Alice Campbell
\r\nQuilt label found in Alice's daughter's Bible.
\r\nA newspaper article found in Alice's daughter's Bible stated that her quilt “was started on February 16, 1933, and that Mrs. Campbell spent on an average of 15 hrs. per day on the quilt until Wednesday. She estimates there are 360,000 stitches in the quilting, not counting the stitches in the applique. The grapes of the design are done in colors and are all padded to make them stand out. The leaves are of green applique. It took a month to do the appliquéing and took four spools of 300 yards each of number 40 thread for the quilting. Mrs. Campbell values the quilt at $500.” It also states, “Mrs. Campbell’s quilt has attracted much interest from people not only of this community but from nearby towns as well. As many as 40 have called in one day to see it.” A different news article states, “that it took her 2 months and 20 days to complete. It was entered in a regional contest and won third place. It is white with a green and purple design.” The Freewater Times newspaper ran an article on May 12, 1933 titled “Enters Quilt In National Contest” in which it states, “The grapes which are appliqued on the quilt in clusters of purple and the stitches are almost invisible.” Another Freewater Times article from June 2, 1933 states that her quilt “had been judged 98 percent perfect.” In The Seattle Times, dated May 25, 1933, it states that the Sears-Roebuck retail store, on First Avenue South, will display 45 quilts. “These have been selected for final judging out of 600 Pacific Northwest entries.” The Newspaper announced that she placed 3rd in their June 2, 1933 article and that their own columnist Dorothy Neighbors was one of the 3 judges. An article from an unidentified paper, describes Alice's quilt on display in Mrs. Stalling's room. Mrs. Stallings was Eula Orpah Campbell, Alice’s oldest daughter. The quilt has been well cared for and has passed down through the family and is now owned by one of Alice’s granddaughters. Interesting enough, she did not know how special the quilt in her possession was until I, Angie Reynolds, after researching and hunting for the remaining 14 unlocated regional quilt winners, told her all about the quilt and the contest. She is very thrilled to have such a special piece of history and such a remarkable quilt made by her grandmother. In her words, “It’s just stunning.”
","QuiltTopF054":"Campbell, Alice","QuiltedByF055":"Campbell, Alice","RelnQuiltF007":["Grandparent"],"CityF106a":"Freewater","StateF107":"Oregon (OR)","CountyF106":"Umatilla","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"McCoy","BirthplaceCityF098a":"Ozark","BirthplaceStateF098b":"Missouri","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","BirthDateF099":"September 15, 1865","DeathF100":"March 15, 1945","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"EthnicF101":"Caucasian","RelAffF103":"United Presbyterian Church","OccupationF104":"Homemaker","SpouseF113":"Stephen Jerome Campbell","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Author/researcher"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Inherited it upon the death of her mother, who was the quilt maker’s daughter, and had inherited it from her mother the quilt maker.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerStateF086":"Colorado (CO)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"All rights reserved, Angie Reynolds.","DateDataF006b":"7/2/2024","ContactEmail":"angieakr@me.com","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/MarthasVineyard-r.jpeg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/MarthasVineyard-z.jpeg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/MarthasVineyard-d1.jpeg","https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/CampbellAlice.jpg","https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/EntryLabel.jpeg"],"Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/MarthasVineyard-d2.jpeg"],"Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/MarthasVineyard-d3.jpeg"],"Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/51-148-478/MarthasVineyard-d4.jpeg"],"verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","dateverified":"2024-07-29","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"MARTHAS VINEYARD","Maker":"[\"CAMPBELL, ALICE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstProjNameF003a":"Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","project_id":"51","form_id":"148","owner":"7","created_at":"2024-07-29 15:14:42","updated_at":"2024-08-02 14:12:25"},"sort":["MARTHAS VINEYARD"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"h7CGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-65","description":"This quilt made with a Martha Vineyard's pattern in the Mountain Mist line.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nGeorgia Litsey of Leitchfield, Kentucky won second place in the Memphis regional with a Stearns & Foster pattern. It was sent to Chicago where it competed in the final round and it was displayed during the summer of 1933 at the Sears Pavilion.\r\n\r\nGeorgia Litsey is one of six Kentucky quiltmakers who reached the final round. \r\n\r\nFritz Hooker, Sales Manager of Stearns & Foster, visited the exhibition and followed up with letters to contestants who used Mountain Mist patterns. Georgia Litsey's response and her photo was printed in an advertisement for Stearns & Foster in the 1935 Mountain Mist Blue Book of Quilts.\r\n\r\nIn regards to her Martha's Vineyard quilt, she was quoted as saying: \"As for Mountain Mist Quilt Patterns, I'll just say this: I have used eight of them so far, and have taken prizes with four of them. My 'Martha's Vineyard' was a Century of Progress prize-winner in 1933. I know that these fine patterns were a marvelous help to me in securing prize-winning results.\"\r\n\r\nDr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit at the Sears Pavilion and took notes on the prize-winning quilts. About Georgia Litsey's quilt, he wrote: \"Martha's Vineyard -- same as 3rd prize Seattle.\"\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Martha's Vineyard","BrackmanF011a":"16.55 Encyclopedia of Applique","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Purple","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Other","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"FeaturesF053":"The actual quilt was sold in the 1960s; therefore, colors, fabrics, and quilting designs are only suppositions based on the Mountain Mist pattern instructions.","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"Copyright 1931 on the Martha's Vineyard Mountain Mist pattern.