Interview with Joanne Gasperik, October 4, 2002
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: American Quilt Study Group
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Gasperik discusses her grandmother's quilt, as well as the life story of her grandmother who came to the United States as a Hungarian immigrant. Gasperik offers advice and suggestions to those who wish to pursue quilting or look for inspiration in designing. She also considers the importance of quilting to American history in general, and women's history in particular.Interview Accession
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Quilting. Quilts. Quilts--United States--History--20th century. Quilts--Design.Interview Rights
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Gasperik, Joanne Interview by Karen Alexander. 04 Oct. 2002. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Gasperik, J. (2002, October 04). Interview by K. Alexander. Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: American Quilt Study Group. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Gasperik, Joanne, interview by Karen Alexander. October 04, 2002, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: American Quilt Study Group, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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