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Beyond the Exhibit Hall in Tompkins County Quilts

A poster that says "THE HISTORY CENTER IN TOMPKINS COUNTY presents PATTERNS Quilting in Tompkins County Narrated by Slyvie Yntema"

Researchers are encouraged to schedule appointments in our Research Library & Archives to review the following archival materials from our textile related collections:

FINDING AID HIGHLIGHT

The Tompkins County Quilters Guild was established in 1974, at a time when there were no local, state, or national organizations to support quilting. That year Jeanne Greene, a board member of Ithaca’s City Federation of Women’s Organizations, suggested holding a weekend quilt show to measure local interest, and 500 people came to see quilts on display at the Women’s Community Building. Shortly afterwards the Quilters Guild formed and began planning a major show for August 21-27 in 1976. Their Bicentennial Finger Lakes Quilt Exhibit displayed 600 quilts from 14 area counties, staged many lectures, workshops and demonstrations, attracted 8,200 visitors from 31 states and 10 foreign countries, and was hailed as the largest such show to date in the nation.  

Members of the Quilters Guild began donating their records to The History Center's archives in 2011 and we are delighted to keep adding to this rich collection. It contains business records, grant and workshop information, newsletters, correspondence, programs and publicity for quilt shows, and much more.


Suggested Quilting History Activities & Lesson Plans

Educator Reference Materials & Ideas

QUILTING & HISTORIC TEXTILE ARTS COLORING PAGES

Physical Address

Located inside the Tompkins Center for History & Culture

110 North Tioga Street

(On the Ithaca Commons) 

Ithaca NY, 14850 USA

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Exhibit Hall Wednesday-Saturday 10am-6pm - CLOSED Sun-Tues

Cornell Local History Research Library & Archives - By appointment only. Please contact archives@thehistorycenter.net

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