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
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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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