Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2004695007
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Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
Encoded by Nora Yeh, March 2009 ; Revised by Nora Yeh
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Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection 1992-1997
Lands' End, Inc.
Scope and Content The Lands' End All-American Quilt Collection consists of visual images, essays, entry forms, and administrative materials from three quilt contests held in 1992, 1994, and 1996. The collection was donated to the American Folklife Center by Lands' End in 1997. The 1996 national first place winning quilt, made by Candy Goff of Montana, was displayed at the reception to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in September 1996. The contests were sponsored jointly by Coming Home, the linens and home-decorating division of Lands' End, Inc., a catalog and home-shopping service, and Good Housekeeping magazine. Those entering the contest were asked to submit a color photo or slide of the quilt. "If Quilts Could Talk" was the theme for 1994 and 1996, and a 100-word essay on the theme was required of finalists in 1994 and for entries in 1996. The rules for the contest specified that quilts must be of an original design or an original interpretation of a traditional pattern, and no quilts made from kits would be considered. Quilts made by groups and children were also eligible. Monetary prizes of $10,000, $3,000, and $2,000 were awarded to the national first, second, and third place winners. Additionally, a winner was named from each state and the District of Columbia, and those winners were awarded $100 gift certificates from Coming Home. Winners were announced and photographs of their quilts were published in the Good Housekeeping magazine and the Coming Home catalog. Each year a panel of five distinguished judges made their choices based on quality of workmanship, quilting techniques, suitability of fabrics, color choices, over-all design, eye appeal, and originality. From among thousands of entries submitted, 250 finalist quilts were selected each year to be shipped to Lands' End headquarters in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, where the judges made final selections (See Appendix: Names of Finalists) in choosing the year's winners. The winning entries are arranged initially by prize and then alphabetically within the following categories-- National, Judges' Choice, Kids' Quilts, and State winners. Each folder contains the contestants' original entries (including slides, photos, personal essays, and forms) and a survey of contestant information requested by the American Folklife Center for the online presentation, “Quilts and Quiltmaking in America, 1978-1996.” Other items in the collection include photographs from the judging activities of 1996 (folders 36-46), and the entries to an employee quilt contest at Lands' End staged in 1992 (folders 3114-3131).
series
Series I: Administrative Materials
file
Collection Guide including attachments.
Sample of folder contents
Contains materials which were requested for the competition.
Preliminary materials - Part A
Preliminary materials - Part B
Smithsonian controversy on Chinese made quilts.
Administrative materials and correspondence
Budget and expenses: Judges' shipping
Contest Rules
Judges
Judging - "Guidelines for Evaluation”
Houston Quilt Show. Brochures, programs and flyers of the International Quilt Festival held in at the George R. Brown Convention Center, Texas.
Winners - List and working papers
Winners - Receipts for gift certificates
Exhibit - Lands' End
Press Release concerning Smithsonian pattern made by West Virginia Quilters
Complete computer printout of entries
Contest coordinator's (Michelle Casper) working documents
Announcement of Contest
Budget, expenses, and shipping documents
Entry forms
Sample letters to entrants
Judges' “Guidelines for Evaluation,” Evaluation sheets
Screening process and “Quilt Key”
Houston Quilt Show
Press releases
Promotional materials
Coming Home (Lands' End Catalog) and Fact Sheets
Computer printout of entrants, Complete (8 1⁄2 x 14" - see oversize box)
Work plan. Contains the work plan for the 1996 Quilt Contest.
