This collection contains materials related to Dottie Moore’s oral history project for the organization “Piecing a Quilt of Life.” Dottie Moore is a fiber artist from Rock Hill, SC. Mrs. Moore that specializes in quilt art. She has been featured in many art and craft shows and is the author of Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years and has been published in numerous magazines and newsletters. She is also the founder of Piecing a Quilt of Life, “an international project dedicated to empowering senior women by recognizing their creative abilities.” Through this project Mrs. Moore interviewed over a hundred women artists and the majority of this collection consists of materials related to this project. The collection includes audio cassette tapes of the interviews, transcriptions, correspondence, slides, brochures, forms, inventories, poems, a VHS tape of a South Carolina Educational Television show concerning the project, a DVD of containing her interactive book, Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years, and other materials related to the project. For more information about Dottie Moore and her work please visit her website.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2052/thumbnail.jp

Moore, Dottie

Piecing a Quilt of Life

Quilters

Women Artists

Winthrop University

Winthrop University Digital Commons @ Winthrop University Manuscript Collection Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections 2021 Quilters's Oral History Project Collection - Accession 1278 Dottie Moore Quilters Piecing a Quilt of Life Women Artists Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids Finding Aid Citation Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections, Winthrop University, "Quilters's Oral History Project Collection - Accession 1278". Finding Aid 1295. https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/1295 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Manuscript Collection by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Winthrop University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@winthrop.edu.     WINTHROP UNIVERSITY LOUISE PETTUS ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS  MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION    ACCESSION 1278  QUILTER’S ORAL HISTORY PROJECT COLLECTION        1996-2004    7 Boxes, 43 Folders, &  70 Audio Cassettes, 1 DVD, 1 VHS Tape Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection, Acc. 1278 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives    2 WINTHROP UNIVERSITY LOUISE PETTUS ARCHIVES & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS  MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION  ACC. NO.:  _1278_      PROCESSED BY:  Drew Russell, Reference Archivist ADDITIONS:  ___, ___, ___     DATE:  June 7, 2021         NO. OF SECTIONS:  4  QUILTER’S ORAL HISTORY PROJECT COLLECTION I  Provenance:  The Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection was donated to the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections by Dottie Moore on November 30, 2006.  Linear feet of shelf space occupied: 1.75 Approximate number of pieces:  3500  Restrictions:  Open to researchers under the rules and regulations of the Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections at Winthrop University.  Literary Rights:  For information concerning literary rights please contact the Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections at Winthrop University.  