Interview with Janneken Smucker, November 21, 2016

Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Pennsylvania

Interview Summary

Students in West Chester University's HIS 480: Digital History course interviewed their professor, Janneken Smucker, for their final project. Smucker talks about her background as both a quiltmaker and quilt historian, weighing in on issues including the Underground Railroad Quilt Controversy, the importance of quilts in American society, and the iconic role of Amish quilts in the late twentieth century.

Interview Accession

2020oh0592_qsospa0009

Interviewee Name

Janneken Smucker

Interviewer Name

Drew Politski

Interview Date

2016-11-21

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All rights to the Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories (QSOS) oral history project, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred from the Quilt Alliance to the University of Kentucky Libraries. Please contact the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History regarding rights pertaining to individual interviews.

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All rights to the Quilters' S.O.S. -- Save Our Stories (QSOS) oral history project, including but not restricted to legal title, copyrights and literary property rights, have been transferred from the Quilt Alliance to the University of Kentucky Libraries. Please contact the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History regarding rights pertaining to individual interviews.

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Smucker, Janneken Interview by Drew Politski. 21 Nov. 2016. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Smucker, J. (2016, November 21). Interview by D. Politski. Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Pennsylvania. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Smucker, Janneken, interview by Drew Politski. November 21, 2016, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Pennsylvania, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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