Interview with Ira Phillips Blount, March 29, 2005
Project: Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Daughters of Dorcas
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In this interview Ira Phillips Blount discusses a quilt he brought to the interview, his education and time in the military, and his favorite aspects of quilting. He also talks about his other hobbies, how his mother influenced his love of quilting, and his experiences growing up in America.Interview Accession
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United States. Army. Racism Quilts Alzheimer's disease Lynching Discrimination Calligraphy Veterans Carpentry TennesseeInterview Rights
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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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Blount, Ira Phillips Interview by Evelyn Salinger. 29 Mar. 2005. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Blount, I.P. (2005, March 29). Interview by E. Salinger. Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Daughters of Dorcas. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Blount, Ira Phillips, interview by Evelyn Salinger. March 29, 2005, Quilt Alliance’s Quilters' S.O.S.- Save Our Stories Oral History Project: Daughters of Dorcas, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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