Minnesota Quilt Project
From QuiltIndex
Contact: Minnesota Quilters, Inc., Burnsville, MN
Documentation Dates: 1987 (in process)
Parameters: statewide, cut-off date of 1976
Total Quilts: 4,000 (est.)
Total Documentation Days (Number of documentation days held): 38
Publication information (if any):
- Douah, Remi Kouessi-Tanoh. In her own words: Uncovering a life experience woven into the African American quiltmaking tradition (Wilma Gary). A dissertation in support of the author's Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, 2006. Advisors: Gloria Williams and Joanne Eicher. 150 pages. ISBN: 978-0-542-81328-3.
- King, Maria and Vickie Wendel. Stitches in Time. Anoka, MN, Anoka County Historical Society, 2007. A product of the Anoka County, Minnesota 2007 sesquicentennial celebration.
- Discovering Ourselves in Minnesota Quilts; Darlene Zimmerman and Helen Kelly.
- Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past. The Minnesota Quilt Project. Stillwater, MN: The Voyageur Press, Inc., 2005.
Database: Is the documentation project a part of the Quilt Index or are records digitized in some database? Please describe. Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN houses the digital records. All 4,000 quilts were ingested into the MATRIX Quilt Index database in 2009.
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