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Signature Quilt for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines, 1940-1941 Item Info

Quilt, synthetic fabric, three inch squares of pink and orange alternating with blocks of black; quilted with pink thread; backed with pink synthetic fabric, bound with black. Embroidered with names, date, and name of St. Paul AME Church. Circa 1940-1941. 62 x 71.5 inches. Handmade by donor's grandmother, Nora McKee Dixon, 1870-1958, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County, as fundraiser for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of Des Moines at the beginning of World War II. Nora's daughter, Madeline Dixon Berry, did the handwriting on the blocks. Names of church officials, including bishop, pastor, elders, embroidered on middle orange and black blocks. Names around the center represent those who gave ten cents to the Junior Missionaries to have their names on the quilt. Photographs of the McKee family including Nora as a girl and young woman are held in Special Collections, Des Moines. The family of Madaline and John McKee were residents of Dallas County after the Civil War.
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Title:
Signature Quilt for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines, 1940-1941
Creator (Person):
Dixon, Nora McKee, 1870-1958
Date Created:
1940
Description:
Quilt, synthetic fabric, three inch squares of pink and orange alternating with blocks of black; quilted with pink thread; backed with pink synthetic fabric, bound with black. Embroidered with names, date, and name of St. Paul AME Church. Circa 1940-1941. 62 x 71.5 inches. Handmade by donor's grandmother, Nora McKee Dixon, 1870-1958, Des Moines, Iowa, Polk County, as fundraiser for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church of Des Moines at the beginning of World War II. Nora's daughter, Madeline Dixon Berry, did the handwriting on the blocks. Names of church officials, including bishop, pastor, elders, embroidered on middle orange and black blocks. Names around the center represent those who gave ten cents to the Junior Missionaries to have their names on the quilt. Photographs of the McKee family including Nora as a girl and young woman are held in Special Collections, Des Moines. The family of Madaline and John McKee were residents of Dallas County after the Civil War.
Subject (Topic):
Religion Women African American churches Fund raising Quilts Signature Quilts
Contributor (Organization):
St Paul A.M.E. Church, Des Moines
Location:
Iowa Iowa--Des Moines
Latitude:
41.60054
Longitude:
-93_60911
Contributing Institution:
State Historical Society of Iowa
Extent:
1 object
Identifier:
1993_073

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"Signature Quilt for St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Des Moines, 1940-1941", Portal Name Will Go Here, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
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