Final 658 Project Proposal
I am planning to create a quilt that is essentially a second draft, or version, of the Runaway Quilt Project that I started last spring. This textile object / infographic will be a more thoughtful … Continue reading
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Interactive Timeline
LAB REPORT #2B: TIMELINE VERITE Introduction I attempted to create a timeline for Gracie Mitchell, the woman interviewed as part of the Federal Writer’s project. In addition to dates from her life that she described … Continue reading
Preservation
Preservation Plan: Runaway Quilt Project The Runaway Quilt Project is a small digital humanities endeavor for LIS 697 Digital Humanities at Pratt Institute. Currently this project lives on a WordPress blog, where digital research about … Continue reading
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
Annotation
During the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers’ Project conducted interviews with African Americans who were former slaves. Out of over 2,300 interviews, which were digitized for the American Memory site Born in Slavery: … Continue reading