Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt Committee records
Scope and Contents
Collection includes photocopy correspondence and financial records, 1974-1976; a printed pamphlet, 16 pages, 1976, for the exhibition of the Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt at the Oregon Historical Society; and a scrapbook, 1 volume, 1974-1976, containing newspaper clippings and other ephemera.
Dates
- 1974-1976
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.
Administrative history
The Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt Committee was formed in 1974 to make a quilt celebrating African American history to be finished to coincide with the American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration.
Extent
.17 Cubic Feet (6 folders in shared box; 1 oversize flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt Committee was formed in 1974 to make a quilt celebrating African American history to be finished to coincide with the American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration. Collection includes photocopy correspondence and financial records; a printed pamphlet for the exhibition of the quilt at the Oregon Historical Society; and a scrapbook containing newspaper clippings and other ephemera.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Scrapbook gift of the Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt Committee.
- African American quilts
- African American quilts -- Oregon -- Portland -- Exhibitions
- African Americans
- African Americans -- History
- Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt Committee (Portland, Or.) -- Records and correspondence
- American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
- Portland
- correspondence
- financial records
- scrapbooks
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Afro-American Heritage Bicentennial Commemorative Quilt Committee records
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository
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Portland OR 97205 United States
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