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Quilts

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85109863

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander B. Meek letter, 1859 June 10

 File — Box WSC001: [1006241611], Folder: W0129.09
Scope and Contents The collection contains a letter from Alexander B. Meek to Miss Addie A. Harris in June 1859. Miss Harris had written Meek requesting an autographed piece of silk for a quilt she was making. Meek not only sent her the autograph, he sent a beautiful four-line poem to add to his inscription on the quilt.
Dates: 1859 June 10
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / W-0129, A. S. Williams III Americana Collection's small manuscript collections

Quilt Pattern Piece, undated

 File — Box 4265.001: [1006233187], Folder: 62
Scope and Contents The collection contains a single quilt pattern piece with instructions for selecting fabric colors and cutting. The only instruction for piecing the quilt is to be sure not to put two blocks of the same color together.
Dates: undated
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / MSS-4265, Wade Hall Collection on Arts and Culture / General Arts and Leisure Materials