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Leitchfield","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Martha's Vineyard, Mountain Mist pattern line, Stearns & Foster Co.","ExhibitListF067a":"The quilt was probably exhibited in Memphis, TN where it won second place in that regional contest. \r\n\r\nIt also was exhibited at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair during the summer of 1933.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 101, 104, 106","RelItemsF088a":"Mountain Mist Blue Book of Famous Quilt Designs (Cincinnati: Stearns & Foster, 1935).\r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"According to a letter from a close neighbor (Margaret Moorman) \"I do know that she had the Mountain ladies of Kentucky to do actual quilting finish which cost about $20.0 to $30.00 a quilt back in late 1920s and 1930s.\" \r\n\r\nThis same respondent reported in 1982 that Georgia Litsey did quilt tops for Cincinnati Mountain Mist Cotton establishment which supplied her with patterns and material to make quilts for herself too. (Sept 1, 1982 letter from Margaret Moorman to Barbara Brackman). \r\n\r\nMountain Mist routinely employed professional quilters to make the Mountain Mist patterns into quilts. These quilts became part of the Mountain Mist Collection which was used for many years for publicity at quilt events, state fairs, department store windows, etc. ","QuiltTopF054":"Litsey, Georgia","QuiltedByF055":"Wilson, Mrs. Blaine","IfOtherF007d":"In response to a letter Brackman sent to a Leitchfield, KY newspaper, several people who knew Georgia Litsey responded.","CityF106a":"Leitchfield","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Helmsitter","BirthDateF099":"06-22-1882","DeathF100":"1964","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"RelAffF103":"Methodist","SpouseF113":"Litsey, George","WhyQuiltF119":["Income"],"NumQuiltsF123":"20-50 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"yes","SourceOtherF006a":"Friends who remembered the quilter.","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"1982","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MARTHAS VINEYARD","Maker":"[\"LITSEY, GEORGIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"033","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Commercial pattern"],"OccupationF115":"Farmer (Armstrong); Lawyer (Litsey)","GenderF098":["Female"],"FavesF130":"According to the testimonial published by Mountain Mist, she said \"I have been interested in quilts for years. Ever since Mountain Mist Quilting Cotton came out, I have insisted on it for the filling of my quilts. I knew when I first heard of it that it would bring an amazing improvement over other types of quilt filling. Mrs. blaine Wilson, of Travellers Rest, Kentucky who does the actual quilting of my tops for me, tells me that this filling is a great deal easier to use; and I know from experience that my Mountain Mist filled quilts wash perfectly, and have that evenly padded look that means so much to fine quilting.\" 1935 Blue Book of Mountain Mist Designs.","interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","QuiltHistF059":"According to Martha Moorman of Leitchfield, KY (Letter to B Brackman, Sept 13, 1982), \"Mrs. Litsey died in January 1964 and a public sale was held later in theyear, so no on seems to know for sure just who did get the prize-winning quilt.\"","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4D","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:27","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["MARTHAS VINEYARD"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Aq-EXpEB8akQsUweLa2m","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"20-16-1914","InstNameF003":["Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives"],"InstProjNameF003a":"The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"25-018-01","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Relative of quiltmaker"],"DateDataF006b":"05/13/1989 ","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Mariner's Compass","OwnerNameF010":"Mariner's Compass","OverallWidthF12a":" 78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":" 83 inches","ShapeEdgeF013":"Scalloped","ShapeCornersF013b":"Scalloped","PredomColorsF014":["Coral","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","DamageF016":["Stains"],"OtherLocInscripF022a":"May have HQPNJ label on back","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"1933","OtherExDateF023d":"1930 - 1940","OtherDateF023e":"Hart, Natalie S.","LayFormatF024":"Other","NumBlockPatF030":"one","BlockStyleF030a":["Squares"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"EmbellTechF038f":"No","PaperF038i":"no","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Bias grain"],"MatUsedF048":"Cannot tell","BattLoftF048a":"Medium (3/16?)","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"NumStitchedF050":"fine, exceptional quilting","DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052d":"stencil designs ","FeaturesF053":"Rated 5 (outstanding) on HQPNJ's scale for visual effect.\r\n\r\n","QuiltTopF054":"Hunter, Eva","QuiltedByF055":"Hunter, Eva","LocMadeF057a":"Greenville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt was made by owner's great-great aunt. The quiltmaker lived to be over 100 years old. She was a maiden aunt, never married, but raised the owner's grandfather. \r\n\r\nQuilt was made for the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair, and supposedly won a first or second prize as an entry in the 1933 Century of Progress exhibit. ","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"TopSourceF064":["Unknown"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Was an entry and possible winner in the 1933 Century of Progress exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerStateF086":"New Jersey (NJ)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"HQPNJ Quilt Registration Form","DateObtainedF088c":"05/13/1989 ","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"1860","MarriageF099b":"never married","DeathF100":"1960","photocredit079a1":"Marti Porreca","DateF079":"1989-05-13","DateF079_era":"CE","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/20-16-1914/NewJerseyRutgersSCUA-a0a6u1-a_7233.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/20-16-1914/4A-7F-8A0-224-NewJerseyRutgersSCUA-a0a6u1-b_7233.