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Louise Howey, Quilt Papers

Title: Louise Howey, Quilt Papers

Creator: Howey, Louise

Dates: 1917-1989

Quantity: 7 boxes (3.5 linear ft)

Collection Number: MS 0332

Language: English

Restrictions: None

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Preferred Citation: Louise Howey, Quilt Papers (MS 0332). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries.

Scope and Content:

The materials include 13 scrapbooks created by Louise Howey, first President of the Lincoln Quilter's Guild, that represent her personal documentation of quilting from as early as the 1960s. There are also patterns, correspondence, and misc. publications.

Subjects:

Howey, Louise

Home economics -- 19th century

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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