Bets Ramsey, Papers
Title: Bets Ramsey, Papers
Creator: Ramsey, Bets
Collector: American Quilt Study Group
Dates: 1927-1998
Quantity: 4 boxes (2.0 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS 293
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: Bets Ramsey, Papers (MS 293). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Alternative Format: None
Scope and Content:
The collection includes a newspaper column written by Bets Ramsey called "The Quilter,"
which ran from 1982-1997 in the The Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga, Tennessee. There are research materials related to specific people and correspondence collected by Ramsey,
as well as information on quilt shows. The collection has assorted newsletters and catalogs, magazine articles, and newspaper
clippings. The articles and clippings contain information on various quilt projects like the Aids Quilt and on the history
of quilts and quiltmaking.
Subjects:
Ramsey, Bets, 1923- -- Correspondence
Quiltmakers -- United States -- Archives
Quilting -- United States -- History
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1973-1996
Box 1. Folder 2. Publications, "The Quilter," 1980, Dec.-1985, Aug.
Box 1. Folder 3. Publications, "The Quilter," 1985, Sept.-1989, Oct.
Box 1. Folder 4. Publications, "The Quilter," 1989, Nov.-1994, Apr.
Box 1. Folder 5. Publications, "The Quilter," 1994, Apr.-1997, Dec.
Box 1. Folder 6. Publications, assorted articles and reviews, 1983-1990
Box 1. Folder 7. Research, assorted articles, 1978, undated
Box 1. Folder 8. Research, Karasz, Mariska, 1970, Mar.
Box 1. Folder 9. Research, Raymo, Anne, 1973, Feb., undated
Box 1. Folder 10. Research, Schapiro, Miriam, 1992, Apr.
Box 1. Folder 11. Research, correspondence, Counts, Charles, 1973-1993
Box 1. Folder 12. Research, correspondence, Laury, Jean Ray, 1963-1992, undated
Box 1. Folder 13. Research, correspondence, Lesch, Alma, 1967-1992, undated
Box 1. Folder 14. Research, correspondence, Lintault, Joan, 1992-1997, undated
Box 1. Folder 15. Research, correspondence, May, Therese, 1992-1993
Box 1. Folder 16. Research, correspondence, Wastphal, Katherine, 1978-1993
Box 2. Folder 1. Patterns, assorted
Box 2. Folder 2. Quilt shows, 1973-1983
Box 2. Folder 3. Quilt shows, 1984-1989
Box 2. Folder 4. Quilt shows, 1990-1997, undated
Box 2. Folder 5. Quilt Show, "The Quilts of Tennessee," 1996
Box 2. Folder 6. Quilt Show, "Six of a Kind: Quilts As Art," 1997, Oct.
Box 2. Folder 7. Museum exhibition announcements, catalogs, 1968-1997
Box 2. Folder 8. Catalogs, quilt-related products, 1977-1988
Box 2. Folder 9. Advertisements, quilt books, 1977-1998, undated
Box 2. Folder 10. Postcard, 1988
Box 2. Folder 11. Newsletters, assorted, 1984-1997
Box 2. Folder 12. Magazine, Good Housekeeping, 1978
Box 2. Folder 13. Magazine, American Craft, 1997
Box 3. Folder 1. Magazine, Creative Quilting, 1986
Box 3. Folder 2. Magazine articles, Better Homes and Gardens, (photocopies) , 1927-1928
Box 3. Folder 3. Magazine, Articles, Woman's Day, 1942-1943
Box 3. Folder 4. Magazine, Articles, book reviews, 1979-1997
Box 3. Folder 5. Magazine articles, Community, Bees and Projects, 1975-1990
Box 3. Folder 6. Magazine articles, contemporary and art quilts, 1957-1997, undated
Box 3. Folder 7. Magazine articles, history development, 1961-1997, undated
Box 3. Folder 8. Magazine articles, Pictures and Instructions, 1963-1988, undated
Box 3. Folder 9. Newspaper clippings, community, bees, projects, 1969-1997, undated
Box 3. Folder 10. Newspaper clippings, contemporary and art quilts, 1963-1997 , undated (see also oversize box 25)
Box 3. Folder 11. Newspaper clippings, history, development, 1971-1997 , undated (see also oversize box 25)
Box 3. Folder 12. Newspaper clippings, pictures, illustrations, 1974-1996 , undated (see also oversize box 25)
Box 3. Folder 13. Newspaper clippings, columns, "Telegraphic,"
Lawrence Kansas, "Lets Talk About Quilting,", 1981-1982
Box 4. Folder 1. Quilter's Hall of Fame, programs, nominating correspondence, 1979-1987
Box 4. Folder 2. Brochures, pamphlets, advertisments
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