Announcements of contest
Expenses
Travel of Judges
Judges and Candidates
Judges: Christine Thurman, correspondence
Judges' “Guidelines for Evaluation”
Photographs of judging activities and winners' reception (Continued at folder 42)
Photographs of judging activities and winners' reception (Continued from folder 41)
Quilt shows outside Lands' End
Quilt Show at Lands' End
Reception for Quilt Show at Lands' End
Winners' essays for display
Winners, information about
Promotional materials for the contest
“Our Home” Essays
Publicity
Publicity kits
Newspaper articles about crafts
Publications on Quilts and Quilting - Part 1 of 2
Publications on Quilts and Quilting - Part 2 of 2
Library of Congress-Acquisition and reception, 1996
Computer printouts of entries from Lands' End, Incomplete
Series II: Contest Entries
1992 Entries
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Employee Contest (held in 1992)
1994 Entries
Canada
APO: U.S. Mission to NATO
1996 Entries
Contains all oversized materials belonging to the collection: posters, computer printouts and photographs
Series III: Contest Winners 1992, 1994, 1996
1992 Winners
1992- 1st Place National: Webb, Marianne. Correspondence, photos, slides, entry form, survey
1992- 2nd Place National: Brooks, Kathleen. Correspondence, photos, slides, publication list, quilt pattern book, articles, survey
1992- 3rd Place National: Keehr, Brenda. Correspondence, photos, slide, leaflet, brochure, compilation of articles, survey
1992 Alabama Winner: Gresham, Mabel. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1992 Alaska Winner: Schell, Ann-Lillian. Entry form, slide, negative, survey
1992 Arizona Winner: Evans, Jane. Entry form, slide, negative, survey
1992 Arkansas Winner: Hearst, Levena. Entry form, photo negative, survey
1992 California Winner: Potter, Maggie. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Colorado Winner: Klipfel, Leah. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Connecticut Winner: Pelletier, Sophie. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Delaware Winner: Morris, Ruth. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Washington, D.C. Winner: Splitt, Martha. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Florida Winner: Haywood, Dixie. Photo, slide, survey
1992 Florida Winner: Myers, Dorothy. Entry form, photo, survey
1992 Georgia Winner: Lutz, Marcia. Entry form, slides, survey
1992 Hawaii Winner: Arakaki, Nancy. Entry form, photos, negative
1992 Idaho Winner: Reisch, Lori. Entry form, photos, negative, survey
1992 Illinois Winner: Denaxas, Pat. Entry form, slides, survey
1992 Indiana Winner: Woodfield, Marlene. Entry form, photo, survey
1992 Iowa Winner: McCabe, Mary Jo. Entry form, slide, negative, survey
1992 Kansas Winner: Seay, J. Alex. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Kentucky Winner: Ramsey, Kathy. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, cloth samples, survey
1992 Lousiana Winner: Kruelskie, Patricia. Entry form, slides, survey
1992 Maine Winner: Rosso, Nancy. Entry form, photo, negative, article
1992 Maryland Winner: Weber, Julia. Entry form, photo negative
1992 Massachusetts Winner: Bawn, Rosemary. Entry form, slides, survey
1992 Michigan Winner: Harbison, Edna. Entry form, photo, slide, survey
1992 Minnesota Winner: Hedin, Susan. Photo, negative, slide, survey
1992 Mississippi Winner: Baggett, Gladys. Entry form, photos, negative, survey
1992 Missouri Winner: Finlayson, Constance. Entry form, photos, slide, survey
1992 Montana Winner: Clarke, Eileen. Entry form, slides, survey
1992 Nebraska Winner: Landkamer, Ginny. Correspondence, entry form, slides, survey
1992 Nevada Winner: Bolton, Pat. Correspondence, entry form, slides, survey
1992 New Hampshire Winner: Calistro, Polly. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 New Jersey Winner: Inverso, Therese. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 New Mexico Winner: Manzanares, Helen. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 New York Winner: Dunn, Frances. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slides
1992 North Carolina Winner: Hall, Jane. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1992 North Dakota Winner: Haider, Vicki. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slides, leaflet, survey
1992 Ohio Winner: Vargo, A.V. Entry form, photo negative
1992 Oklahoma Winner: Kimball, Charlene. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1992 Oregon Winner: Sugiyama, Yuki. Entry form, photos, negative, survey
1992 Pennsylvania Winner: Cameron, Charlotte. Entry form, slides, negative, survey
1992 Rhode Island Winner: Burrill, Jean F. Entry form, photos, slides, survey
1992 South Carolina Winner: Baugh, Catherine. Entry form, photos, negative, survey
1992 South Dakota Winner: Paul, Anna Mae. Correspondence, entry form, photos, slides, negative, survey
1992 Tennessee Winner: Shaw, Leslie. Entry form, photos, negative, survey
1992 Texas Winner: Newman, Terrie. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Utah Winner: Dick, Betty. Entry form, slide, negative, returned letter
1992 Vermont Winner: Greenhoe-Bergh, Eliza. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1992 Virginia Winner: Fraley, Ted. Correspondence, entry form, photo, returned letter
1992 Washington State Winner: Simmons, Lorraine. Entry form, slide, negative
1992 West Virginia Winner: Medovic, Cathy. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1992 Wisconsin Winner: Kailhofer, Patricia. Entry form, photo, slide, negative, survey
1992 Wyoming Winner: Ludwig, Janet. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Winners
1994 1st Place National Winner: Rouse, Kathryn. Correspondence, entry form, slides, survey
1994 2nd Place National Winner: Holihan, Jane. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, slide, survey
