A Tour of the Latimer Center
The Latimer Center's mission is to preserve, promote, display and facilitate the creation of and provide education about the textile arts. Along with a new building (the textile repository), each of the rooms in the school building plays its own part in fulfilling the mission.
THE REPOSITORY - This is a new building with conservatorial lighting, hermetic temperature control and museum space-saving storage fittings. Everything about its design is calculated to minimize the degradation of textiles. Collections are stored in acid free boxes. The Repository has its own computer system and the Past Perfect data base program is used to catalogue Latimer collections.The repository is not open to the public but can be viewed by appointment.
A Mystery in our collections!
Can you help us identify this quilt? This signature quilt top was purchased at Gold Coast Antiques in Bay City, Oregon. The top is c.1935. It was quilted and finished by Latimer Center volunteers in 2004. Preliminary research of the names indicates that it may have been made in Kansas or Oklahoma. It measures 76" x 84". It is known by a variety of names including: Lattice, A Quilt of Variety, Signatures for Golden Memories, Paths to Piece, and Friendship.
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The following signatures appear on the quilt:
| Shirley Anderson | Anna Hopkins |
| Lula Bankey | Gertie K. Johnston |
| Emma Bartlett | Mae Lietzke |
| Audine Bates | Delila Markley |
| Nettie Bates | Federicke Martin |
| Mattie Bayles Aug. 13, 1935 | Leora Martin Aug. 18, 1893 |
| Rosa Beard | Tina Mauk |
| C.H. Beckett | Rebecca Mc Donald |
| Florence Beckett | Iris McElroy |
| Delmer Benson Sept. 6, 1914 | Myrtle McElroy |
| Elmer Benson Sept. 6, 1914 | Brownie McIntosh |
| LaVerda Benson Sept. 19, 1917 | Irene McIntosh |
| Lyla Benson July 23, 1914 | Norma Miner |
| Marjorie Benson Mar. 7, 1918 | Cora Morford |
| Etta Blandin | Bessie Olson |
| Mrs. W. F. Blandin | Edith Pennington |
| Eva Bolinger | Lynda Peterson |
| Mabel Broadstone | Allie (or Ollie) Rainey |
| Mary Chisman | Minnie Ralston |
| Effie Clawson | Tressa Rawlings |
| Daisy Cline | Mattie Reed Oct. 2, 1935 |
| Phyllis Cline | Ada Rice |
| Lillie J. Clouse | Nannie Robbins |
| Bell Cowles | Edna Rutherford |
| Iona (or Jona) Davenport Aug. 23, 1905 | Carmen Shoemaker |
| Emma Davis | Naomi Shoemaker |
| Audine Dunagan June 24, 1912 | Hazel Schultz |
| George Dunagan Aug. 1, 1909 | Fannie Skiles Sept. 5, 1935 |
| Marlene Dunagan Dec. 11, 1932 | Ala Spellman |
| Kate Edie | Fannie Starkey |
| Vivian Ernest | Kate Stevens |
| Blanche Freeman May 1, 1892 | Grace Stewart |
| Roy Freeman Sept. 23, 1889 | Lennie Suits |
| Mr. & Mrs. H. J. Govenius Aug. 13, 1935 | Winona Sweeney |
| Lida Govenius | Mary Taylor |
| Lyda Govenius | Grace Thompson |
| Gussie Greer | Minnie Wall |
| Lena Gurn | Bertha Ward |
| Maude King | Willa Wells |
| Ida Kirby | Katherine Welter |
| Lottie Koons | Jennie Weyerick |
| Abbie Kush | Effa D. Wheat |
| Clara Hanshaw | Clara Wilford |
| Violet Haun | Ester Wilson |
| Lizzie Hoffman | Carrie Young |