North Star Quilters Guild Records

Overview

Abstract

Scope and Contents

Administrative Information

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Collection Overview

Title: North Star Quilters Guild Records

ID: OGLMC1638

Primary Creator: North Star Quilters Guild (1981-)

Extent: 8.5 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 05/07/2015. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Grand Forks - Organizations, Sports and Recreation

Languages: English

Abstract

Scrapbooks, photograph albums, and slide albums documenting the activities of the organization.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The North Star Quilters Guild Records consist of nine scrapbooks primarily containing photographs, newspaper clippings, and newsletters; three photograph albums and six slide albums with images of quilts and related activities; and five folders with recent newsletters and general information on the Guild. The scrapbooks and albums are numbered consecutively according to the date ranges of their contents.

Collection Historical Note

The North Star Quilters Guild was founded in 1981 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Its main goal is to promote the art of quilting by participating in area forums, introducing new ideas and methods, bringing area quilters together, exchanging ideas with regional quilting guilds, offering classes by quilting professionals, educating the general public, sharing in the appreciation of quilt-making history, and by making and donating quilts through an outreach program. The Guild has grown in ranks since its founding to over 200 active members. Members meet monthly (excluding July) at the University Lutheran Church. Besides monthly meetings, members also participate in different quilting shows such as the Columbia Mall Annual Quilt Show, the Indian Summer Quilt Show, and the St. Paul's Quilting By The River Event. The Guild fabricates not only quilts, but other quilted items as well.

Source:

North Star Quilters Guild homepage, http://northstarquilters.org/ (accessed October 6, 2015)

Subject/Index Terms

Grand Forks - Organizations
Sports and Recreation

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals: Jolene Mikkelson donated the 1997 flood quilts in May 2018 (2018-3386) and the handprint quilt, the gingerbread cookie cutout quilt, and the apron in September 2018 (2018-3389).

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the Rules and Regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: North Star Quilters Guild, Grand Forks, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 2015-3273

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). North Star Quilters Guild Records. OGLMC 1638, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Processing Information: Processed by Dawn Cleveland, Special Collections student assistant, in October 2015

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[All]

Box 1

Item 1: Photograph album 1, September 1995 - August 1996
Item 2: Photograph album 2, March 1996 - October 1997
Item 3: Photograph album 3, ca. 1997
Item 4: Slide album 3, April 1994 - 1995
Item 5: Slide album 4, 1996
Item 6: Slide album 5, January 1998 - March 1999
Item 7: Slide album 6, January 2000 - May 2000
Folder 1: Newsletters, October 2004 - May 2007
Folder 2: Newsletters, June 2007 - May 2009
Folder 3: Newsletters, September 2009 - August 2011
Folder 4: Loose materials from scrapbooks
Folder 5: General Information

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Box 3],
[Box 4],
[Box 5],
[Box 6],
[All]

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