urn:taro:utexas.cah.00541 A Guide to the Fannie Elmira Reeder Rudolph Quilt Book The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Austin, Texas
February 2007 February 2007Encoded in XMetal 3 by Evan Hocker according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Rudolph, Fannie Elmira Reeder Ragland, Mary Ann Fannie Elmira Reeder Rudolph Quilt Book 1895-1991 1 volume Materials are in English. Single volume chronicle of family quilt-making history, with color photos and detailed descriptions. Scope and Contents

Mary Ragland captures the quilt-making history of her mother and other family members in the book Grandma's Quilts: Quilts Made or Collected by Fannie Elmira Reeder Rudolph, 1895-1991, and Descendants. The book includes color photographs of many of the quilts, as well as detailed descriptions of each quilt's history, style, materials, and techniques.

Biographical Note

Fannie Elmira Reeder Rudolph lived and worked on a farm near Fort Collins, Colorado. Quilt-making was an important part of her family life, and was passed along to other family members including daughter Mary Ragland. Ms. Rudolph practiced scrap quilting, using only fabric scraps in her work rather than purchasing fabric.

 Preferred Citation

Fannie Elmira Reeder Rudolph Quilt Book, 1895-1991, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Fannie Elmira Reeder Rudolph Quilt Book 2.325/G209 Grandma's Quilts: Quilts Made or Collected by Fannie Elmira Reeder Rudolph, 1895-1991, and Descendants, compiled by Mary Ann Ragland, 2004