Redwork Quilt Documents West Texas District
A red work quilt, circa 1930, was offered to the Museum of Texas Tech University on which the words “Lubbock District” as well as names of various schools and towns were embroidered. The donor thought it was a representation of all the schools located in the Lubbock School District, but once others in West Texas saw images of the quilt, they knew it covered a far wider geographic area.
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I subscribe to newspapers.com as part of my genealogical research, and searched there for any mention of the quilt.
From a June 5, 1930 article in The Canyon News, I found in paragraph 4, a perfect description of the quilt, which was displayed...
I subscribe to newspapers.com as part of my genealogical research, and searched there for any mention of the quilt.
From a June 5, 1930 article in The Canyon News, I found in paragraph 4, a perfect description of the quilt, which was displayed in the auditorium at an assembly for The Epworth League, the youth ministry arm of the Methodist Church (now known as the United Methodist Youth Fellowship). The redwork map represents each location within the Lubbock District with an active chapter of the Epworth League. I further found the Epworth League to be broken into age groups, such as Junior, High, Senior, etc.
The information has been forwarded to Dr. Montgomery at Texas Tech, and she was very happy to receive it. I'm so happy to have seen this in this morning's newsletter and to have been able to help. 
Label those quilts!
Cassie