1994 3rd Place National Winner: Potter, Maggie. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Judges' Choice Winner: Reynolds, Ruth. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative
1994 Judges' Choice Winner: Smith, Karen. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Judges' Choice Winner: Tummings, La Quita. Correspondence, photo, negative, survey
1994 Judges' Choice Winner: Denenberg, Rita. Correspondence, negative, slides, survey
1994 Judges' Choice Winner: Gant, Alice. Correspondence, photo, negative, flyer, post card, articles
1994 Alabama Winner: Harshbarger, Linda. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slide negative, survey
1994 Alaska Winner: Dubbs, Kathleen. Correspondence, entry form, slides, survey
1994 Arizona Winner: Evans, Jane. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Arkansas Winner: Hattaway, Cesarina. Correspondence, photo, negative, survey
1994 California Winner: Olson, Noelle M. Correspondence, entry form, photo
1994 Colorado Winner: Kimball, Annabelle. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Connecticut Winner: Smith, Sandra E. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Delaware Winner: Ziegler, Madge. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Washington, D.C. Winner: Beecroft, Anne. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Florida Winner: Haywood, Dixie. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1994 Georgia Winner: Butler, Barbara. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Hawaii Winner: Kapaa, Rita. Correspondence, photos, negative, survey
1994 Idaho Winner: Sewell, Sonja. Correspondence Photo, negative
1994 Illinois Winner: Eddy, Ellen Anne. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 Indiana Winner: Woodfield, Marlene. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Iowa Winner: McCabe, Mary Jo. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Kansas Winner: Singer, Vivian. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative survey
1994 Kentucky Winner: Hughes, Margaret. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1994 Louisiana Winner: Dison, Deanna D. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Maine Winner: Hire, Dianne. Correspondence, entry form, negative, slides, survey
1994 Maryland Winner: Erlenborn, Dorothy C. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Massachusetts Winner: Miller, Dianne. Entry form, slide, negative, postcards
1994 Michigan Winner: Ballard, Debra. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 Minnesota Winner: Sells, Audree. Entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Mississippi Winner: Schutt, Suzanne. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 Missouri Winner: Bryant, Jill D. Correspondence, photos, survey
1994 Montana Winner: Goff, Candy. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 Nebraska Winner: Koehler, Fran. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Nevada Winner: Allison, Mary Ann K. Correspondence, entry form, photos, returned letter
1994 New Hampshire Winner: Patch, Adele. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 New Jersey Winner: Thompson, Judith. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 New Mexico Winner: Gould, Patricia. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 New York Winner: Strasberg, Lois. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 North Carolina Winner: Wortman, Penelope. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 North Dakota Winner: Zocher, Jodie. Correspondence, entry form, photo negative, survey
1994 Ohio Winner: Null, Nancy. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, newspaper articles, survey
1994 Oklahoma Winner: Alltizer, Leona. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 Oregon Winner: Hegge, Ken. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, magazine articles, survey
1994 Pennsylvania Winner: Matthews, Pat. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1994 Rhode Island Winner: Timby, Deborah. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 South Carolina Winner: Perea, Ilsa. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 South Dakota Winner: Sierra, Lois. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1994 Tennessee Winner: Clabo, Margo. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, business card, survey
1994 Texas Winner: Fuquay, Susan. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative
1994 Utah Winner: Clarine, Barbara. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Vermont Winner: Fisher, Emma. Correspondence, entry form, negative, returned letter
1994 Virginia Winner: Clahoun, Frances. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Washington State Winner: Lee, Kathy. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, slides, survey
1994 West Virginia Winner: Metz, Pearl. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1994 Wisconsin Winner: Fahl, Ann. Correspondence, entry form, photos, slide, negative, survey
1994 Wyoming Winner: Ludwig, Janet. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Winners
1996 1st Place National Winner: Goff, Candy. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1996 2nd Place National Winner: Buckley, Karen, Kay. Photo, negative, survey
1996 3rd Place National Winner: Ott, Carol K. Correspondence, photos, negative, survey
1996 Judges' Choice Winner: Averett, Linda. Entry form, photos, slides, negative, survey
