DCHS is pleased to be a partner in the Dutchess County Sampler Initiative:
a county-wide effort to locate, photograph, and document American samplers and related girlhood embroideries held in the public and private collections of Dutchess County, New York. Coordinators for this initiative are working with local museums, historical societies, historic homes, private collectors, and descendants, to identify antique schoolgirl samplers in their collections and document them for inclusion in the Sampler Archive, an online searchable database of American schoolgirl needlework (samplerarchive.org).
Dutchess County Sampler Initiative in collaboration with the national Sampler Archive Project to join this initiative you can: Donate: All $ donations are used to offset the costs of professional photography and image management. Communicate: Is there a sampler collector in your life? Have you inherited an ancestor’s sampler? Let us know! Volunteer: We need volunteers to document samplers, in-person or online. Training & support provided.
Share: Bring your antique samplers to a Sampler Identification & Documentation Day (Sampler ID Day). June 2 – 3, 2023, Starr Library, Rhinebeck Sept. 8 – 9, 2023, Wallace Center, FDR Historic Site, Hyde Park Fridays, 12:00 – 4:00 pm, by appointment only Saturdays, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, appointments & walk-ins
For more information click to email: Stacy Whittaker, Bill Jeffwa, Joanne Lukacher, or Dr. Lynne Anderson
Communicate: Is there a sampler collector in your life? Have you inherited an ancestor’s sampler? Let us know!
Volunteer: We need volunteers to document samplers, in-person or online. Training & support provided.
Share: Bring your antique samplers to a Sampler Identification & Documentation Day (Sampler ID Day).
June 2 – 3, 2023, Starr Library, Rhinebeck
Sept. 8 – 9, 2023, Wallace Center, FDR Historic Site, Hyde Park Fridays, 12:00 – 4:00 pm.
