Katy Christopherson, Collection on
Quilts
Title: Katy
Christopherson, Collection on Quilts
Creator: Christopherson, Katy
Dates: 1913-2004
Quantity: 7 boxes (2.7 linear
ft)
Collection Number: MS 0324
Language: English
Restrictions: None
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Preferred Citation: Katy Christopherson, Collection on Quilts (MS 0324). Archives & Special
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Biography:
Katy Christopherson is a quilt historian and is actively involved in the Kentucky
Heritage Quilt Society. She is co-author of Gatherings:
America's Quilt Heritage with Paul D. Pilgrim, Gerald E. Roy, Maqs, and
Kathlyn Sullivan. Christopherson was involved in the Kentucky Quilt Project, started
in 1981, which documented quilts created in the state.
Scope and Content:
The most significant portion of the materials are research files on quilts and
textiles, which are dated from 1918 to the present. There are also newsletters,
magazines, pattern books, and materials on quilt judging. Some of the items relate
to institutions or groups such as the American Quilters Society, the Women of Color
Network, and the Quilt Conservancy.
Subjects:
Christopherson, Katy
Quilts -- United States
Textile research -- 20th century
Quilts -- United States
Quilting -- United States
Quilts -- Collectors and collecting -- United
States
Quilts -- Design
Quilts -- History
Quilts -- United States -- History -- 20th
century
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