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Mary Black's Family Quilts utilizes a remarkable collection of sixteen quilts to tell the story of a family through six generations and access the material behavior associated with quiltmaking traditions. The daughter of a prominent farmer, Mary Louisa Snoddy Black (1860-1927) is remembered in the Spartanburg, South Carolina, region for the hospital named in her honor and for the philanthropic foundation that continues to support community health and wellness. Laurel Horton explores the even more tangible legacy Black left to her descendants--trunks full of quilts made by women of the family, each labeled with detailed information about its origin and significance. Pairing the information from the labels with research culled from interviews, letters, and public documents, Horton stitches together the family's history across the fabric of two centuries as she explores the roles of women as keepers of home, hearth, and history in nineteenth- and twentieth-century America.
Title: MARY BLACK'S FAMILY QUILTS Memory and Meaning in Everyday Life
Categories: Regional, South Carolina, Regional - Southern States,
Publisher: University of South Carolina: 2005
ISBN Number: 1570036101
ISBN Number 13: 9781570036101
Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: New
Seller ID: 43713
Keywords: Spartanburg, South Carolina Quilts,