Overview of the Collection
Beauchamp, Virginia
Onondaga County Public
Library
Local History & Genealogy Department
447 South Salina
Street
Syracuse, New York, 13202
(315) 435-1900
English
Quilt Patterns of Onondaga
County, 1919 - 1923
1919-1923
1 linear foot
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This collection is comprised of 373
hand-drawn representations of quilts from various locations across Onondaga County
and beyond completed by Virginia Beauchamp.
Biographical History
Virginia Beauchamp was a graduate of the University of Michigan. After teaching
for 20 years in Colorado, she returned home and became the Director of the Syracuse
Home Association and the Onondaga Historical Society, Secretary of the Visiting
Nurses’ Association, on the Executive Council of the South Side Library Association,
and a member of the Syracuse Botanical Society. Virginia died on February 22, 1923.
Virginia’s quilt patterns were donated to the library by her sister, Grace B. Lodder
in November, 1945.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection consists of 373 patterns drawn to scale and finished with watercolor
paints in order to imitate the colors of the actual quilts upon which the
representations are based. Although the patterns were completed from 1919-1923,
many were based on quilts made before 1850 and are thus an important record of domestic
life from that time. This collection consists of all of the original 419 patterns
donated to the library.
Series 1: Quilt Patterns.
This series includes numerous folders containing the aforementioned quilt patterns,
as well as five DVD discs containing digitized images of each quilt pattern in an uncompressed
TIFF format. The digitized images were scanned and uploaded along with descriptions to
the New York Heritage website (http://tinyurl.com/373quilts) were they can be accessed
free of charge.
Series 2: Indexes.
This series contains 3 indexes; the first two contain listings of the original 419
patterns that the collection contained along with titles, persons names and years when
available. The third index contains the same information for selected patterns that
were borrowed by the Canal Museum on November 28, 1975.
Series 3: Display Items.
This series contains a brief description of the collection mounted on a small display
board from when the collection was on display at the Syracuse Public Library in
December, 1945 and a small sign directing people to the second floor to view the
exhibit. Also included is information from the Syracuse Herald American newspaper
informing readers that the collection was on display, and a small piece of an actual
quilt. It is unknown whether the quilt sample belonged to Virginia or was based on
a pattern that she made.
Series 4: Obituaries.
This series contains several obituaries for Virginia Beauchamp retrieved from local
newspapers.
Arrangement of the Collection
The quilt patterns in this collection had been previously numbered (likely by
librarians at the time of donation), grouped loosely based on style and placed into
folders. Although the original folders have been replaced with new acid-free folders
to help preserve the documents, the original organization of the collection has been
retained.
Related Materials
There are related materials in the Local History/Genealogy Department of the Onondaga
County Central Library pertaining to Virginia Beauchamp and her family. Please check
with OCPL staff to access additional material.
Access Restrictions
User must have a valid Onondaga County Public Library card.
Use Restrictions
User must use materials in the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Central
Library.
Permission must be obtained from staff for reproduction of any
materials.
Subject Headings
Persons
Ackerman, Mrs.
Alexander, Mrs. Geo.
Annabel, Mrs.
Armstrong, Mrs.
Baly, Mrs.
Bartlet, Mrs.
Beatty, Mrs.
Beauchamp, Virginia
Bench, Mrs.
Benneis, Eliza
Bentley, Mrs.
Besnis, Mrs.
Betts, Mrs.
Billington, Mrs.
Blanding, Mrs.
Blynn, Mrs.
Boat, Miss
Borst, Miss
Breade, Mrs.
Brewster, Mrs.
Brown, Mrs.
Buck, Mrs.
Burdick, Mrs.
Burke, Mrs.
Burlingham, Mrs.
Butolph, Mrs.
Butterfield, Mrs.
Cabean, Mrs.
Cahill, Mrs.
Calkins, Mrs.
Callus, Mrs.
Carpenter, Mrs.
Carver, Miss
Carver, Mrs.
Cathers, Mrs.
Cavanaugh, Mrs.
Chadwick, Mrs.
Chambers, Mrs.
Churchill, Mrs.
Clark, Miss
Clark, Mrs. Howard
Clarke, Mrs.
Collins, Mrs.
Connor, Mrs.
Cool, Mrs.
Courtney, Mrs.
Craig, Mrs.
Crossett, Miss
Daboll, Mrs. Chas.
Dagget, Miss Caroline
Davey, Mrs.
Davis, Mrs.
De Mott, Mrs.
Diefendorf, Mrs.
Dillingham, Mrs.
Drake, Miss M.
Driesnak, Mrs.
Douglass, Mrs.
Doyle, Mrs.
Drake, Mrs.
Dreisnak, Mrs.
Duvall-Paddock, Mrs. Sarah
Dyce, Mrs.
Eates, Mrs.
Ellis, Mrs.
Ely, Mrs.
Estey, Mrs.
Fersther, Mrs.
Fitch, Miss
Fitch, Mrs.
Fisher, Miss
Fisher, Mrs.
Forsythe, Mrs.
Freyer, Mrs.
Garrett, Mrs.
Gibbons, Mrs. H.
Gilbert, Mrs.
Goodhue, Mrs.
Goodrich, Mrs.
Gouzby, Mrs.
Graff, Mrs.
Gross, Mrs.
Guinell, Mrs.
Harning, Mrs.
Hart, Mrs.
Heath, Mrs.
Hilton, Miss
Hinsdale, Miss
Horner, Mrs.