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Schaffer, Barbara","dateverified":"2009-01-28","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"MARINERS COMPASS","Maker":"[\"HUNTER, EVA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"25-018-01","ImageConF075a":"full view","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","DigDateF079a_era":"CE","DigDateF079a":"2007-06","CreditLineF080b":"The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.","CopyRestF080c":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","DistribRestF080d":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","DisplayResF080e":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","LicenseF080f":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","pbd":"NewJerseyRutgersSCUA-a0a6u1-a","legacy_kid":"4A-7F-8A0","project_id":"20","form_id":"16","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 20:59:50","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:09:53"},"sort":["MARINERS COMPASS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"S7CGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-4","description":"Floral applique quilt using a pattern named Magpie Rose designed and sold by Marie Webster of Marion, Indiana.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt made by \"Effie Mounts, Mrs. W. L. Mounts of Carlinville, IL was sold out of the family in 1989. Today it is part of the collection of the International Quilt Study Center. The story that it was a \"prize\" quilt may be true, but there is no evidence that the quilt was entered in the 1933 contest. In any case, it represents the kind of quilts the judges awarded prizes to. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Magpie Rose","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"87 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain","Striped"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Floral"],"ContInscripF020":".","DateInfoF023f":"Webster published the Magpie Rose pattern from 1914-1920.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Unknown"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Carlinville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Marie Webster Design (Marion, IN)","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled with the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nAs part of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum collection, the quilt may also have travelled. ","ContestListF071a":"Supposed to have been entered in the Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 24.\r\n\r\nAlso check www.quiltstudy.org (website for IQSC collections).","RelItemsF088a":"There is no official reference to the quilt being entered in the 1933 contest. According to the daughter's answers to a 1994 questionnaire--\"She must have won something on this quilt for my mother mentioned several times to me that it was a \"prize\" quilt, so I presume she must have shown it elsewhere.\"","AddNotesF132":"According to her grand-daughter, \"My grandmother who was called \"Effie\" was born and reared in Carlinville. Her mother, Mary Jane Anderson, was also a very fine quilter and taught my grandmother. The family were bankers and owned extensive farm lands in and around Carlinville. My grandmother was sent off to private school in Nashville, TN. The school was named Ward's -- later known as Ward-Belmont. She was taught to sew at an early age and was excellent at it. She knitted, crocheted, cross-stitched, tatted and did much fine embroidery. I seldom remember her without having something in her hands to work on. She also played the piano and sang and painted china.\" Source: Questioinnaire filled out in 1994 by Nan M. Thomas, Sewanne, TN.","QuiltTopF054":"Mounts, Euphemia","QuiltedByF055":"Mounts, Euphemia","RelnQuiltF007":["Other"],"CityF106a":"Carlinville","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Anderson","BirthDateF099":"1864","DeathF100":"1953","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Mounts, William L.","OwnerNameF082a":"International Quilt Study Center and Museum\r\n","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt was handed down from quiltmaker to her daughter to the quilter's grand daughter. ","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Lincoln","OwnerStateF086":"Nebraska (NE)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1997.007.0407","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Feb 1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-4/Dmwc038.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-4/Zmwc038.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MAGPIE ROSE","Maker":"[\"MOUNTS, EUPHEMIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"040","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"This quilt could have been made several years before the 1933 contest.","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Commercial pattern"],"OccupationF115":"Lawyer. Also Mayor of Carlinville and Democratic State Senator. He was instrumental in starting the local high school--probably at my grandmother's insistence. (Source: Questionnair filled out by Nan M. Thomas, her grand daughter.","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1994))","locationF007f":"International Quilt Study Center Collection Files","QuiltHistF059":"According to Ardis James, this quilt was sold in Feb 1989 by granddaughter of quilter because her mother, just deceased, had never allowed her to touch it during her lifetime.\r\n\r\nJameses bought quilt in 1989 from Mary and Joe Koval. The quilt was part of the James Collection transferred to the International Quilt Study Center at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1997.","OwnerAddressF083":"1523 N. 33rd Street","OwnerZipF087":"68583","OwnerPhoneF088":"402-472-6549","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-11","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:55","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["MAGPIE ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"mbCGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-86","description":"This quilt \"Louisiana Rose\" by Celia Pardue Hyde of Crowley Louisiana won second prize in the Dallas regional contest and was shown at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after the national round judging. \r\n\r\nAlthough this quilt did not receive one of the top national prizes, it received extensive publicity through national newspaper accounts. It was also chosen by Sears to be included in a book of the prize winning patterns. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Louisiana Rose","OverallWidthF12a":"81 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"84 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Green","Pink"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Feathering","Floral"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery","Other"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"1933 \r\nCHP","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"The meandering vine and bud border adds sophistication to the quilt layout. The three bands in shades of pink used for the border is an unusual touch which not only frames the quilt, but also echoes the colors of the floral medallions in the center of the quilt.