QUILT INDEX RECORD
29-24-2852
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Who documented this quilt?
Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild)
Nebraska Quilt Project Number:
2255
When was the form filled out?
7/22/87 Blair
Owner's name for quilt:
Black Eyed Susan
How long is the quilt?
90 inches
Time period:
1930-1949
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1940
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by NQP committee member, corrected later if deemed appropriate by UNL graduate student researcher in consultation with Patricia Crews.
Further information concerning dates:
Date estimated.
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6.0 stitches per inch
Quilt top made by:
Newman, Beulah H. Reed
Where the quilt was made, county:
Hitchcock
Where the quilt was made, state:
Nebraska (NE)
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:
Quilt maker did not quilt it.; Quilt pieced by one person
Why was the quilt made?
Personal enjoyment
Where did the maker get their materials?
Other
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1888
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1957
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Scottish; Irish
Quiltmaker's educational background:
High School
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
Copyright holder:
Contact Archives and Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries for image use
Cite this Quilt
Newman, Beulah H. Ree. Black Eyed Susan. 1930-1949. From University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Nebraska Quilt Project (Lincoln Quilters Guild). Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=29-24-2852. Accessed: 04/27/24