Please know that I save all of your messages and appreciate them so. You are such a valuable resource for us. Marta Brooks At 02:34 PM 7/30/99 -0400, you wrote: >Greetings: > >A new collection, "Quilts and Quiltmaking in America" is now available in >American Memory. > >The collection can be viewed at: >http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/qlthtml/ > >From the home page: > >Quilts and Quiltmaking in America showcases materials from two >American Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife >Project Collection (1978) and the "All-American Quilt Contest" >sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End, and Good >Housekeeping. Together these collections provide a glimpse into >America's diverse quilting traditions. The quilt documentation from >the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, an ethnographic field project >conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the >National Park Service, includes 229 photographs and 181 recorded >interviews with six quiltmakers in Appalachian North Carolina and >Virginia. These materials document quilts and quilting within the >context of daily life and reflect a range of backgrounds, motivations, >and aesthetic sensibilities. The materials presented from the Lands' >End All-American Quilt Contest collection include images of >approximately 180 winning quilts from across the United States. The >collection represents a wide range of quiltmaking, from highly >traditional to innovative, and the quilts pictured exhibit excellent >design and technical skill in a variety of styles and materials. >============ > >A formal press release will follow. Please wait until then to re-post this >information to other lists. Thanks. > >Betty > _________________________________________________________ > > Elizabeth L. Brown, Reference Librarian, etc. > National Digital Library Program, LIBN/NDL/VC(1330) > Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20540-1330 > [log in to unmask] telephone: 202/707-2235 > > Library of Congress American Memory Home Page: > http://memory.loc.gov/ >_________________________________________________________ >