Scope and content of the materials

The Marie Webster Study Collection contains both professional and personal materials that document Webster's career as a quilt designer. A majority of the items in the collection date between 1911 and the 1920s, with a few earlier items like photographs and a scrapbook that documents her later life. Many of the quilt patterns and templates in the collection connect to finished pieces found in the museum's permanent collection.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research with permission of the Indianapolis Museum of Art Curator of Textile & Fashion and the Registration Department. Requests to access this collection should be sent to the IMA Archivist, archives@discovernewfields.org. These materials are housed outside of the Archives, so advance notice of one week is requested to allow time for the material to be pulled for research and for Curator and IMA Registration to approve access.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in two series and in chronological order where possible.

Use restrictions

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Please contact the Archivist for more information.

Acquisition and appraisal

Gift of Rosalind Webster Perry.

Index terms

Appliqué

artists

embroidery

quilting

quiltmakers