[MassHistPres] Quilt Code

[Tucker, Jonathan]

Dear Jill:

 

Thank you for the truth-check.  So much of what passes for historical
interpretation is feel-good speculation-in fact, that would be a good
way to describe the entire Colonial Revival Movement.

 

Jonathan Tucker

Planning Director

Amherst Planning Department

4 Boltwood Avenue, Town Hall

Amherst, MA  01002

(413) 259-3040

tuckerj at amherstma.gov    

 

 

 

From: masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu
[mailto:masshistpres-bounces at cs.umb.edu] On Behalf Of Jill Fisher
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:09 AM
To: Listserve MassHistPres
Subject: [MassHistPres] Quilt Code

 

I'll try this again:
 
Before people start circulating this "information" about the secret
codes contained in quilts, you owe it to yourselves to read what an
Underground Railroad scholar has to say about it. See:
http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/Hidden_in_Plain_View_-_The_Secret_Stor
y_of_Quilts_and_the_Underground_Railroad.html
 
Or if you simply Google the book's title Hidden in Plain View: A Secret
Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad, you will get at least 3
links on the first page (6th, 9th & 10th) that provide a rebuttal to the
premise of this book.

Jill Fisher, AICP 
Principal Planner 
Larson Fisher Associates, Inc. 
Historic Preservation & Planning Services 
PO Box 1394 
Woodstock, NY 12498 
845-679-5054 
jillfisher47 at hotmail.com 

www.larsonfisher.com 

 
> From: MorganA at GRAFTON-MA.GOV
> To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:44:35 -0400
> Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] chimney colors
> 
> An excellent book for those interested in the Underground Railroad and
various ways to signal safe houses and pathways:
> 
> Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground
Railroad
> Jacqueline L. Tobin (Author), Raymond G. Dobard (Author)
> 
> Ann V. Morgan
> Assistant Planner
> (508) 839-5335 Ext. 145
> (508) 839-4602 - FAX
> www.grafton-ma.gov
> 



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