Research & Inquiry
Primary Documents
African America Perspectives
This site presents audio clips, excerpts of texts, and historical facts relating to pamphlets written by African American authors between 1818 and 1907.The African-American Mosaic Exhibition (Library of Congress)
This site offers books, periodicals, prints, photographs, music, films, and recorded sound that capture the voices of Americans during the
"back-to-Africa" movement, abolitionist period, and the migration of African Americans to the West and North.American Slave Narratives
This collection of narratives of former slaves offers insights into life under slavery in the 19th century.Exploring a Common Past - Researching and Interpreting the Underground Railroad, National Park Service
Woman Suffrage and the 19th Amendment - Primary Sources, Activities, and Links to Related Web Sites for Educators and Students
Suffragists Oral History Project
The Suffragists Oral History Project collected interviews with twelve leaders and participants in the woman's suffrage movement. Tape-recorded and transcribed oral histories are made accessible for future scholarly research and public information via the Internet.
Quilter Interviews
America Quilts - Excellent PBS Site; explores the rich history, art and personal stories of quilt-making in America. Video of same name.
Quilts and Quiltmaking in America showcases materials from two American Folklife Center collections, the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (1978) and the "All-American Quilt Contest" sponsored by Coming Home, a division of Lands' End, and Good Housekeeping. Together these collections provide a glimpse into America's diverse quilting traditions. The quilt documentation from the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, an ethnographic field project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service, includes 229 photographs and 181 recorded interviews with six quiltmakers in Appalachian North Carolina and Virginia. These materials document quilts and quilting within the context of daily life and reflect a range of backgrounds, motivations, and aesthetic sensibilities. The materials presented from the Lands' End All-American Quilt Contest collection include images of approximately 180 winning quilts from across the United States. The collection represents a wide range of quiltmaking, from highly traditional to innovative, and the quilts pictured exhibit excellent design and technical skill in a variety of styles and materials.
Women Artists of the American West - "Surviving the Winter: the evolution of quiltmaking among two cultures in New Mexico" (Dorothy Zopf, artist - Taos, New Mexico)
This essay links the history of quiltmaking in New Mexico to the lived experience of women quilters from the Hispanic and "Anglo" traditions. It is both historical and biographical, telling multi-layered stories through the voices of the women, collected by Dorothy Zopf and accompanied by her own art and experiences.Video - Unraveling the Stories: Quilts as a Reflection of our Lives
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Lakewood, OH 44107, (216) 228-5015, Bbvideo1@aol.com
