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Lucinda Dukes Edinberg papers

 Collection
Identifier: Col-1097

Content Description

This collection contains documents and textiles related to the work of Lucinda Dukes Edinberg. In particular, the collection is linked to three projects that Edinberg was directly involved with. The first was the “Stitch in Time” exhibit, of which she was the chair, at the Timonium Fair Grounds to celebrate a documentation project by the Maryland Homemakers Council in 1990. The second was a project that she worked on with Barbara Kirkconnell, William Seale, and Poss Tarpley. This project concerned a white-on-white quilt that Edinberg was reproducing for the Best Bedroom of Montpelier Mansion in Laurel, Maryland. The third was a project that Kirkconnell consulted Edinberg about for the George Marshall House in Leesburg, Virginia. Kirkconnell reached out to Edinberg regarding dry-rotted drapes, which were a gift from Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, first lady of Taiwan.

The materials relating to these events includes correspondence between Edinberg and Kirkconnell, correspondence between Edinberg and John M. Kopper, a descendent of a quilt-maker, photographs, a fabric catalog, invoices for materials, a brochure for Montpelier Mansion, an unidentified string, and samples of textiles.

Dates

  • Creation: 1990-1994

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for access.

Biographical Note

Lucinda Dukes Edinberg has served as the curator of the Hammond-Harwood House in Annapolis, Maryland, since 2022. She is also a professor of art and architectural history at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland. She received her BFA from the University of Texas at Arlington and her MA from Notre Dame of Maryland University with a concentration in art history, philosophy and literature. She holds an Advanced Teaching Certificate for the state of Maryland. She has served as a guest curator, lecturer, and/or designer at institutions such as the Smithsonian, Syracuse University, Princeton University, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Partial Extent

18 Sheets

Partial Extent

12 Photographs

Partial Extent

12 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

  • License: This record is made available under an Universal 1.0 Public Domain Dedication Creative Commons license.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into two series, with the series separated into two boxes. Series 1, Documents and unidentified string, is housed in Box 1, which contains papers, photographs, and a sample of string in folders. The folders are organized alphabetically. Series 2, Textiles, is housed in Box 2, which contains textile samples from projects Edinberg was involved with. Each sample includes a tag with the object number. They are arranged in a general order of size.

Physical Location

Box 1: 33 K 1

Box 2: 42 I 10

Related Materials

MSS Col 801, Barbara Kirkconnell papers, 1985-2009.

More documentation related to the Maryland Quilt Documentation Project can be found at the Baltimore Museum of Art in the Maryland Association for Family and Community Education Quilt Documentation Project Records, 1988-1993.

Subject

Title
Lucinda Dukes Edinberg collection
Status
In Progress
Author
Rachel Rosenblatt
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Winterthur Library Repository

Contact:
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