Ferrero-Silber, Quilt Papers
Title: Ferrero-Silber, Quilt
Papers
Creator: Ferrero, Pat, 1942-
Creator: Silber, Julie, 1944-
Collector: American
Quilt Study Group
Dates: 1783-1987
Quantity: 5
boxes (2.5 linear feet)
Collection Number: MS 0291
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Ferrero-Silber, Quilt Papers, (MS 0291) American Quilt Studies Group Research Collection.
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Alternative Format: None
Scope and Content:
The papers consist of research material compiled by Pat Ferrero and Julie Silber for their
film, "Hearts and Hands: A Social History of Nineteenth Century
Women and Quilts." Included in the collection is correspondence with quilt
historians, along with research articles sent to Ferrero and Silber. The research files are
primarily articles pertaining to a wide range of topics concerning nineteenth century women,
social history, and quilting, almost all of them photocopies. Additional topics include
temperance, women's suffrage, the Civil War, history of weaving, and Medieval cloth-making.
There is also an extensive collection of photographs on the same topics, also all
photocopies.
Subjects:
Ferrero, Pat, 1942- -- Correspondence
Silber, Julie, 1944- -- Correspondence
Quiltmakers -- United States -- History
Women -- United States -- History
Quilting -- United States -- History
Container List:
Box 1. Folder 1. Correspondence, Benberry, Cuesta 1986
Box 1. Folder 2. Correspondence, Brackman, Barbara 1986
Box 1. Folder 3. Correspondence, Clark, Ricky 1985-1987 undated
Box 1. Folder 4. Correspondence, Horton, Laurel 1983
Box 1. Folder 5. Correspondence, Maines, Rachel, "Women in the Needle
Trades, 1850-1880" 1985
Box 1. Folder 6. Correspondence, Ramsey, Bets 1986
Box 1. Folder 7. Correspondence, Reddall, Wyn 1986
Box 1. Folder 8. Correspondence 1984-1993 undated
Box 1. Folder 9. Manuscripts, rough draft, notes undated
Box 1. Folder 10. Research, abolition 1850-1941
Box 1. Folder 11. Research, activists, women, 19th Century 1980
Box 1. Folder 12. Research, African-American quilting 1971-1987
Box 1. Folder 13. Research, Baltimore 1898-1985
Box 1. Folder 14. Research, Baltimore 1853 1976-1983
Box 1. Folder 15. Research, children, 19th Century 1976, July 12
Box 1. Folder 16. Research, Civil War 1864 1901-1979
Box 2. Folder 1. Research, Civil War 1837 1957-1978
Box 2. Folder 2. Research, Civil War, Women of the Confederacy 1837 1957-1978
Box 2. Folder 3. Research, Civil War undated
Box 2. Folder 4. Research, costume, 19th Century undated
Box 2. Folder 5. Research, diaries, various 1831-1939, 1973-1979
Box 2. Folder 6. Research, diaries, various 1808-1980
Box 2. Folder 7. Research, domestic work, southern, white 1860 1969 undated
Box 2. Folder 8. Research, Duniway, Abigail Scott 1852-1914 1983-1984
Box 2. Folder 9. Research, flax 1983-1984
Box 2. Folder 10. Research, folk art portraits 1974
Box 2. Folder 11. Research, Grimke, Sarah 1837 undated
Box 2. Folder 12. Research, Hale, Sarah Josepha 1928-1983
Box 2. Folder 13. Research, Hawaiian quilts 1982
Box 2. Folder 14. Research, housework undated
Box 2. Folder 15. Research, housework, domestic science 1980-1981
Box 2. Folder 16. Research, Hutchison family singers 1843-1946
Box 2. Folder 17. Research, Keckley, Elizabeth 1889 1974
Box 2. Folder 18. Research, Larcom, Lucy, and New England 1843-1946
Box 2. Folder 19. Research, Lowell textile mills 1783 1836-1982
Box 2. Folder 20. Research, Lowell and Salem brochures 1980-1983 undated
Box 2. Folder 21. Research, maps (photocopies) 1857
Box 2. Folder 22. Research, Medieval cloth-making 1963
Box 2. Folder 23. Research, missionaries 1978
Box 2. Folder 24. Research, Overland Trail 1964-1982 undated
Box 3. Folder 1. Research, photography history 1952-1978
Box 3. Folder 2. Research, picnics, gardens, outdoor fun 1849-1979
Box 3. Folder 3. Research, plantation life 1940 undated
Box 3. Folder 4. Research, public health, New York 1968-1974
Box 3. Folder 5. Research, quilt history, Ricky Clark articles undated
Box 3. Folder 6. Research, quilt history, U.S., 19th Century 1894-1986
Box 3. Folder 7. Research, quiltmakers, quilt stories undated
Box 3. Folder 8. Research, Sanitary Commission, Civil War 1862-1986
Box 3. Folder 9. Research, sanitary fairs, Civil War 1837-1986
Box 3. Folder 10. Research, sewing technology 1976-1987
Box 3. Folder 11. Research, shaker towels 1986
Box 3. Folder 12. Research, slavery, women 1967-1982
Box 3. Folder 13. Research, South, Civil War 1931-1985
Box 3. Folder 14. Research, suffrage 1835-1905
Box 3. Folder 15. Research, temperance movement 1838-1909
Box 3. Folder 16. Research, weaving 1869 undated
Box 3. Folder 17. Research, westward movement, frontier 1853 1976-1986
Box 4. Folder 1. Research, Willard, Frances E., temperance movement 1876-1901 1968-1985
Box 4. Folder 2. Research, women's rights 1844-1915 1986
Box 4. Folder 3. Research, women's sphere, 19th century 1837-1887 1931-1983
Box 4. Folder 4. Research sources, bibliographies 1975-1985
Box 4. Folder 5. Museum brochures 1979-1982 undated
Box 4. Folder 6. Notecards, clippings undated
Box 4. Folder 7. Magazine articles undated
Box 4. Folder 8. Misc. 1985-1986 undated
Box 4. Folder 9. Research, photographs, Vermont Historical Society (photocopies) 1982 undated
Box 4. Folder 10. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1847-1910, 1976-1985 undated
Box 4. Folder 11. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1897-1908 1986 undated
Box 4. Folder 12. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1860-1910 undated
Box 5. Folder 1. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1832-1905 1978-1983 undated
Box 5. Folder 2. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1852-1986 undated
Box 5. Folder 3. Research, photographs, African American quilts, slaves
(photocopies) 1840-1890 1974-1984 undated
Box 5. Folder 4. Research, photographs, Civil War, south, slaves (photocopies) 1850-1934 1980-1981 undated
Box 5. Folder 5. Research, photographs, Civil War, South, and slaves (photocopies) 1852-1901 undated
Box 5. Folder 6. Research, photographs, families (photocopies) 1857 1893-1915 undated
Box 5. Folder 7. Research, photographs, factory and worker photos (photocopies) 1892-1903 undated
Box 5. Folder 8. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1850-1904 1973 undated
Box 5. Folder 9. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1850-1902 undated
Box 5. Folder 10. Research, photographs (photocopies) 1842-1861 1971-1980 undated
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