QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-3383

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

TUC150061

When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?

04-11-2015

Where was the documentation day held?

Tucson, Arizona

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

2. Designer's title:

Crazy Quilt

3. Quilt Width:

58.50 inches

3. Quilt Length:

72. 5/8 inches

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

5. Shape of Corners:

Straight

6. Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

7. Predominant Color(s):

Blue or Navy; Pink

8. Identifiable Quilt Specific colors:

Chocolate Brown or Hershey Brown; Claret or Wine; Indigo Blue; Madder Brown; Prussian Blue or Lafayette Blue

9. Overall condition:

Fair/worn

10. Damage to quilt:

Insect damage; Open seams; Wear to edge or binding

13. Inscription:

Date; Single

13.1. Content of inscription(s):

Alice Harvey 1914

13.2. Date of inscription:

c.1914

13.3. Method of inscription:

Ink

13.4. Location of inscription:

on back

Other location of inscription:

Located on Lower Right

14. Date of Quilt:

1901-1929

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Men's & Women's Clothes

16. Subject of the quilt:

Crazy

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Crazy

Describe the source of the pattern:

Alice (Cook) Harvey

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

20

Size of quilt blocks:

15.25x14.25 inches

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.7. Number of different block patterns present:

1

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Wool

24. Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in quilt top:

Checked; Geometric; Multiple scrap; Plaid; Solid/plain; Striped

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Foundation Piecing; Hand Piecing

26.1. Embellishment techniques:

Embroidery

27.1. Materials used in binding:

Cotton

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Wool

28.2. Batting loft:

Medium (3/16?)

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Tied or tufted

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

2

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

2.5x72.75, 33x73 inches

31.4. Description of back:

Machine sewn; Same fabric used throughout

30. Quilt notes and observations:

The quilt is tied with pink yarn.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Marilyn Hansen

Quilt Owner's State:

Arizona (AZ)

Quilt Owner's Country:

United States

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

2014 The quilt was given to Marilyn Fisher Hanson by father Ed Fisher.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Harvey, Alice (Cook)

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

1868

Death date:

c. 1943

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

Scot/English

Educational Background:

No more that 8th grade.

Religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quilt maker's occupation:

Farmer's Wife

Quilt maker's birth city:

Omre Twp

Quilt maker's birth state:

Wisconsin

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:

Rural

Country:

United States

When learned to quilt:

Age 40-49

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure

8. Estimated number of quilts made:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

Alice Harvey is my great-grandmother. Her first quilt saved by the family was made in 1910 when she was 42 years old.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Essay:

The Addison Alphonso Harvey Story From the Harvey Family History Book Addison A. Harvey, more often called Add by his family and friends, was the sixth child born to Robert & Elizabeth Harvey. At some time previous to his birth his parents had rented another farm and moved there. This place was another two miles from the home farm and half mile to the school called Banner School, to which he would go when he was old enough to attend. He was born November 20, 1857, at this rented farm. The house has not been in existence for many years. This farm was also but a half mile from the country cemetery that was in later years to be the resting place for many of his family. His father, his mother, two brothers and two sisters were taken there before he and his wife, and his two sons were laid to rest in later years. Uncles, Aunts, and cousins of the Harvey's also were buried in this cemetery. This burial plot was set aside for such purposes when the Robert Davidson family first came to Winnebago County in 1856. Robert Davidson and his wife, Susannah (Baldry) gave one acre of land to the Rushford Cemetery Association on March 29, 1862 for the purpose of a burial ground. It was on a high piece of ground. Through the years additions were made to it. Addison Harvey attended the Banner School first; then, when his parents moved back to the home farm, he attended the Knowles School that was one and one-half miles north of their home. Today the Enterprise School is located on the northeast corner of land that Robert and Elizabeth Harvey claimed for a homestead in 1850. The recreational room of this Enterprise School building sits on the very spot that the log house was built for them when they arrived from Buffalo. New York. When Add was a boy Whippoorwills called from the wooded plots, which were much larger then, and there were several ponds in the lower parts, which later were drained. The John Baldry family live on half mile to the south of the Harvey farm. The three Baldry boys, cousins of the Harvey boys and living so near, made for many a happy time among them all. Add once told of a wintery day when the Baldry boys, feeling the monotony of the long winter, put up a dare to the one who was brave enough to run barefoot to the Harvey house down the road. It was Lorenzo Baldry who took the dare and raced through the snow to the house of the Harvey boys, a half mile away. Reports were he was none the worse for his daring trip. As a young man Add spent several winters working in the north woods. In spring the return trip might be made by a team of horses or he might have to walk much of the way. August 9, 1888 he was married to Alice Gertrude Cook, daughter of Tilden C. Cook and Caroline (Turner) Cook. One winter Alice went north with him and worked as camp cook at the logging station. Their first child, George Lewis Harvey, was born July 4, 1890. They were living with Alice's parents at that time but a year later rented a farm nearby, and it was in September of 1894 that their second child, Eunice Viola Harvey was born. A year later a small house was built on a forty acre piece of the Tilden Cook farm, and Add, Alice and two children went to live there. In the spring of 1897 Add and Alice moved to a farm nearer to Omro known as the Burnam farm. This they rented for two years, also working their own 40 acres near the Cooks. It was while they were living on this farm that Sherman Tilden Harvey was born, September 7, 1899. The next spring the family moved back to their small house on their 40 acres that had been a part of Tilden Cook's farm. Plans were made for a larger house and in the summer of 1902 the new house was put up on it was ready to be occupied by mid-October that year. George Lewis Harvey always called Lewis by his family, never married. Neither did his younger brother Sherman. Extra farm land was rented that adjoined the home farm and both boys remained home to help work it. October 17, 1912, Eunice married Glen Fisher, whose family lived directly across the road from the Harveys. Their four children were the only grandchildren that Addison and Alice Harvey had. Addison suffered long years with a heart condition that first became apparent in his earlier years, yet he was able to carry on his farm with the help of his sons. He lived to be 78 years old; his death came November 22, 1935. Alice had comparatively good health until the spring of 1943, when she became ill and she died August 4, 1943 at 74 years, and 8 months. Lewis and Sherman lived alone after her death and continued working the farm. July 11, 1953 Sherman was killed instantly when he fell from a hay loft in the big barn, while after straw for the farm animals. Lewis also suffering from a heart condition, lived on alone until he became ill in March of 1958 and was taken to the home of Eunice and Glenn Fisher. He never regained his health and died September 19, 1961. Left with the homestead, Eunice could not continue with the management of it and it was sold to James Tritt. The Harvey home that Addison and Alice had worked hard to build was now in the hands of others to take over. It was in need of some repair and improvements were made. The pine trees planted by Addison were now large. New families moved into the house, to find enjoyment living there, just as Addison and Alice and their children had.

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