\r\n\r\nThe quilting is exceptional with tiny stitches and dense quilting. It is not surprising that it won Second Place in the Dallas Region.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Bedding, special occasion"],"LocMadeF057a":"Crowley","ProvStateF057d":"Louisiana (LA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nExhibited also in Special Exhibit: \"1933 Chicago World's Fair Quilts\" in conjunction with The International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Illinois held in Rosemont, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003. This quilt was featured on pg 8 in the commemorative catalogue: The Quintessential Quilt edited by Karey Bresenhan.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Nancy Cabot newspaper column in Chicago Tribune: \"the Southland Offers Quilt of Fine Symmetry, Rich Colors.\" [undated clipping--estimated date 1934).\r\n\r\n\"Sears Century of Progress in Quilt Making\" -- see pattern Louisiana Rose, p 19 (undated--Estimated date 1934).\r\n\r\nMerikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 45-46.\r\n\r\nCommemorative Catalogue for 2003 International Quilt Festival/Chicago Illinois - “The Quintessential Quilt” edited by Karey Bresenhan, (Houston, TX: 2003, 8).\r\n","RelItemsF088a":"Photograph of Celia Pardue Hyde is on pg 46 Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair.\r\n\r\nQuiltmaker's personal history (typed one page.)","AddNotesF132":"Cecelia Pardue (Celia) was born March 14, 1881 near Downsville, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. She graduated from Downsville High School and later from Louisiana State Normal College, which is now Northwestern Louisiana University, in 1903. \r\n\r\nShe taught in a number of public schools in Louisiana for many years, the last one being in Crowley. In 1917 she entered and graduated from Tyler Commercial College in Higher Accounting and Secretarial work. She was employed as secretary to the State Home Demonstration Agent of the State of Texas at Texas A&M University. \r\n\r\nIn December 1918 she married Dr. Wendel Hyde and moved back to Crowley, Louisiana where she lived until 1969, moving to Welsh, Louisiana to live with her niece.\r\n\r\nMrs. Hyde's hobbies, from early childhood, were all phases of needlework, embroideries, tatting, crocheting, quilt and quilting.\r\n\r\nIn the early 1950s her at long last desiere to paint, both in oil and water color were realized. She had no special training in this field. Being a lover of nature and a very close observer, especially of flowers and birds, these were her favorite subjects for sketching and painting.\r\n\r\nShe was always interested in the social, business and political activities of Crowley as well as the State of Louisiana.\r\n\r\nMrs. Hyde died March 11, 1972, three days before her 91st birthday in Welsh, Louisiana.\r\n\r\nProvided by Marjorie Malone (niece) in 1985.","QuiltTopF054":"Hyde, Celia Pardue","QuiltedByF055":"Hyde, Celia Pardue","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"StateF107":"Louisiana (LA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Pardue","BirthDateF099":"03/14/1881","DeathF100":"03/1/1972","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Hyde, Wendel","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","AddNotesF066":"The quilt design was included in the Sears Quilt Pattern Booklet sold after the contest's conclusion. Although the block is similar to a Rose of Sharon design, it is her own design which she named after her home state of Louisiana. ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quiltmaker to her niece, Marjorie Malone. At Marjorie Malone's death in 2010, the quilt descended to her daughter, Boofie Beakey.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1985 and 1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-86/Dmwc017.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-86/Zmwc017.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LOUISIANA ROSE","Maker":"[\"HYDE, CELIA PARDUE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"024","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Bottom left corner","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Other"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"PartDesF007c":["Other"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1985)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"Marjorie Malone loved her aunt and loved owning this quilt. Along with her daughter, Boofie, she attended a number of the museum sites when her quilt travelled with the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-9","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:32","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LOUISIANA ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"kbCGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-75","description":"Home Art Studio pattern \"Lone Star\" used for this quilt made in Mendota, MN.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe entry tag is still attached to this quilt which was made by Mrs. G. M. Bell of Mendota, Minnesota. The pattern in shades of yellow and gold is no doubt a Hubert Ver Mehren design published by Home Art Co. of Des Moines, IA. These patterns were popular with contestants as well as the judges. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Lone Star","BrackmanF011a":"4005","OverallWidthF12a":"81 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"93 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Gold","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"DesignF052b":["Wreaths"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\"\r\n\r\nInfo: Mrs. G. M. Bell\r\nName of Pattern: Lone Star\r\nMade: 1931\r\nNot for sale\r\nSigned: Mrs. G. M. Bell\r\nP. O. box 64\r\nMendota, MN\r\n","FamDateF023c":"1931","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Mendota","ProvStateF057d":"Minnesota (MN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Home Art Studio","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Bell, Mrs. G. M.","QuiltedByF055":"Bell, Mrs. G. M.","CityF106a":"Mendota","StateF107":"Minnesota (MN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Bell, G. M.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LONE STAR","Maker":"[\"BELL, MRS. G. M.