Archive Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2007.15.001 |
Title |
The Long Hill Quilt |
Date |
1998 |
Scope & Content |
A booklet produced to document the Long Hill Quilt, the squares for which were created by the Long Hill Missionary Society in 1893. The squares were found by one of the original members of that Society, Susie Lathrop Briggs, in 1975, who was then in her 90's. The squares were subsequently given to WML and the quilters there pieced the squares together under the leadership of Arline Bidwell. It has hung in the Library ever since. This booklet documents the making and makers of the Long Hill Quilt, a Pennysquare Quilt, which has hung in the Library since 1978. The squares, stitched in 1892-93 and long forgotten, were found by Susie Lathrop Briggs when she was 97. She had been one of the youngest members of the Long Hill Missionary Circle, the group which had stitched the squares. The Wood Memorial Library Quilters, under the leadership of Arline Bidwell then pieced them into a quilt. The booklet describes the Long Hill area, Pennysquare and Friendship Quilts, and gives a brief biographical sketch of the 50 women, one boy and a man who contributed autographed squares. There are also photos of the area and the people mentioned. The stitchers were: Dorothy M. Parker, Bertha Watrous Williams, Sarah Maria Williams, Edna Belding Dibble, A.L.V. (probably a Valentine), Susan Burnham Lathrop, Mary Janette Elmore, Mrs. Frederick Austin Hayes, Mrs. David Lorenzo Williams, Mary Elmore Burnham, Nettie Hayes, Jessie Hayes, Mrs. Edward Allenson Williams (nee May Aurelia Burnham), Mrs. Jesse Ellison (nee Eveline Hayes), Anna Elsie Lathrop, Lillian Jerusha Newberry (nee Hayes), Harry Elmore Stoughton (a young boy), Mrs. Ellen Katherine Stoughton, Mrs Charles H. Chandler (nee Emma J.), Susie Ellen Lathrop, Alenson Elmer and Lena G. Minor Burnham (husband and wife). Pillows were made from two squares with the names of Mrs. C.H. Williams and A.F., and L.Minor. Included in this booklet is information on a bedspread of the same "pennysquares," given to WML by Lucy Chandler Buel, in the 1980's. Lucy's mother, Mrs. Charles Chandler ( Emma J.), also worked on the Long Hill quilt. Her stitching group for the bedspread lived mostly on Ellington and Pleasant Valley roads. There are 56 squares with the following names: Millie A. Hills, Mrs. Nellie Thurston, Mrs. Theo. Raymond, Mary L. Holman, Angie M. Bragg, Mrs. Mary A. Hills, L. G. Burnham, Parmelee - 1892, Mrs. Henry Williams, K. M. Parmelee, Bessie Andross, G.L.A.(or H), Mrs. R.K. Linsley, Margaret A. King, Ida May Bragg, Mrs. H. E. Parmelee, Mrs. H. E. Pitkikn, Mrs. L. A. Pratt, Amanda Foster, Mrs. S. T. Burnham, Edna(?), Mrs. L. T. Burnham, "Sister," "Mother," Mrs. Helen A. Wolcott, Mrs. K. A. Morgan, Gertrude Stoughton, Florence Warren, S. E. Bryant, Rebecca, Mrs. D. A. Reeves, M. J. N. G., Jessie Newberry, Mrs. Julia Wolcott, Mrs. G. Z. Parmelee, Mrs. E. S. Jones, Julia Wolcott, Mrs.G. Z. Pamelee, Mrs. W. B. Parmelee, Mrs. E. S. Jones, Julia Wolcott, Nelle I. Moore, Anna K. Jennings, N. W. Bryant, Mrs. Wm. Jennings, Miss C. M. Sumner, Mrs. F. H. Prior, Mrs. J. A. Bodwell, N. A. Bradley, A. J. Carroll, M. I. Warren, Miss Auncie Squires, Mrs. E. S. Jones. Several squares have no name on them. |
Creator |
Jean H. Klein |
Collection |
Quilts and Quilting - WML |
People |
Andross, Bessie Bidwell, Arline R. (Miller), 1904-2000 Bodwell, Mrs. J. A. Bradley, N. A. Bragg, Angie M. Bragg, Ida May Briggs, Susie Lathrop Bryant, N. W. Bryant, S. E. Burnham, Alanson Elmer Burnham, Lena G. Minor Burnham, Mary Elmore Burnham, Mrs. L. T. Burnham, Mrs. S. T. Carroll, A. J. Chandler, Emma J. Dibble, Edna Belding Ellison, Eveline Hayes Elmore, Mary Janette Foster, Amanda Hayes, Jessie Hayes, Mrs. Frederick Austin Hayes, Nettie Hills, Mary A. Hills, Millie A. Holman, Mary L. Jennings, Annie K. Jennings, Mrs. William Jones, Mrs. E. S. King, Margaret A. Lathrop, Anna Elsie Lathrop, Susan Burnham Lathrop, Susie Ellen Linsley, Mrs. R.K. Moore, Nelle I. Morgan, Mrs. K. A. Newberry, Jessie Newberry, Lillian Jerusha (Hayes) Parker, Dorothy M. Parmelee, K. M. Parmelee, Mrs. G. Z. Parmelee, Mrs. H. E. Parmelee, Mrs. W. B. Pitkin, Mrs. H. E. Pratt, Mrs. L. A. Prior, Mrs. F. H. Raymond, Mrs. Theo. Reeves, Mrs. D. A. Squires, Auncie Stoughton, Ellen Katherine Stoughton, Gertrude Stoughton, Harry Elmore Sumner, C. M. Thurston, Mrs. Nellie Warren, Florence Warren, M.I. Williams, Bertha Watrous Williams, May Aurelia Burnham Williams, Mrs. David Lorenzo Williams, Mrs. Henry Williams, Sarah Maria Wolcott, Helen A. Wolcott, Julia |
Subjects |
Quilting Quilts |
Search Terms |
Long Hill Missionary Society Long Hill Quilt Long Hill Road, South Windsor, CT Quilts |
Year Range from |
1893 |
Year Range to |
1998 |