Skip to main content

Quilts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85109863

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander B. Meek letter, 1859 June 10

 File — Box WSC001: [Barcode: 1006241611], Folder: W0129.09
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a letter from Alexander B. Meek to Miss Addie A. Harris in June 1859. Miss Harris had written Meek requesting an autographed piece of silk for a quilt she was making. Meek not only sent her the autograph, he sent a beautiful four-line poem to add to his inscription on the quilt.

Dates: 1859 June 10

Branscomb Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4017
Abstract

Letters, land grants, diplomas, certificates, scrapbook, daguerreotype, and other miscellaneous documents, as well as quilts and other textiles (including a wedding dress from the early 20th century)

Dates: after 1865

Judy Bridgers Papers--CLOSED FOR PROJECT

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2411
Abstract

Papers, photographs, etc., related to her involvement in AIDS outreach in Birmingham

Dates: 1990s

Quilt Pattern Piece, undated

 File — Box 4265.001: [Barcode: 1006233187], Folder: 62
Scope and Contents

The collection contains a single quilt pattern piece with instructions for selecting fabric colors and cutting. The only instruction for piecing the quilt is to be sure not to put two blocks of the same color together.

Dates: undated

Wade Hall Quilt Day Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-011
Abstract

Color prints of the Wade Hall Quilt collection dedication at the William T. Young Library, University of Kentucky on August 13, 1999, and photograph of every quilt in the collection.

Dates: 1999-08-13