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"239","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-56","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LONE STAR"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"abCGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-35","description":"Nine Patch Quilt with contest entry tag attached.","essay":"This quilt represents the thousands of simple quilts made and entered in the hopes that it would win the grand prize of $1000. Without its tag attached, the quilt's maker would not be known.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Little Nine Patch","OverallWidthF12a":" inches","OverallLengthF012b":" inches","PredomColorsF014":["Lavender","Pink","Red","Turquoise or Teal"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Other"],"MethodInscripF021":["Ink"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nQuilt Name; Little Nine Patch\r\nMade in 1930.\r\n\r\nName: Mrs. F. P. Hair\r\nAddress: 1839 Jarboe\r\nCity/State: Kansas City, MO\r\n\r\nShe would sell it for $50.00.\r\nStore entered: 1041?","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1930","DateFinishF023b":"1930","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit","Investment"],"LocMadeF057a":"Kansas City","ProvCountyF057b":"Jackson","ProvStateF057d":"Missouri (MO)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to information provided by the quilt owner: Minnie Hair was born April 21, 1882 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, to Parents Oscar Larson and Fredricka Lunn. Oscar and Fredricka emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden in 1880, and became naturalized citizens in 1890. Minnie was not their only child.\r\n\r\nMinnie married Franklin Pierce Hair, a dentist, on 18 July 1904. Franklin was born 21 Feb 1872 at Fort Riley, Riley County, Kansas, into a large family. He attended Dental College in Kansas City, and began practice there upon his graduation in 1907. Franklin maintained a dental office in the Hair home from 1907 until his retirement in 1937.\r\n\r\nMinnie and Franklin had one child, a son, John W. Hair, in about 1913. John worked for a local dry goods store (later to become Macy's) at the time Minnie made her quilt. John had five children, and is thought to have died in 2001. \r\n\r\nMinnie was a housewife and mother, and lived within only a few miles of her parents and birthplace all of her life. Her husband died in March 1959 at age 87. Minnie lived another 18 years and died in a care center in 1977, at age 94. ","QuiltTopF054":"Hair, Minnie","QuiltedByF055":"Hair, Minnie","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Kansas City","StateF107":"Missouri (MO)","CountyF106":"Jackson","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Larson","BirthDateF099":"04-21-1882","DeathF100":"1977","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Lori East","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Quilt collector"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Jan 2004","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-35/Dmwc210.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-35/zmwc210.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LITTLE NINE PATCH","Maker":"[\"HAIR, MINNIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"210","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Dentist","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1839 Jarboe","IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Purchased at an antique mall in Southwest Missouri in August 2001.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:12","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LITTLE NINE PATCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"YbCGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-27","description":"The Lincoln Quilt, made from an Anne Orr pattern, won first place in the Memphis Region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nAnne Orr was one of the final round judges. Her needlework column in the January 1933 Good Housekeeping Magazine featured several quilt pattern designs that eventually found their way to the final round of judging. This is one of them. Others were: Autumn Leaves (see #022 and # ) and Iris (see #085)\r\n\r\nInez Ward received $210 for winning first place in the Memphis regional round. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Lincoln's Favorite Quilt","AltNameF011":"The Lincoln Quilt","PredomColorsF014":["Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color","Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch","Outline"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Horse Cave","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Anne Orr Studio (Nashville, TN)","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was exhibited in the Sears Pavilion during the summer of 1933 at the world's fair site in downtown Chicago.\r\n\r\nIn 1934, the world's fair opened for a second summer and Sears Roebuck & Co. decided to call back the top 10 regional winners. This quilt was displayed in that exhibit. ","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1990), 44-45.\r\n\r\nMerikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), p. 97.","RelItemsF088a":"Blue Ribbon (Memphis Region) in collection of family.\r\n\r\nLetter of Congratulations (dated June 15, 1933) from Sears Roebuck & Co. (Memphis Region) General Manager W. L. Heroyd to Mrs. Louis Ward in collection of the quiltmaker's family.\r\n\r\nLetter (June 13, 1933) from contest judge Jacqueline Hall to Inez Ward in collection of family.\r\n\r\nMemphis, TN\r\nJune 13, 1933\r\n\r\nMy dear Mrs. Ward:\r\n\r\nIt was my privilege and pleasure to help judge the Sears-Roebuck quilt contest recently held. All three judges agreed in your quilt for first place and there were 862 quilts, you know. You have every reason to feel happy and justly proud over your winning.\r\n\r\nHad I known while judging that yours was a Kentucky quilt, you would have perhaps been even more sure of the first place for the quilt. I happen to be a Kentuckian and a graduate of K. U.\r\n\r\nMy first thought when I examined your quilt was, if you would make one for someone and what you would charge for doing so. I know the price for making one exactly like yours would be considerable but there are other good patterns less tedious to make that would please me.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in anything of the kind, you may write me sometime whether I can afford a quilt or not.\r\n\r\nSincerely yours,\r\n(Miss) Jacqueline Hall\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPhoto of quilt on display in 1934 at the Sears Pavilion is on p. 97 of Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nObituary published in Glasgow, KY newspaper and online December 15, 2007:\r\n\r\nHORSE CAVE--Inex Melloan Ward, 96, passed away Thursday, Dec. 13, 207, at N.H.C. Healthcare in Glasgow (KY)\r\n\r\nShe was a Hart county native, member of Green's Chapel Church of Christ, a 1927 graduate of Memorial School and a member of the girls basketball team. Her favorite hobbies include quilting, needlepoint and rug braiding. A quilt she made was entered in the Sears & Robuck [sic] contest at the 1933 Worlds Fair in Chicago and won awards and recognition in the Sears catalog.