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Mapping Gracie Mitchell’s Patterns in the 19C

Mapping Gracie Mitchell’s Patterns in the 19C

Lab Report #4:  GIS & Geospatial Visualization Introduction: For this lab experimentation with mapping, I decided to try making small multiples of quilt patterns using Tableau. My goal is to use this software to create … Continue reading →

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Deimosa Webber-Bey · Leave a comment

Interactive Quilt Map

Interactive Quilt Map

Lab Report #2a:  Google Fusion Tables Introduction I am attempting a map visualization of quilts created in the first half of the 19th century. I am attempting to code the quilt patterns on the map … Continue reading →

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Deimosa Webber-Bey · Leave a comment

Planning

Proposed Digital Humanities Project Before 1865: Archive of the African American Presence in Colonial America 1619-1865 Before 1865, a digital thematic research collection, is critically needed in African American studies, and the general field of … Continue reading →

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Deimosa Webber-Bey · Leave a comment

Mapping

Mapping

Mapping Ex-slave, Gracie Mitchell was interviewed by Bernice Bowden as part of the WPA’s Federal Writers Project. During her interview Ms. Mitchell showed 30 quilts to Ms. Bowden, “She showed me twenty-two finished quilt tops, … Continue reading →

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Deimosa Webber-Bey · Leave a comment
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