Monthly Archives: December 2011

WKU Libraries had a luncheon in Montana Grill, Bowling Green on December 15, 2011 to celebrate the Holiday and award its outstanding employees and student workers.

This year’s Margie Helm Award was given to Associate Professor of Library Public Services Katherine Pennavaria, who is the Coordinator of Glasgow Regional Library. The Margie Helm Staff Award went to Senior Catalog Assistant Ann Brown from the Library Technical Services. Three student workers, each from a different department received the Margie Helm Student Award. They were Allison Rahman, Christopher McConnell, and Brittany Crowley. Two teams also won the award: “Where in the World Is Big Red” committee consisting of Crystal Bowling, Tracy Bryant, