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
0293
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Bets Ramsey, Papers (MS 0293). 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
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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