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Mary Robare Collection

Stewart Bell Jr. Archives
Handley Regional Library
Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society
P.O. Box 58, Winchester, VA 22604
(540) 662-9041 ext. 17
archives@handleyregional.org
www.handleyregional.org

59 THL 

Inventory Created by Archives Staff 01/2007. Last revised 03/2018.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers.              

USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright.

EXTENT: 0.21 linear feet

CREATOR: Robare, Mary

DATES: 2007

SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection contains a group of articles concerning historic Quakers and their textiles, and information on the family history of the Lupton Family and the Pidgeon Family.

BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Mary Robare was raised in New York City where she worked on Broadway and in television commercials. In 1989, she moved to Winchester, VA where she was employed at Shenandoah University as a dance instructor and choreographer. Work in the theater fostered a great appreciation in her for craft and design. This interest led to several articles on quilting, particularly as it relates to the Quaker community.  

CITE AS: Mary Robare Collection #59, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

ACQUISITION INFORMATION: Acquired as a gift.

ORGANIZATION:

BOX 1

News Article—two leaves, photocopy

Cheerful and Loving Persistence: Two Historical Quaker Quilts by Mary Robare, from Uncovering 2007, Vol. 28 of the Research Papers of the American quilting Study Group, one item, printed

Pidgeon Family Quilt by Mary Robare, Published by author, 22 leaves, transcript

Quaker Networks Revealed in Quilts by Mary Robare, Published by the Textile History Forum, 2007, 12 leaves, transcript

Quaker Networks Revealed in Quilts, with Additional Lupton Family Material by Mary Robare, Printed in Winchester, VA for the Lupton Family Reunion, 2007, 17 leaves, transcript

Quaker Quilt Signatures, List of, five leaves, typescript

Pidgeon, Isaac – Descendants of, two leaves, typescript