Scope and Content Note:  This collection contains materials related to Dottie Moore’s oral history project for the organization “Piecing a Quilt of Life.” Dottie Moore is a fiber artist from Rock Hill, SC. Mrs. Moore that specializes in quilt art. She has been featured in many art and craft shows and is the author of Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years and has been published in numerous magazines and newsletters. She is also the founder of Piecing a Quilt of Life, “an international project dedicated to empowering senior women by recognizing their creative abilities.” Through this project Mrs. Moore interviewed over a hundred women artists and the majority of this collection consists of materials related to this project. The collection includes audio cassette tapes of the interviews, transcriptions, correspondence, slides, brochures, forms, inventories, poems, a VHS tape of a South Carolina Educational Television show concerning the project, a DVD of containing her interactive book, Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years, and other materials related to the project. For more information about Dottie Moore and her work please visit her website.  Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection, Acc. 1278 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives    3 II  DESCRIPTION OF SERIES  Box(es)  Folder(s) Series         Year(s)  1-2 1-30 TRANSCRIPTIONS OF INTERVIEWS     1996, 2000 This series contains transcribed copies of the oral history interviews that Dottie Moore conducted with quilting groups around the country. Each interview has its own folder, and the interviewee’s name is the name listed. Many of these transcripts have slides of the interviewee and their quilts they created for the project. Most of the interviews have an audio cassette tape that corresponds with the transcripts. Those cassette tapes are listed in Appendix II This series consists of the cassette recording of the the interviews conducted by Dottie Moore with female artists around the United States for the Piecing a Quilt of Life project. *See Appendix I for a listing of Interview Transcripts listed in chronological order of the interview.  2 31 DORIS B. BLOUGH POEMS      nd This series contains poems that were written by a member of the Piecing a Quilt of Life group about her creative process when quilting.  2 32 MARION BATT-MANNHEIM      nd This series contains a poem and information about Marion Batt-Mannheim’s creative process when quilting. Ms. Batt-Mannheim was a member of the Piecing a Quilt of Life group.  2 33 DOROTHY BERRY INFORMATION AND TRANSCRIPT  nd This series contains information on Dorothy Berry and her quilting process. Also included in this collection is a transcript of an interview that just states “For Jennifer.”  2 34 MARGARET HOLLOBAUGH CORRESPONDANCE   1996 This series contains correspondence between Dottie Moore and Margaret Hollobaugh about Ms. Hollobaugh’s creative processes. Also included in this collection are slides of Ms. Hollobaugh’s various quilts.  2 35 QUILTING HISTORIES       nd This series contains information on members of Dottie Moore’s quilting group about how they began their quilting processes. Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection, Acc. 1278 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives    4 II  DESCRIPTION OF SERIES (cont.)  Box(es)  Folder(s) Series         Year(s)  2 36 INTERVIEWEES        nd This collection contains spreadsheets with names and contact information for members of the organization that Dottie Moore interviewed.  2 37 RELEASE FORMS        1996-2001 This series contains interview release forms that were signed by quilters that gave Dottie Moore interviews. These forms give Ms. Moore permission to use the interview and photographs in ways that she saw fit.  2 38 AUDIO TAPE INVENTORY      nd This series contains a list of the audio cassette tapes that Dottie Moore collected oral history interviews for Piecing a Quilt of Life. This inventory lists if a cassette tape has a folder for the interviewee or a transcription of the interview.  3 39 CREATIVE TRACES NEWSLETTER     1997-2001 This series contains the semi-annual newsletter for Piecing a Quilt of Life organization.  3 40 QUILTING BROCHURES       nd This series contains several different brochures that were produced by the Piecing a Quilt of Life organization detailing their mission.  3 41 PBS VIDEO NOTES        nd This series contains notes that were used in a PBS special about the Piecing a Quilt of Life organization. (see VHS Tape in box 3)  3 42 CHARLOTTE WOMAN MAGAZINE     2004 This series contains a copy of the publication entitled Charlotte Woman Magazine with an article listed on the cover entitled “Quilting for Life: Dottie Moore’s Joyful Art.”  Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection, Acc. 1278 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives    5 II  DESCRIPTION OF SERIES (cont.)  Box(es)  Folder(s) Series         Year(s)  3 43 SLIDES         1996-2000 This series contains 290 slides of members of the Piecing a Quilt of Life organization and their quilts. These have been separated from the slides that are in with the transcripts due to these members either not giving interviews, or the interview they gave has not been transcribed. There are nine slides that have no identification on them.  3 -- CREATIVITY AFTER 50 VHS TAPE     1998 This series contains a VHS tape recording (28 minutes, 52 seconds) of a 1998 SC ETV Rock Hill program entitled “Creativity After 50.” The program narrated by Mrs. Dottie Moore discusses the project about women artists over the age of 50 and contains interview with Sue Alvarez, former Winthrop professor, Dr. Dorothy Perry Thompson (1944-2002), and Chloe Trivette LeMay (1918-2014).  *A digitized version (0:28:52) is available in the Archives Research Room.  3 -- LIVES IN PROCESS: CREATIVITY IN THE SECOND FIFTY  2002 YEARS DVD This series contains a DVD contains an interactive version of book publication titled Lives in Process: Creativity in the Second Fifty Years by Dottie Moore with portraits by Michael Harrison published by LadybugPress in Sonora, CA in 1998. There is also a pdf version of the book as well. The book focuses on women quilters and artists over the age of fifty. *A digitized version is available in the Archives Research Room.  4-7 -- AUDIO CASSETTE TAPES OF INTERIVEWS    1996-2000 This series consists of the cassette recording of the interviews conducted by Dottie Moore with female artists around the United States for the Piecing a Quilt of Life project. *See Appendix II for a listing of cassette recordings of the interviewees listed in chronological order of the interview. Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection, Acc. 1278 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives    6 APPENDIX I  LIST OF INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS  Box(es)  Folder(s) Series         Year(s)  1 1 FRANÇOISE BARNES TRANSCRIPT     1996 1 2 ANITA MCSORLEY TRANSCRIPT     1996 1 3 CANCER SURVIVORS TRANSCRIPT     1996 1 4 CORRINE VANDER PLOEG NICHOLS TRANSCRIPT   1996 1 5 THEODOSIA GREEN TRANSCRIPT     1996 1 6 JANE DEFOE TRANSCRIPT      1996 1 7 LORNA PORTER TRANSCRIPT      1996 1 8 SHIRLEY HANSON TRANSCRIPT     1996 1 9 KATHRYN STOWE TRANSCRIPT     1996 1 10 DIANA BUNNELL TRANSCRIPT      1996 1 11 HELEN DAVIS TRANSCRIPT      1996 1 12 LINDA FAIRES TRANSCRIPT      1996 1 13 CHLOE LEMAY TRANSCRIPT      1996 1 14 MARLENE O’BRYANT TRANSCRIPT     1997 1 15 DIANA VENTERS TRANSCRIPT      1997 1 16 MARY WIRCHANSKY TRANSCRIPT     1997 1 17 SHIRLEY BORSTLEMANN TRANSCRIPT    1997 1 18 SANDI CASE TRANSCRIPT      1997 1 19 NANNIE PRITCHETT TRANSCRIPT     1997 2 20 SUE ALVAREZ TRANSCRIPT      1997 2 21 JOAN SCHULTZ TRANSCRIPT      1998 2 22 MARY ANHALTZER & CATHY SHANAHAN TRANSCRIPT  1998 2 23 EVELYN GEORGE TRANSCRIPT      1999 2 24 MARJORIE RUSSELL-MURPHY TRANSCRIPT    1999 2 25 MARGARET HALL TRANSCRIPT      2000 2 26 BARBARA ORTIZ TRANSCRIPT      2000 2 27 JUDY YAMAZAMI TRANSCRIPT      2000 2 28 CINDY COOKSEY TRANSCRIPT      2000 2 29 FRAN ROGERS TRANSCRIPT      1996 *this Interview does not have a corresponding audio Cassette 2 30 SIGRID SIMMONS, ET AL. TRANSCRIPT    nd *this Interview does not have a corresponding audio Cassette Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection, Acc. 1278 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives    7 APPENDIX II  LIST OF CASSETTE RECORDINGS OF INTERVIEWEES  Box   Tape Number Interviewee Name   Place of Interview  Date  4 1  Françoise Barnes   Albuquerque, NM  May 23, 1996 4 2  Françoise Barnes   Albuquerque, NM  May 23, 1996 4 3  Anita McSorley   