1996 Judges' Choice Winner: Woodfield, Marlene. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Judges' Choice Winner: Sewell, Natalie. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Judges' Choice Winner: McWilliams, Margaret. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Judges' Choice Winner: McLennand, Sara Ann. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Lowey-Ball, Herdi B./ Jacksonville Beach Elementary School. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Noonan, Jo/ Arbor Montessori School. Correspondence, entry form, negative, post card, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Vantlorn, Susannah/ Alpine Elementary. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Adams, Jo/ Helfrich Park School. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, booklet describing the quilt, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Moss, Durden Pillow. Correspondence, photos, negative, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Smith, Annette. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Gorman, Kate/Emerson Magnet School. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Kids Quilt: Baer, Cheryl/ The Childrens School. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative
1996 Kids Quilt: Adler, Debbie/ Walnut Street School. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slide, negative, survey
1996 Alabama Winner: Wamble, Rhonda Richards
1996 Alaska Winner: Nancarrow, Ree. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Arizona Winner: Anderson, Jennifer J. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Arkansas Winner: Parks, Laura Bailey. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 California Winner: Potter, Maggie. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Colorado Winner: Berry, Irene. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Connecticut Winner: McKie, Barbara Barrick. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Delaware Winner: Schwam, Vicki. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Washington, D.C. Winner: McCoy, Susanne. Correspondence, photos, negative, slides, survey
1996 Florida Winner: Styring, Patricia L. Correspondence entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Georgia Winner: Butler, Barbara. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Hawaii Winner: Akana, Elizabeth L. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Idaho Winner: Stewart, Joyce. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Illinois Winner: Kinnear, Geri. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1996 Indiana Winner: Hague, Elizabeth A. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Iowa Winner: Jordan, Ethel Taylor. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1996 Kansas Winner: Scoggan, Pam. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Kentucky Winner: Seigel, Rebekkah. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Louisiana Winner: Tucker, Daren L. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative
1996 Maine Winner: Chase, Lori. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, postcard, news clippings, returned letter survey
1996 Maryland Winner: McWilliams, Margaret. Entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Massachusetts Winner: Spencer, Jeanette E. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Michigan Winner: Ingersoll, Patricia. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative
1996 Minnesota Winner: Haglund, Joan R. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, sketch, survey
1996 Mississippi Winner: Nicholson, Naomi. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Missouri Winner: Musik, Ruann. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slides, negative, returned letter
1996 Montana Winner: Laceky, Carolyn. Correspondence, entry form, photos, slides, negatives, survey
1996 Nebraska Winner: Burge, Shelly. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1996 Nevada Winner: Encarnacion, Partricia K. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 New Hampshire Winner: Miller, Janice A. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1996 New Jersey Winner: Balunis, Evelyn F. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 New Mexico Winner: Gould, Patricia. Correspondence, entry form, negative, slide, survey
1996 New York Winner: Holihan, Jane. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 North Carolina Winner: Wood, Sherri. Correspondence, entry form, negative, survey
1996 North Dakota Winner: Witteman, Lori. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1996 Ohio Winner: Millward, Hazel I. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Oklahoma Winner: Prentice, Royce H. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, survey
1996 Oregon Winner: McNutt-Kaestner, Cindy. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slide, negative
1996 Pennsylvania Winner: Benzo, Terry. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Rhode Island Winner: Krauss, Joanne L. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1996 South Carolina Winner: McAllister, Mary Alma. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 South Dakota Winner: Smith, Karen A. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1996 Tennessee Winner: Aruns, Jane. Correspondence, entry form, slides, negative, returned letter
1996 Texas Winner: Glaze, Sally. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey
1996 Utah Winner: Elmer, Susan. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 Vermont Winner: Fusco, Mary Bartlett. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, returned letter
1996 Virginia Winner: Elvgren, B.J. Correspondence, entry form, slide, negative, survey
1996 Washington State Winner: Gillihan, Anne. Correspondence, entry form, photo, negative, survey
1996 West Virginia Winner: White, Norma. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slide, negative, survey
1996 Wisconsin Winner: Gaudynski, Diane. Correspondence, entry form, photo, slides, negative, survey
1996 Wyoming Winner: Jones, Heather. Correspondence, entry form, photos, negative, survey