QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

00.0625 AIQP

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

2000:7.1

Object label:

Improved Nine Patch
Ethel West Adair
Cherokee, Oklahoma
c1950
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2000:7.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Improved Nine Patch

Quilt top made by:

Adair, Nancy Ethel

Quilted by:

Adair, Nancy Ethel

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, state:

Oklahoma (OK)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt finished?

c1950

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

West

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/29/1901

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1993

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Cherokee Native American

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Ethel went to two different local schools through the 8th grade. She did not go to a Cherokee seminary girl's school.

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Shipyard worker and nurse's aid after 1941 at Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA and retired from that job.

Quiltmaker's father's name:

West, Clifton Preston

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Born June 266, 1878 and died November 14, 1940. After Rose's death, Clifton sent his daughters to live with his mother. He later remarried and took Ethel and Pearl to live with him and his new wife in their home between Fort Gibson and Tahlequah, the capi

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Davis, Rose (or Betty)

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Adair, Mack

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

In Oklahoma, farming and horsetrading; in Oakland, shipyard worker.

Number of children:

8

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

4

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

79"

How long is the quilt?

90"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photos of quilter; Extensive contact information and geneology of Ethel's family and other quilts she has made.

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Emma Kroeker, 1/6/200, donor

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

While Ethel lived in Oklahoma she had a quilt frame that she raised and lowered from the ceiling for quilting. Sometimes it was moved out to a veranda when the weather was warm.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum