Iowa Quilt Research Project
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Contact: Iowa Quilt Research Project
Documentation Dates: 1988 (completed)
Parameters: statewide, cut-off date of 1925
Total Quilts: 2,558
Total Documentation Days (Number of documentation days held): 26
Publication information (if any):
- Blaski, Steven. Quilts Reveal Lives of Early Iowans. The Palimpsest: Iowa's Popular History Magazine. 1990 Spring 71(1); p 33. Summarizes the activities of the Iowa Quilt Research Project.
- Schmeal, Jacqueline Andre. Patchwork: Iowa Quilts and Quilters. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2003. 158 p. 0877458650
- The Thread That Remains, Patterns From Iowa’s Past. Des Moines: Iowa Quilts Research Project, 1990. Small exhibit catalog.
- Flanscha, Karan. Heritage Quilts From America's Heartland: The Iowa Quilt Research Project. Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts. April/May 1996; pgx. 5-12 Overview of the IQRP with photos of 8 quilts documented.
Database: Is the documentation project a part of the Quilt Index or are records digitized in some database? Please describe. State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines houses the digital records. Images were digitized and uploaded to the Quilt Index.
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