QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Dougherty Family History Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Richmond, Rocky Mountain Puzzle, Goldbrick

Brackman # or other source & #:

Richmond, Brackman 1654; Rocky montain Puzzle (Double X), Brackman 2179; Goldbrick, Brackman 3232

How wide is the quilt?

35 inches

How long is the quilt?

35 inches

What color is the quilt?

Black; Blue or Navy; Cream; Gold; Pink

Type of inscription:

Date; Message; Multiple Names; Place; Signature

What is inscribed on the quilt?

DOUGHERTY FAMILY HISTORY QUILT signatures • Names on border of quilt top (written by one hand) in ink – Samuel, DOUGHERTY, Melinda Catherine; Anna, Hazel, Ruth; Catherine, Edith, Helen; Maude, Earl, Gladys. • Quilt back, signatures in ink – DOUGHERTY FAMILY REUNION June 28-30, 1991 Nancy Albany, Elenora Avery, Michael A. Avery, Michael M. Avery, Patricia Avery, Ann Brown, Bob Brown, Donald Brown, Douglas Brown, Jocelyn Brown, Katie Brown, Sue Brown, Wes Brown, Edythe Farley, Ann Holler, James E. Holler, Jennifer Johnston, Brian Malone, Chris Malone, Clifford Malone, Daniel K. Malone, David Malone, Dillon Malone, Eleanor Malone, Kevin Malone, Pat & Brendan Malone, Shawn Malone, Teresa Malone, Tim Malone, Vicki Malone, Gladys McKenzie, Tracy Miller, Al Moser, Diane Moser, Emily Moser, Megan Moser, Michael Moser, Cathy L. O’Hara, David P. O’Hara, Doris Jean O’Hara, Eugene D. O’Hara, Grace O’Hara, Michael O’Hara, Matt Magargee, Ray Magargee, Ronna Magargee, Deborah M. Pearson, David W. Pearson, Jane Powell, Norman R. Powell, JoAnn Shann, Will A. Shann, Mary & Gene Sitts, Carlos Ulloa, Carlos Ulloa III, Heather Ulloa, J.G. Walker, Dorothy York, Jim York, Cheryl Ann Farley Young • Photo on back – photo transfer, computer generated label Samuel & Melinda Catherine Dougherty grandchildren ca. 1938 Front row: Edythe Stober, Eleanor Brown, Elenora Walker Middle row: Jimmy York, Anna York, Ruth Ray Walker, Bobby Brown, Billie Walker, Lucy Nathan Back row: Gracie Nell Walker, Helen Louise Davis, J.G. Walker, Gladys Rae Davis Not in picture: Medric Boucher, Mary Jane Walker DOUGHERTY FAMILY HISTORY QUILT Photographs: Ruins of Isabella Gold Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado Samuel hauling timbers to his mine, the Isabella, in 1885. This photo was used as the guide for the painting, which became the original lift-up curtain at the Dougherty auditorium. Samuel and Melinda Catherine Dougherty wedding in Bella Vista, Colorado, 1887. Same and Katie’s children – Anna, Hazel, Ruth, Catherine, Edith, Helen, Maude, Earl, Gladys in the box at the Dougherty Auditorium, 1908 Dougherty Auditorium, Richmond, Missouri, 1901 Dougherty family home in Richmond, Missouri, 1893. Quilt blocks: Rocky Mountain Puzzle, Richmond, Goldbrick Color symbolism in Richmond blocks: blue and white – Colorado Columbine; pink and white – Missouri dogwood; gold – gold ore. Dougherty family names written around inner border. Signatures on back are of reunion attendees. Additional attendees: R.J. Walker, Randy Miller, Ryan Miller, Kyle Miller, Shannon Miller, Danny Young, Amanda Young, Crystal young, John McKenzie, Ronnie Gossey, Connie Gossey. The Dougherty Family Reunion was held for the descendants of Samuel and Melinda Catherine Dougherty and their children at the Elms Resort Hotel, Excelsior Springs, Missouri on June 28-30, 1991 on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the opening of the Dougherty Auditorium in Richmond, Missouri. Over seventy-five people representing four generations were in attendance. This included all ten living grandchildren of Sam and Katie. People brought Dougherty memorabilia to share – the family Bible, Catherine’s doll with her Dougherty auburn hair, family china, photographs and many memories. The family tree stretched around the room. After the Friday night banquet, Bob Brown presented a program – “Where We Came From”. Saturday everyone toured to Richmond to visit the opera house (Dougherty Auditorium) and hear about how it was in 1901. A caravan then visited several places of interest to the lives of the Doughertys. A picnic at the Richmond City Park ended the afternoon. After a lot of visiting at the park everyone returned to the Elms for more swimming and visiting. Sunday morning some of the group attended services at the First Christian Church in Richmond. Sam and Katie joined this church in 1893. This commemorative quilt was made by Eleanor Brown Malone, Wichita, Kansas.

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

June 28--30, 1991

Method used to make the inscription:

Attached label; Computer generated; Ink

Location of inscription:

on back; on border

Time period:

1976-1999

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1991

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Floral; Multiple scrap; Print; Solid/plain; Other

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Photo transfers

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Photography/ photo transfer

Where the quilt was made, city:

Wichita

Where the quilt was made, county:

Sedgwick

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

This family history quilt was made for the Dougherty Family Reunion, held for the descendants of Samuel and Melinda Catherine Dougherty and their children at the Elms Resort Hotel, Excelsior Springs, Missouri on June 28-30, 1991 on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the opening of the Dougherty Auditorium in Richmond, Missouri. Over seventy-five people representing four generations were in attendance. This included all ten living grandchildren of Sam and Katie.

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative; Reunion

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Quilters Newsletter Magazine articles about state patterns by Barbara Brackman

Quilt owner's name:

Eleanor Malone

Quilt owner's city:

Wichita

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

The quilt consists of twelve pieced blocks: four in the Richmond pattern, four in the Rocky Mountain Puzzle pattern and four in the Goldbrick pattern. Dougherty family photographs are In the centers of the Rocky Mountain Puzzle blocks. Some sashings are black, others are strips of pieced triangles. An outer border is plain black, with blocks in the Goldbrick pattern in the four corners,

Who photographed this quilt?

Eleanor Malone

Access and copyright information:

Open/Public Domain