Quilt Symposium '77, Records
Title: Quilt Symposium '77, Records
Creator:
Lincoln Quilters Guild
Dates: 1976-1977
Quantity: 1 box (0.4 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS 266
Language: English
Restrictions: None
Copyright: The use of Archives and Special Collections material is governed by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S. Code).
Preferred Citation: Quilt Symposium '77, Records (MS 266). Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries.
Background Note:
In July 1977 the Lincoln Quilters Guild hosted "Quilt Symposium '77 "Fine Art - Folk Art." The symposium was held on the Nebraska
Wesleyan campus July 21-23, 1977 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Over six hundred individuals attended the symposium, which presented
workshops and lectures by pivotal quilt artists and teachers such as Jean Ray Laury, Michael James, Phyllis Hader, Marcia
Sparks, and Helen Squire. Related symposium events included exhibitions, a quilt block contest, and vendor sales.
Scope and Content:
The collection of quilt symposium records includes publicity information created by members of the Lincoln Quilt Guild to
promote the symposium. Selected items from the symposium include a handbag given to participants with the signatures from
several of the artists and lecturers who taught or attended the event. Materials from Betty Ferguson include the notes that
she took at sessions and lectures that she attended.
Subjects:
Quilts
Quiltmakers - Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln Quilters Guild
Quilts - Study and teaching
Quilting - Study and teaching
Container List:
Box 1.
Folder 1. Pamphlets, publicity
Box 1.
Folder 2. Contact list
Box 1.
Folder 3. Symposium materials
Box 1.
Folder 4. Participant notes, by Betty Ferguson
Box 1.
Folder 5. Newspaper clippings
Box 1.
Folder 6. Symposium handbag, speaker signatures
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