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title: "Research & Resources"
date: 2026-04-24
author: "QuiltAdmin"
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# Research & Resources

[Bibliography](/bibliography/)  
  
[State Documentation Books](https://quilthistory.com/state-quilt-books/)

[The Quilt Index](https://quiltindex.org/) Images of over 100,000 quilts and counting

[The Library of Congress.](https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=quilt&new=true) Enter “quilt” in the search engine and a great many images and articles will be returned, including WPA interviews with quilters during the Depression.

[Types of Quilt Appraisals](https://quilthistory.com/quilt-appraisers/)

**I’m still working on retrieving articles from the old site. These should be coming soon:**

- How to research a quilt’s history
- Using archives and databases (like Quilt Index)
- Reading old pattern publications
- Photographing and documenting quilts
- Provenance and record keeping
- Ethical considerations in research