Hotaling, Mrs.
House, Mrs.
Hoyt, Mrs.
Hudson, Mrs.
Ireland, Mrs.
Jamieson, Mrs.
Jarvis, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs. E.
Kellogg, Mrs.
La Tourette, Mrs.
Link, Mrs.
Mahlerwein, Mrs.
Mason, Mrs.
Merriman, Mrs.
Morley, Mrs.
Morris, Mrs.
Mowery, Mrs.
Moyer, Mrs.
Munson, Miss
Newby, Miss
Newell, Mrs.
Norton, Mrs.
Nutting, Mrs.
O’Mara, Mrs.
Pierce, Mrs. Electa
Parce, Mrs.
Parcell, Mrs.
Pfeiffer, Mrs.
Pharis, Mrs.
Pierce, Mrs. A.
Pierce, Mrs. F.
Purchase, Mrs.
Regan, Mrs.
Rice, Mrs.
Robinson, Mrs.
Rounds, Mrs.
Saddler, Mrs.
Salter, Mrs.
Scharff, Mrs.
Schepp, Mrs.
Schwarting, Mrs.
Seibert, Mrs.
Sharp, Mrs.
Showalter, Mrs.
Skinner, Mrs.
Smith, Mrs. O.D.
Snavlin, Mrs.
Spaulding, Miss
Sprague, Mrs.
Strong, Mrs.
Sweeney, Mrs.
Sweet, Elizabeth
Taylor, Mrs.
Thomas, Mrs.
Timmerman, Mrs.
Tolman, Mrs.
Upson, Mrs.
Wagner, Mrs.
White, Mrs.
Wilbur, Mrs.
Wilkinson, Miss
Winchell, Mrs.
Winfield, Mrs.
Wollaston, Mrs.
Wortman, Mrs.
Yale, Mrs.
York, Mrs.
Zobie, Mrs.
Onondaga County Public Library
Places
Quilting
Quilting—Patterns
Quilting—United States—Patterns
Quilts
Quilts—Design
Quilts—United States
Quilts—United States—History
Indexes
Newspapers—Sections, columns, etc.
Obituaries
Quilted goods
Watercolor paintings
Cayuga County (N.Y)
Nassau County (N.Y.)
Northampton County (P.A.)
Onondaga County (N.Y.)
Oswego County (N.Y)
Wayne County (N.Y.)
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Quilt Patterns of Onondaga County Collection, 1919-1923
Onondaga County
Public Library
Local History and Genealogy Department
Shelf Location: MS-15
Acquisition Information
The watercolor quilt patterns in this collection were donated by Grace B.
Lodder to the Syracuse Public Library.
Inventory
Series 1: Quilt Patterns
Quilt patterns 1-18: Triangles
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1
Quilt patterns 19-38: Triangles
1
2
Quilt patterns 39-43: Neckties
1
2A
Quilt patterns 44-56: Lilies
1
2B
Quilt patterns 57-71: Squares with Oblongs
1
2C
Quilt patterns 72-86: Log Cabin, Ribbon quilts
1
3
Quilt patterns 87-100: Squares
1
4
Quilt patterns 101-110: Octagons
1
5
Quilt patterns 111-118: Squares set with triangles
1
6
Quilt patterns 119-129: Old Maid’s Puzzle, circles, diamonds
1
7
Quilt patterns 130-137: Hexagons
1
8
Quilt patterns 138-161: Stars
1
9
Quilt patterns 162-170: Saw Tooth, Tray
& Snuffers, Bear’s Paw or Duck’s Foot in the Mud, Farmer’s
Wrench – Hole in the Barn – Bird’s Nest
1
10
Quilt patterns 171-178: Stars with circles
1
11
Quilt patterns 179-182: Trees with houses
1
12
Quilt patterns 183-193: Odd patterns
1
13
Quilt patterns 194-216: Bear’s Paw or Duck’s Foot in the Mud
1
14
Quilt patterns 217-235: Stars, trees
1
15
Quilt patterns 236-247: Blazing stars
1
16
Quilt patterns 248-266: Garden Path or Double Cross,
Cross Patch, crosses
1
17
Quilt patterns 267-286: Squares and triangles
1
18
Quilt patterns 287-293: Postals
1
19
Quilt patterns 294-313: Baskets
1
20
Quilt patterns 314-319: Capital T
1
21
Quilt patterns 320-331 (miscellaneous)
1
22
Quilt patterns 332-344 (miscellaneous)
1
23
Quilt patterns 345-356: Flowers
1
24
Quilt patterns 357-369: Flowers
1
25
Quilt patterns 370-382: Flowers
1
26
Quilt patterns 383-394: Flowers
1
27
Quilt patterns 395-406 (miscellaneous)
1
28
Quilt patterns 407-419 (miscellaneous)
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Five DVD discs containing digitized images of each
quilt pattern in an uncompressed TIFF format
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Series 2: Indexes
Indexes (2 copies) that list titles, names, and years
for the 419 patterns originally held in the collection; one
index listing selected items borrowed by the Erie Canal Museum
on November 28, 1975.
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Series 3: Display Items
Ephemera from the display of the collection at the Syracuse
Public Library in 1945 including a brief description of the
collection, a sign directing patrons to their location, a fragment
of an actual quilt, and a newspaper clipping from the Syracuse
Herald American newspaper.
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32
Series 4: Obituaries
Obituaries for Virginia Beauchamp from local newspapers
(1923).
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