Grandmothers Fan quilt by Misiniar Robbins Thompson

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Title Grandmothers Fan quilt by Misiniar Robbins Thompson
Creator Misiniar Robbins Thompson
Contributor Utah Quilt Guild; Pamela T. Morgan
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1875; 1927
Date Digital 2013-03-12
Spatial Coverage Arkansas; Kansas; Oklahoma
Subject Quilting--Utah--History; Quilts--Utah--History
Description Image of Grandmothers Fan quilt created in 1875-1927 by Misiniar Robbins Thompson. Also includes questionnaires describing the quilt completed by Pamela T. Morgan as part of the Utah Quilt Guild's documentation days held from 1988-1994. When Misiniar was 9 yrs old she was working with the sorghum mill, met with an accident & lost hear thumb and finger on her right hand. Some said she was handicap but she worked hard all her life & did more than most others. She made & quilted boxes of quilts & other hand work, as quoted by her 1990 86 yrs old granddaughter Bosetta Tresner Stroud Wichita, Kanasa.
Collection Number and Name 1878; The Utah Quilt Heritage Records
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Language eng
Rights
Relation http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv99929
File Name 1878_26_01_2U10.pdf
Conversion Specifications Original scanned on Epson Expression 10000 XL and saved as 400 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm
ARK ark:/87278/s67p9r4w
Setname uum_uqhr
ID 1079747
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67p9r4w
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