Marion W. Esposito, Quilt Pattern Collection
Title: Marion W. Esposito, Quilt
Pattern Collection
Creator: Esposito, Marion
W.
Collector: American Quilt
Study Group
Dates: 1921-1987
Quantity: 1
box (0.5 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS
0290
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Marion W. Esposito, Quilt Pattern Collection (MS 0290). Archives & Special Collections,
University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.
Alternative Format: None
Scope and Content:
The collection includes three composition books created by Marion Esposito. Each of the books
is filled with newspaper clippings related to quilt patterns, such as "The Nursery Rhyme Quilt" created by Ruby Short McKim and published about 1921, and the
"Nancy Page Garden Quilt" and "Alphabet Quilt," published between 1928 and 1930. There are numerous patterns published
under the bylines of Nancy Cabot and Hetty Winthrop, Nancy Page, and Laura Wheeler, among
others.
Subjects:
Quilting -- Patterns
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, pamphlets, publications, quilt-related, 1939-1940
Box 1. Folder 2. Patterns, Ruby Short McKim, 1941-1942
Box 1. Folder 3. Patterns, Nancy Page, 1943-1945 (see also oversize box 23)
Box 1. Folder 4. Patterns, various creators, 1946-1947
Box 1. Folder 5. Patterns, pattern lists, 1925-1987, undated
Box 1. Folder 6. Pamphlet, "Directions for Quilt-Making" Stearns
& Foster Co., 1958
Related Material and Resources: McKim, Ruby Short. One Hundred and One Patchwork Patterns; Quilt Name
Stories, Cutting Designs, Material Suggestions, Yardage Estimates, Definite Instructions for
Every Step of Quilt Making. New York, Dover Publications, 1962. |