\r\n\r\nShe was preceded in death by her parents, Walker Smith Melloan and Nettie Crain Melloan, and her husband, Louis Ward in 1982. \r\n\r\nfuneral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 . . . burial in the Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery. \r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"Inez Ward lived her entire life in Horse Cave, Kentucky. At age seventeen, she married Louis Ward. Her husband worked for the state of Kentucky, but Inez's father wanted him to work on the family farm. Although her husband had not done farm work before, he agreed. When Inez received the news that she had won the first place Memphis regional prize of two hundred dollars in the Sears National Quilt Contest, her husband and father were plowing out in the cornfield. \"I remember I ran out to them and told them. They were so excited. They brought the team to the house and decided that was enough work for the day.\" Inez had drawn off the pattern for her prize winning quilt from a friend's pattern. She cut the templates out of heavy paper. It was her first \"fancy\" quilt. (Interview of Inez Ward by Barbara Brackman in 1983)\r\n\r\nWhen Brackman asked what she did with the prize money, she said \"We'd been married since 1928. We just didn't have anything. My husband was working on the farm and I said I'd love to have a baby. We'd probably have starved if we weren't living with my folks.\"\r\n\r\n\"I just liked the quilt. I just decided to enter it. I didn't think anything about winning.\"\r\n\r\n\"I won $210. Back then it was a log of many. I have just one son. I didn't make any more quilts.\"\r\n\r\nShe told Brackman, that Sears sent her a wooden sewing cabinet as a thank-you gift when she sent her quilt to the 1934 exhibit.","QuiltTopF054":"Ward, Inez","QuiltedByF055":"Ward, Inez","CityF106a":"Horse Cave","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountyF106":"Hart","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Moelloan","BirthDateF099":"05-08-1911","DeathF100":"12-13-2007","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Ward, Louis","NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","AddNotesF066":"The quiltmaker said she borrowed this pattern from a friend.","IdentPersonF006":["Quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Louis Ward Jr.","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-27/Dmwc053.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-27/Zmwc053.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Louis Ward Jr.","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LINCOLNS FAVORITE QUILT","Maker":"[\"WARD, INEZ\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"061","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Worked for the State of Kentucky and Farming","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"IfQownerF007b":["Made the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983)","QuiltHistF059":"In 2007, Inez Ward died. It is assumed the quilt was passed on to her son Louis Ward Jr.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Ovada Ward Photography","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-26","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:07","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["LINCOLNS FAVORITE QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"k6-BXpEB8akQsUwePkU9","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"11-37-7408","InstNameF003":["Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"7506","OwnershipF082":"Private","OverallWidthF12a":"61.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"81\"","QuiltTopF054":"Meckstroth, Bertha A.","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CityF106a":"Chicago area","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"1875","BirthplaceStateF098b":"Minnesota","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","OccupationF104":"nurse, teacher, artist","DeathF100":"1960 in Chicago area","EdBkgdF102":"graduated from Radcliffe College in 1906","MotherNameF111":"Hillsheim","BplaceF111a":"Germany","FatherNameF109":"Meckstroth","AddNotesF132":"see note for more biographical information provided by owner. 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Meckstroth\r\n\r\nCasa Tranquila\r\nGlencoe, IL\r\nNovember 1928\r\n\r\n\"July\" appliqued in the middle of the leaves","LocInscripF022":["on back"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"AltNameF011":"July Floral Applique","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/11-37-7408/7506.JPG"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/11-37-7408/7506z.JPG"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/11-37-7408/7506a.JPG"],"verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","dateverified":"2022-06-27","dateverified_era":"CE","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"All Rights Reserved - Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MASS Quilts","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","Pattern":"JULY FLORAL APPLIQUE","Maker":"[\"MECKSTROTH, BERTHA A.\"]","Date":"1901-1929","project_id":"11","form_id":"37","owner":"7","created_at":"2022-06-27 21:22:03","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:08:57"},"sort":["JULY FLORAL APPLIQUE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"WLCGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-18","description":"Iris appliqué quilt made from an Anne Orr Studio kit quilt. ","essay":"This quilt entered by Flora Wade of Knoxville, Tennessee, won a second place ribbon in the Atlanta region and consequently went on to the national round of judging in Chicago. It remained in Chicago for the length of the 1933 Fair.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, Anne Orr was one of the final round judges. Several quilts made in her pattern and kit designs were entered, but none of them received one of the top three honors.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Iris (Second Place - Atlanta Region)","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Orange","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateInfoF023f":"This kit quilt was available in 1933. It was featured in Anne Orr's Good Housekeeping article (Jan 1933) in which she announced she would be judging the final round of the Sears National Quilt Contest.