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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 08:37:38 -0400

From: "Joan Brown" <jfbrown@apollo.vicon.net

Hello all,

    I have a friend who would like to research a quilt she just bought. She

thinks it is a Baltimore Album quilt. It has a signature and the date 1853

quilted into it.  I can hardly wait till I can see it for myself.

    Are the names of the known makers of Baltimore Album quilts listed on

the net anywhere. She plans to search the census records and contact the

Baltimore Museum. If anyone here can help it would be greatly appreciated.

    Thank you,

    Joan in PA

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Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:56:54 -0400

From: denise nordberg <quiltdiva@usnetway.com

Hi Joan,

I don't know of any net sources for the names on Baltimore album quilts but

there are two book sources that I know of....BALTIMORE ALBUM QUILTS by Dena

Katzenberg, now out of print, has lists of names wherever found on the quilts

in her book  Also, in LAVISH LEGACIES by Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough, there

are many album quilts with the signers - as well as some genealogical

information - listed.  Hope this helps.

Denise in Scranton, PA

To Joan and Denise,

Also, don't forget the book of the Maryland Quilt Documentation Project, =

called "A Maryland Album: Quiltmaking Traditions - 1634-1934" by Gloria =

Seaman Allen and Nancy Gibson Tuckhorn.  Published in 1995, it has quite =

a few beauties, with maker's names.

Jean, with the MN project.

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:33:35 +0400

From: Xenia Cord <xecord@netusa1.net

If you can get a copy to look at, don't forget William Rush Dunton's Old

Quilts (pubished in very limited quantities and long out of print).

Xenia, off to AQSG momentarily

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 10:29:23 PDT

From: "JuLee King" <piecingitogether@hotmail.com>

Joan, I'm not shore if this will help but the LDS church has the largest

genealogy  library in the world and now the have a web site to do research

on line I haven't used it yet myself so I don't know what all information

your friend may need but its worth a shot. It also might help any one else

trying to find out more about some of these talented women. I know at the 

library here in salt lake they even have alot of journals and histories from

all over the world. the site is www.familysearch.org I hope this helps. If

it doesn't get you to the site let me know and I'll try again.  JuLee in

utah

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 21:02:56 -0400

From: Peg Gilson <gilsons@voicenet.com

Has anyone been to the special exhibit at the Toledo (OH) Museum of Art?

It opened last week and runs through January 20.

I understand that there are about 200 quilts, some of which are antique

and have rarely been exhibited. I believe Penny McMorris helped

organize or is curating it. Thank you for your feedback.

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Tanoh douah <kwessy@hotmail.com>
I am originally from the Ivory Coast and grew up among Kente cloth weavers. I am not a weaver myself but have relatives who are weavers. I am currently writing my PhD dissertation on African American quilting tradition in Minnesota. I am exploring the existence (or not ) of A tradition of quilt making among African American women in that state. Apparently scholars have not looked at this state because of its location, its harsh winters, and a small population of African Americans.

I have been having some difficulties writing my literature review for my thesis because I need to include the history of quilt making in America in  general. I have not found a book that does it. The info that I have come across is all over the place as an author deals with  the history of quilt making in a paragraph or so.

Tanoh douah kwessy@hotmail.com

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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:17:12 -0400

From: "Wykes Family" <wykesfcn@tdi.net

Hi Peg and QHL:

I just went to the exhibit at the Toledo Museum of Art.  There are NOT 200

quilts!  This is a small exhibit (ticketed) that is comprised of all

different types of quilts-could be only 30 or so there.  They are all from

the American Museum of Folklore.  There are everything from whole cloth to

Signature to Amish to modern quilts.  Some close to 1800, many from 1850

era and all the way to 1970's.  The nicest thing in this good exhibit is

that you can get VERY close to see the fabric and stitching, only a few are

behind plexiglass.  Some are very famous quilts that I have only seen in

books. 

The Toledo Art Museum is a wonderful museum in its own right-free to get

into, but this exhibit costs $5 a person.  It' s worth a  trip to Toledo

and the time to go through the show.  A nice touch is that they have

examples of the type of stitching (ie..applique or broderie perse) in a

touchable exhibit right next to the quilt itself.  My kids loved this.

Debbie Wykes

Monroe, MI  (20 miles N of Toedo)       

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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 22:53:52 +0200

From: Ady Hirsch <adamroni@netvision.net.il

Hi,

At the risk of boring everyone, here's one last reference to eagle quilts.

I've just received the new 2000 Quilt Engagement Calendar, and plate 10 has

the funniest eagle quilt I've ever seen. It has twelve eagles, no less

(although they do look a bit like turkeys), in all colors of the rainbow.

In their beaks they hold a cherry and leaves, and the tails are made of

numerous multi-colored, narrow strips. Talk about freedom of

interpretation! These, I think, are the least patriotic birds I've ever

seen, and among the nicest. Incidentally, the calendar editors date the

quilt to 1850-60, and say it is probably from Pnnsylvania.

Ady

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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 1999 17:18:21 -0400

From: "Judy Kelius (judysue)" <judy@chesco.com

I'll add one more to the eagles discussion. Last weekend I bought an album

quilt with a large border of eagles - sixteen of them altogether. It is

fabulous! Each is holding a flag in its beak with initials on it, each

ending in "S," so I imagine they represent various members of the family.

There is a shield on each breast, and each is holding a sheaf of arrows.The

middle has nine different appliqued blocks. I think it also dates to around

1850. There is some deterioriation in some of the reds (not that bad), so

I'm going to have fun restoring it with old fabrics. Anyone who has some of

the 1850ish red prints willing to sell any?

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