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Signature Quilt For St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines, 1940-1941 Item Info

Quilt, synthetic fabric, three inch squares of pink and orange alternating with blocks of black; quilted with pink thread; backed with pink synthetic fabric, bound with black. Embroidered with names, date, and name of St. Paul AME Church. Circa 1940-1941. 62 x 71.5 inches. Handmade by donor's grandmother, Nora McKee Dixon, 1870-1958, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County, as fundraiser for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of Des Moines at the beginning of World War II. Nora's daughter, Madeline Dixon Berry, did the handwriting on the blocks. Names of church officials, including bishop, pastor, elders, embroidered on middle orange and black blocks. Names around the center represent those who gave ten cents to the Junior Missionaries to have their names on the quilt. Photographs of the McKee family including Nora as a girl and young woman are held in Special Collections, Des Moines. The family of Madaline and John McKee were residents of Dallas County after the Civil War.
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Title:
Signature Quilt For St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines, 1940-1941
Date Created:
1940
Time Period:
1940s
Description:
Quilt, synthetic fabric, three inch squares of pink and orange alternating with blocks of black; quilted with pink thread; backed with pink synthetic fabric, bound with black. Embroidered with names, date, and name of St. Paul AME Church. Circa 1940-1941. 62 x 71.5 inches. Handmade by donor's grandmother, Nora McKee Dixon, 1870-1958, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County, as fundraiser for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of Des Moines at the beginning of World War II. Nora's daughter, Madeline Dixon Berry, did the handwriting on the blocks. Names of church officials, including bishop, pastor, elders, embroidered on middle orange and black blocks. Names around the center represent those who gave ten cents to the Junior Missionaries to have their names on the quilt. Photographs of the McKee family including Nora as a girl and young woman are held in Special Collections, Des Moines. The family of Madaline and John McKee were residents of Dallas County after the Civil War.
Subject (Topic):
Religion African American women African American churches Fund raising Quilts Quilting Patchwork quilts Signature quilts African Americans Black people
Contributor (Person):
Dixon, Nora McKee, 1870-1958
Contributor (Organization):
St. Paul A.M.E. Church (Des Moines, Iowa)
Location:
Iowa--Des Moines
Latitude:
41.566844
Longitude:
-93.606515
Language:
eng
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Extent:
1 object
Genre:
works of art
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Digital Object Identifier:
shsi1993073
Filename:
shsi1993073.jpg
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9pg1hw50
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Signature Quilt For St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines, 1940-1941", State Historical Society of Iowa, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9pg1hw50
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No Known Copyright
Standardized Rights:
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