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My works on quilts of migration have demonstrated their value as treasured visual records of human experience. The books have received national and international recognition, reaching new audiences for quilt and women's history. Materials from the text have been used in religious sermons; grade school reports; graduate-level degree presentations; and professional dance programs and musical compositions.
I have presented papers for the American Quilt Study Group and the Mormon History Association.
The following publications may be ordered directly from the author:
Treasures
in the Trunk:Quilts of the Oregon Trail
(ISBN: 1-55853-237-4)
Paperback $22.99
Published by Rutledge Hill Press, 1993, this richly illustrated volume recounts the stories of the women who traveled the Oregon Trail. Includes their reasons for traveling west and the hardships they encountered. Index and bibliography.
Winner of national recognition including an Award of Merit from the American Association of State and Local History and the Benjamin Franklin Award from the Publishers' Marketing Association.
Quilts
and Women of the Mormon Migrations: Treasures of Transition
(ISBN: 1-555853-409-1)
Paperback $24.95
As a non-LDS scholar, I was granted access to study the quilts and life stories of women who migrated west to Zion from around the world between the years 1830-1900.
Two articles appear in Uncoverings, the Journal of the American Quilt Study Group.
“The Quilts of Grant Wood’s Family and Paintings,” Uncoverings 1982
“The Anti-Polygamy Quilt by an Ogden Methodist Quilting Bee,” Uncoverings 2003
An additional publication available online and in bookstores is:
Women
in Pacific Northwest History, revised edition, Karen Blair,
editor,
(ISBN 0-295-98046-x)
Paperback $22.50
This new edition, including my article “Quilts in the Lives of Women who Migrated to the Pacific Northwest,” suggests the wide spectrum of women’s experiences that make up a vital part of Northwest history.
Quilt enthusiasts discover the history of various patterns and are often inspired to create reproductions of their own.
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