Goals

Method

Results & Benefits

To achieve our primary goal of researching the development of the Mennonite Relief Sale Quilt, we propose

• a process of analyzing and synthesizing the accumulated data regarding the personal, social, theological, and political history of these quilts. 

• an investigation and documentation of this contribution through the recovery of data from sources such as personal journals, letters, interviews, quilting group minutes, regional MCC annual reports, Mennonite publications and local newspapers. 

• travel through the United States and Canada to collect information, view quilts and, when possible, attend MCC relief sales.  Through our search we also hope to locate some of the quilts previously sold at sales, and/or photographs of them, and to initiate contact with some of the quilters and those who bought them.

Our communication and investigation will utilize online technology.  Our website is intended to enhance interaction and communication about the research project.  In providing a place to gather and disseminate research sources and information, we invite collaboration with site visitors including and beyond the Mennonite and quilting worlds on relevant aspects of quilt history.