Ohio Quilt Research Project
From QuiltIndex
Contact: Library and Manuscript Division, Ohio Historical Society
Documentation Dates: 1984 (completed)
Parameters: statewide, mainly pre-1950 quilts, contemporary art quilts were not included
Total Quilts: 7,000 (est.)
Total Documentation Days (Number of documentation days held): 51
Publication information (if any):
- Quilts in Community, Ohio's Traditions, Nineteenth & Twentieth Century Quilts, Quiltmakers and Traditions. Ricky Clark, George W. Knepper, and Ellice Ronsheim, Rutledge Hill Press, 1991.
- Ohio Quilts: A Living Tradition, M.J. Albacate, Sharon D'Atri, and Jane Reeves, Canton Art Institute, 1981.
- Treasures from Trunks: Early Quilts from Wayne and Holmes Counties, Virginia Gunn, et al, The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH, 1987.
- Muhlberger, Esther Veach. The History of the Bicentennial Quilt Project of the Ohio Valley Quilters' Guild / by Esther Veach Muhlberger. [Cincinnati, Ohio] : The Guild, [c1989] 22 p. ; 22 cm.
- Rake, Valerie Sanders. 'In the Old Days, They Used Scraps': Gender, Leisure, Commodification, and the Mythology of Quiltmaking, Wayne County, Ohio, 1915-1995. Columbus, OH: Ohio State University, 2000. 369 pages. [dissertation, also available from UMI, Inc]
- Clark, Ricky. Quilts of the Ohio Western Reserve. Ohio University Press, 2005. 128 pages; illus; bibliog. 0-8214-1659-6. paper.
- Pritchard, Gayle A. Uncommon Threads: Ohio's Art Quilt Revolution (Ohio Quilt Series). Ohio University Press, 2006. 144 p. : ill., 0821417061
Database: Is the documentation project a part of the Quilt Index or are records digitized in some database? Please describe. Records are not digitized in any form. Paper records are housed at Ohio Historical Society. They are accessible by appointment only. The folders are organized by quilt day and there is no finding aid.
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