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Knoxville","ProvCountyF057b":"Knox","ProvStateF057d":"Tennessee (TN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Anne Orr Studio - Iris","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was chosen for the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. \r\n\r\nThe goal of the exhibit was to include as many of the top 30 regional winning quilts as possible. This quilt had not been seen since 1933 when we began the search to find it. The quilt was described as yellow and orange Iris quilt in the Atlanta newspaper account of the regional contest. Waldvogel was not surprised when the quilt was finally found in South Carolina to learn that the quilt was an Anne Orr kit.\r\n\r\nAnne Orr was well-known nationally but especially in Tennessee. When it was learned that she was a national judge, some quiltmakers made her kits. \r\n\r\nOthers that won were \"Autumn Leaves\" entered by two people in the final round, \"Lincoln Quilt\" entered by a woman from Kentucky, and this one by Flora Wade.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 27-28.","RelItemsF088a":"Anne Orr Studio pamphlet of kit quilts.\r\n\r\nGood Housekeeping Magazine (Jan 1933) article by Anne Orr.","AddNotesF132":"Flora Sexton was born in Friendsville, Tennessee, a Quaker community. Trained as a nurse, she took a job at a nearby Knoxville hospital. One night injured and badly burned passengers and workers from a railroad accident arrived at the hospital in ambulances. One of her patients was Joe Wade. They fell in love, married and lived on Scott Street in Knoxville for the rest of their lives. His hobby was woodworking. hers was quilting. A group of friends quilted regularly at her house since she could keep a quilt frame up because she had no children. ","QuiltTopF054":"Wade, Flora Sexton","QuiltedByF055":"Wade, Flora Sexton","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Knoxville","StateF107":"Tennessee (TN)","CountyF106":"Knox","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Sexton","DeathF100":"1968","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Wade, Joe","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"At her death, the quilt went to family members. A great niece owned the quilt in 1994 at the time of the exhibit. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-18/Dmwc073.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-18/Zmwc073.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"IRIS SECOND PLACE - ATLANTA REGION","Maker":"[\"WADE, FLORA SEXTON\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"085","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"Scott Avenue","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:02","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["IRIS SECOND PLACE - ATLANTA REGION"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Z7CGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-33","description":"Century of Progress Message in Pieced Blocks","essay":"This quilt is cleverly constructed with a message welcoming visitors to the Century Of Progress Exposition. Made of cotton fabrics from the turn of 20th century, one might suspect it was made by a quiltmaker who was in her 50s or 60s at the time of the contest in 1933.\r\n\r\nIt was probably made hoping to win the bonus prize of $250. The center shield carries Chicago symbolism. \r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"I Will Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress Exposition","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"81 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Cream","Maroon","Pink","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Wool"],"FabPrintF037":["Conversation Prints","Multiple scrap"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"This quilt is basically a Postage Stamp style utility quilt made of leftover scraps. The batting is a used blanket. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting","Machine quilting"],"DesignF052a":["In-the-ditch"],"DesignF052d":"There is minimal hand quilting. Quilting is \"stitch in the ditch\" to outline the letters and straight lines in remainder of the quilt. ","DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"TypeInscripF019":["Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"Right Vertical Message:\r\nWELCOME\r\nLeft Vertical Message:\r\nVISITORS\r\nHorizontal Messages Top to Bottom:\r\nCENTURY\r\nOF\r\nPROGRESS\r\nEXPOSITION\r\n19 33\r\nI\r\nWILL\r\nCHICAGO\r\nILLINOIS","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"Without the references to the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, this quilt might be dated to the late 1800s or early 1900s based on the type of print fabrics it contains. \r\n\r\nThe Shield in the center carries Chicago's city logo \"I Will,\" the Y refers to the Chicago River, and the two red stars represent the Chicago Fire and the 1893 World's Fair. Note, a third red star was added to the Chicago Flag to represent the 1933 World's Fair. ","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Other"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Used for exhibits and owner's lectures","LocMadeF057a":"Moline","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Information about the quiltmaker comes from the 1930 United States Census. In 1930, Amy Ortt (age 60, widow) is listed as head of household with three adult children. She is renting. ","RelItemsF088a":"Published articles:\r\n\r\nAntique Week (Central Edition) April 7, 1997.\r\n\r\nSusan Wildemuth \"A Quiltmaker Uncovers Buried Treasure\" in QUILT (Spring 1997), 60-61, 195.","QuiltTopF054":"Ortt, Amy","QuiltedByF055":"Ortt, Amy","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"York Township","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"Carroll","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"1870","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Janette Dwyer","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCityF084":"Atkinson","OwnerStateF086":"Illinois (IL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Sept 1995","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-33/Dmwc111.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-33/Zmwc111.