983, undated
Box 2.  Folder 21. Research, maps (photocopies), 1857
Box 2.  Folder 22. Research, Medieval cloth-making, 1963
Box 2.  Folder 23. Research, missionaries, 1978
Box 2.  Folder 24. Research, Overland Trail, 1964-1982, undated
Box 3.  Folder 1. Research, photography history, 1952-1978
Box 3.  Folder 2. Research, picnics, gardens, outdoor fun, 1849-1979
Box 3.  Folder 3. Research, plantation life, 1940, undated
Box 3.  Folder 4. Research, public health, New York, 1968-1974
Box 3.  Folder 5. Research, quilt history, Ricky Clark articles, undated
Box 3.  Folder 6. Research, quilt history, U.S., 19th Century, 1894-1986
Box 3.  Folder 7. Research, quiltmakers, quilt stories, undated
Box 3.  Folder 8. Research, Sanitary Commission, Civil War, 1862-1986
Box 3.  Folder 9. Research, sanitary fairs, Civil War, 1837-1986
Box 3.  Folder 10. Research, sewing technology, 1976-1987
Box 3.  Folder 11. Research, shaker towels, 1986
Box 3.  Folder 12. Research, slavery, women, 1967-1982
Box 3.  Folder 13. Research, South, Civil War, 1931-1985
Box 3.  Folder 14. Research, suffrage, 1835-1905
Box 3.  Folder 15. Research, temperance movement, 1838-1909
Box 3.  Folder 16. Research, weaving, 1869, undated
Box 3.  Folder 17. Research, westward movement, frontier, 1853 , 1976-1986
Box 4.  Folder 1. Research, Willard, Frances E., temperance movement, 1876-1901, 1968-1985
Box 4.  Folder 2. Research, women's rights, 1844-1915 , 1986
Box 4.  Folder 3. Research, women's sphere, 19th century, 1837-1887, 1931-1983
Box 4.  Folder 4. Research sources, bibliographies, 1975-1985
Box 4.  Folder 5. Museum brochures, 1979-1982, undated
Box 4.  Folder 6. Notecards, clippings, undated
Box 4.  Folder 7. Magazine articles, undated
Box 4.  Folder 8. Misc., 1985-1986, undated
Box 4.  Folder 9. Research, photographs, Vermont Historical Society (photocopies), 1982, undated
Box 4.  Folder 10. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1847-1910, , 1976-1985, undated
Box 4.  Folder 11. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1897-1908, 1986, undated
Box 4.  Folder 12. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1860-1910, undated
Box 5.  Folder 1. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1832-1905, 1978-1983, undated
Box 5.  Folder 2. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1852-1986, undated
Box 5.  Folder 3. Research, photographs, African American quilts, slaves (photocopies), 1840-1890, 1974-1984, undated
Box 5.  Folder 4. Research, photographs, Civil War, south, slaves (photocopies), 1850-1934, 1980-1981, undated
Box 5.  Folder 5. Research, photographs, Civil War, South, and slaves (photocopies), 1852-1901, undated
Box 5.  Folder 6. Research, photographs, families (photocopies), 1857, 1893-1915, undated
Box 5.  Folder 7. Research, photographs, factory and worker photos (photocopies), 1892-1903, undated
Box 5.  Folder 8. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1850-1904, 1973, undated
Box 5.  Folder 9. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1850-1902, undated
Box 5.  Folder 10. Research, photographs (photocopies), 1842-1861, 1971-1980, undated


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