QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7199
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.1357
Quilt's title:
40th Wedding Anniversary Quilt
When was the form filled out?
7/7/1985
Quilt top made by:
Bancroft, Velma
Quilted by:
Bancroft, Velma
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Maple Rapids
Where the quilt was made, county:
Clinton
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Details about why the quilt was made:
40th wedding anniversary
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Maple Rapids
Quiltmaker's county:
Clinton
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Groves
Quiltmaker's birth date:
2/19/1914
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High school graduate
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Protestant
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife, nurse's aid, postmaster
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Groves, Adelbert
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
French Canadian
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Murphy, Cora Bell
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Irish
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
English
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Salesman
Number of children:
3
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
3
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Self-Taught
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Age 11-19
Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:
Because I enjoy making them and giving them to my family and special friends.
Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:
5-20 quilts
Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?
no
Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?
no
This is a:
Finished quilt
Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
42
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Hazel Munger
Quilt owner's city:
St. Johns
Quilt owner's county:
Clinton
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Bancroft, Velm. 40th Wedding Anniversary Quilt. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7199. Accessed: 03/29/24