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"I WILL QUILT","Maker":"[\"ORTT, AMY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"160","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Pieced Block Letters","EmbellTechF038f":"No","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"Janette Dwyer of Atkinson, Illinois acquired the quilt for $24 at an estate auction in Cambridge, Illinois in 1995. As reported in Antique Week-Central Edition (April 7, 1997), \"She thought at the time the quilt was 'just a scrappy patchwork thing,' but says now the find has changed her life. \r\n\r\n\"'It has taken me on quite an odyssey. In addition to reading everything I can find about the Century of Progress Exposition, I have turned into a World's Fair junkie,' she noted. \r\n\r\n\"The estate auction disposed of the household goods of a former Compton, Illinois resident who died childless. \r\n\r\n\"And the Century of Progress quilt was one of two 'absolutely filthy' quilts rolled up and stuffed beneath a table,' Dwyer said.\r\n\r\n\"'I was quite surprised to see them treated like that because auctioneers generally know the value of old quilts,' she said. 'But these two quilts were really, really dirty. That may have been the reason they were not recognized for the treasures they are.'\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Dwyer pulled the quilts from under the table, checked them over and liked what she saw. Knowing her fabrics, she realized the quilts were made of materials from the 1860s to about 1930.\r\n\r\n\"She bid on the quilts and got them at $24 each.\"\r\n\r\n\"Later at home, she and her sister carefully went over both quilts. They first found the words, VISITORS WELCOME, worked vertically. Then they made out the wording on which the design was centered--CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 CHICAGO ILLINOIS.\"","DateObtainedF088c":"2011","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2C","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:10","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["I WILL QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"VLCGXpEB8akQsUwenQdo","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-14","description":"Silk quilt with applique motifs related to the history of Chicago.","essay":"This quilt was entered in the contest--obviously with the hopes of winning a bonus prize for its original design. The contest entry form (and the quilter's explanation of the symbolism) were separated from the quilt when it was sold sometime in the 1980s, but they were reunited when a memorabilia collector noticed that his World's Fair items connected to the I Will quilt photographed in Patchwork Souvenirs. \r\n\r\nThe quilt did not win a prize despite the quiltmaker's extra efforts in design and research.\r\n\r\nIn 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"I Will","SubjQuiltF025":"The quiltmaker named this quilt \"The Chicago Quilt\". After the book Patchwork Souvenirs was published, a World's Fair memorabilia collector whose wife happened to be a quilter bought the contest tag and the quiltmaker's description of her quilt. Only then did we find out the maker's name. Here is what she wrote about the symbolism of her quilt: \"The Spirit of Chicago Quilt\" As the title indicates, this Quilt is designed to show the remarkable progress which has transformed a struggling frontier settlement into one of the foremost cities of the world. The center typifies the militant spirt of progress which the Century of Progress Exhibition commemorates, the shield borne by the figure bearing the slogan \"I Will\". Striking points in the history of the city are displayed in each corner of the quilt, and the two insets of the world in progress are carried out in the quilted design of the inner border.About the border of the quilt are one hundred green points commemorating the one hundred years of Chicago's existence as an organized community.\" ","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Cream","Orange","Purple"],"FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"\"All applique work is outlined with embroidery floss sewed in.\" This handwritten notation is on the Quilt description card that belongs to this quilt. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Parallel lines"],"DesignF052d":"The spinning earth logo is used to fill out the inner purple border. This quiltmaker made her own rendition of the World's Fair logo. Notice she also used it in two applique motifs.","TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nOn this tag: Elizabeth M. Wiegand named her quilt \"The Chicago Quilt\". She'd been working on it since January 1933. She would sell it for $250.00. She entered it at the State Street Store. She signed it and gave her address as Lakewood, Michigan, Muskegon County.","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Applique","DamageF016":["Tears or holes"],"ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Lakewood","ProvCountyF057b":"Muskegon","ProvStateF057d":"Michigan (MI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Wiegand, Elizabeth M.","QuiltedByF055":"Wiegand, Elizabeth M.","CityF106a":"Lakewood","StateF107":"Michigan (MI)","CountyF106":"Muskegon","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Chicago Historical Society","AddNotesF066":"The center image is of the \"I Will Lady\" from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. I Will is the motto of Chicago and it reflects the city's efforts throughout its history to overcome calamaties (such as the raid on Fort Dearborn and the Chicago Fire). The marble bust of the I Will Lady was a popular souvenir of the 1893 fair. And this quiltmaker decided to use it in her quilt. See pg 81 (Patchwork Souvenirs) for a photo of the I Will Lady bust.\r\n\r\nBecause at the time of the exhibition the curators did not have the information on the contest entry form and the quiltmaker's own description, Waldvogel named it \"I Will\" quilt.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-14/Dmwc062.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-14/Zmwc062.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"I WILL","Maker":"[\"WIEGAND, ELIZABETH M.\"]","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair; Chicago Historical Society Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"074","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was purchased by Marilyn M. Woodin for the Kalona (IA) Quilt and Textile Museum. She loaned the quilt to the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit. Afterwards, she donated it to the Chicago Historical Society.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:00","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["I WILL"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"66-CXpEB8akQsUweT17C","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"12-8-6350","InstProjNameF003a":"Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstNameF003":["Michigan State University Museum"],"InstInvContrNumF004":"13.0045","InstInvContrNumF004a":"2013:70.1","description":"I Pay Tribute to My FlagBACK TO SEARCH
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