Application form, undated

This collection contains documents pertaining to Baltimore quilt maker Susan Adler Davis spanning the period of 1981-1988.

The collection contains original invitations from Mayor William Donald Schaefer and The Art Commission of Baltimore City to the 1981 gala opening “Baltimore Quilts, A Cover Story.” This exhibit featured the award winning quilts from The Great Baltimore’s Best Quilting Contest. Additional items related to this exhibition include an information packet, a newspaper press release, and a photograph of Davis’ Besty Patterson-themed quilt with a 2nd place ribbon from the exhibit. There is also a copy of the Sun Magazine featuring the nine quilting contest winners and a letter from Schaefer to Davis thanking her for loaning her Betsy Patterson-themed quilt for the exhibition.

Other materials in this collection include a February 1987 newspaper clippings from The Sun Magazine highlighting Davis’ quilts and a February 1988 clipping featuring her quilting for the Maryland Antiques Show and Sale raffle; an undated application form from Davis to the Great American Quilts series; and two promotional fliers for the “Maryland Quilts and Their Crazy Offspring 1988 Exhibition” at the Maryland Historical Society, now the Maryland Center for History and Culture.