Appalachian Quilt Project Cassette Tapes

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Appalachian Quilt Project Cassette Tapes, Ms 1981-097, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.8 Cubic Feet 4 boxes
Creator:
Appalachian Quilt Project, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts, and Davis, Susan L., 1952-
Abstract:
Oral history project conducted by Susan Davis, who was a graduate student in the Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts at Virginia Tech. Collection consists of recorded interviews with forty-three quilt makers in Floyd and Washington counties, Virginia, about their lives and their experiences with quilt making. Transcripts for this collection are available.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Appalachian Quilt Project Cassette Tapes, Ms 1981-097, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of recorded interviews with forty-three quilt makers, most of whom were women, in Floyd and Washington counties, Virginia, as part of the Appalachian Quilt Project at Virginia Tech. These interviews were conducted by Susan Davis, a graduate student at Virginia Tech, in 1978 and 1979. Each interview follows a very similar format, as Davis asked interviewees to answer biographical questions before she asked them about their respective experiences with quilting. Transcripts are available.

Biographical / historical:

The Appalachian Quilt Project was an oral history project conducted to interview quilters in Floyd County and Washington County, Southwest Virginia in the late 1970s. A graduate student in the Department of Clothing, Textiles, and Related Arts at Virginia Tech, Susan L. Davis (b.1952) conducted the interviews for her M.S. thesis, Appalachian Quilts of Floyd County, Virginia, which was published by Virginia Tech in 1980. Davis's masters thesis has been digitized and can be found here: Susan L. Davis, "Appalachian quilts of Floyd County, Virginia," Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 1980, https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/031e4956-2cda-4363-b7d7-1dbfec774a78/,.

Acquisition information:
The collection was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 1982.
Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into four boxes. Box one contains folders that are arranged by subject. Within each folder are two separate transcripts of interviews with two separate individuals, one from Floyd County, Virginia, and one from Washington County, Virginia, who are referred to as the same subject number. Susan Davis interviewed the Washington County, Virginia, subjects in 1978 and she interviewed the Floyd County subjects in 1979. Box two contains duplicate transcripts for the Floyd County subjects. Box three contains the cassette tapes for oral history interviews with Floyd County subjects. Box four contains the cassette tapes for oral history interviews with Washington County subjects.

Physical / technical requirements:

Special Collections and University Archives has audio equipment to access the cassette tapes.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard