Quilting: A Docu-Drama Sounding the Confluence of Contemporary Issues in the 18th Century American Life
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
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content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1987 June 6-7
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content: Box 16, Folder 14-15
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Three-set docu-drama presented June 6 and 7, 1987, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution. Script, written by Eleanor Traylor, revealed the contradictions inherent in the fiber and soul of the American experience – contradictions as vivid as pieces of a patchwork quilt. The performance and testimony, in the words of African Americans, European settlers, and Native Americans, were drawn from text based upon writings, narratives and performance repertoire of the 18th century. Set One: Who is the American; Set Two: How Shall Americans be Governed, Set Three: The Cultural Sound of a New Nation: American Sacred Music. Performers included The American Indian Society of Washington DC, the Continuum Chamber Singers, The Kankouran West African Dance Company, the Patuxent Martial Musick, Bernice Reagon Johnson, Anna Bergman, Aplhredine Brown, and Evelyn Simpson. Program number AC408.51.