African-American, African, and African Diaspora Quilt Studies Digital Resource

FAIN: PW-285041-22

Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI 48824-3407)
Marsha L. MacDowell (Project Director: July 2021 to present)
Dean Rehberger (Co Project Director: May 2022 to present)

The expansion of the Quilt Index to include nearly 3,900 new quilts, 100 pieces of ephemera, 54 oral histories, and expanded metadata representing African-American, African, and African Diasporic quilt history, as well as the development of up to 18 related resources, such as essays, lesson plans, and exhibits.

The proposed Quilt Index African American, African, and African Diaspora Quilt History Project is an intentional effort towards preserving and making accessible, in the Quilt Index, primary and secondary sources on African American, African, and African Diasporic quilt history drawn from geographically-dispersed public and private collections.