not specified   May 23, 1996 4 4  Dorothea Fortier   not specified   May 24, 1996 4 5  Dorothea Forier   Albuquerque, NM  May 24, 1996 4 6  Cancer Survivors   Los Alamos, NM  May 30, 1996 4 7  Christa Manning   Los Alamos, NM  May 30, 1996 4 8  Jan Warren & Sue Frier  Los Alamos, NM  May 31, 1996 4 9  Vicki Chavez    Santa Fe, NM   June 1, 1996 4 10  Ann Ferkovich   Santa Fe, NM   June 1, 1996 4 11  Kathy Korkos    Los Alamos, NM  June 1, 1996 4 12  Corinne Vander Ploeg Nichols Santa Fe, NM   June 4, 1996 4 13  Theodosia Green   Sedona, AZ   June 13, 1996 4 14  Jane Defoe    Sedona, AZ   June 14, 1996 4 15  Lorna Porter    Glendale, AZ   June 17, 1996 4 16  Barbara Schafer   Kanab, UT   June 17, 1996 4 17  Cindy Feulling   Fredonia, AZ   June 18, 1996 4 18  Julie Ingersoll    Kanab, UT   June 20, 1996 5 19  Shirley Hanson   Colbian, CO   June 29, 1996 5 20  Kathryn Stowe   Bellvue, CO   July 4, 1996 5 21  Naoma O’Neill et al.   Pueblo, CO   July 6, 1996 5 22  Diana Bunnell    Boulder, CO   July 12, 1996 5 23  Helen Davis    Boulder, CO   July 12, 1996 5 24  Roxanna Bartlett   Boulder, CO   July 15, 1996 5 25  Roxanna Bartlett   Boulder, CO   July 15, 1996 5 26  Lynda Faires    Boulder, CO   July 15, 1996 5 27  Lynda Faires    Boulder, CO   July 15, 1996 5 28  Sigria Simonds et al.   not specified   August 5, 1996 5 29  Betty Bryant et al.   Jonesborough, TN  September 4, 1996 5 30  Dottie Besemer   Acworth, GA   September 24, 1996 5 31  Claudette Griffin   Woodstock, GA  September 24, 1996 5 32  Barbara Butler    Marietta, GA   September 27, 1996 5 33  Chloe LeMay    Rock Hill, SC   November 4, 1996 5 34  Chloe LeMay    Rock Hill, SC   November 4, 1996 5 35  Sue Pierce    Rockville, MD  December 1, 1996 5 36  Sue Pierce    Rockville, MD  December 1, 1996 6 37  Marlene O’Bryant Seabrook  Charleston, SC  January 22, 1997 6 38  Marlene O’Bryant Seabrook  Charleston, SC  January 22, 1997 Quilter’s Oral History Project Collection, Acc. 1278 Manuscript Collection, Winthrop University Archives    8 APPENDIX II (cont.)  LIST OF CASSETTE RECORDINGS OF INTERVIEWEES  Box   Tape Number Interviewee Name   Place of Interview  Date  6 39  Diana Venters    Rock Hill, SC   February 10, 1997 6 40  Diana Venters    Rock Hill, SC   February 10, 1997 6 41  Norma Bradley   Asheville, NC   March 8, 1997 6 42  Mary Wirchansky   Pine Bush, NY  April 15, 1997 6 43  Shirley Borstel Mann   Durham, NC   April 18, 1997 6 44  Jacquelyn Nouveau   Durham, NC   April 21, 1997 6 45  Sandi Case    Murphy, NC   May 15, 1997 6 46  Nannie Pritchett   Brown Summit, NC  September 13, 1997 6 47  Joan Schulze    Sunnyvale, CA  February 21, 1998 6 48  Jean Neblett    San Francisco, CA  February 21, 1998 6 49  Evelyn George   Rock Hill, SC   January 7, 1999 6 50  Eastern Long Island Quilters  not specified   April 9, 1999 6 51  Eastern Long Island Quilters  not specified   April 9, 1999 6 52  Marjorie Russell-Murphy  Springfield, MO  June 9, 1999 6 53  Margrit Hall    Lake Forest, CA  April 10, 2000 6 54  Barbara Ortiz    Port Hueneme, CA  April 13, 2000 7 55  Judy Yamazaki   Mission Viejo, CA  April 10, 2000 7 56  Cindy Cooksey   Irvine, CA   April 10, 2000 7 57  Ed Johnetta Miller   Hartford, CT   July 6, 2000 7 58  Georgia Thomas   Bloomfield, CT  July 7, 2000 7 59  Georgia Thomas   Bloomfield, CT  July 7, 2000 7 60  Germaine Bonneau   Troy, VT   July 23, 2000 7 61  Margie Garratt & Jutta Farringer South Africa   September 25, 2000 7 62  Louise Harris    Sedro-Wooley, WA  September 25, 2000 7 63  Mary Sullivan Holdgrafer  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada September 27, 2000 7 64  Joan Colvin    Bow, WA   September 30, 2000 7 65  Yvonne Porcella   Modesto, CA   November 3, 2000 7 66  Gayl Gallager    Modesto, CA   November 3, 2000 7 67  Margaret Cusack   Brooklyn, NY   November 3, 2000 7 68  Judith Trager    Boulder, CO   November 4, 2000 7 69  Robin Cowley & Christine Adams Santa Fe, NM   November 5, 2000 7 70  Lorna McIlrath   Northern Ireland, UK  November 7, 2000 

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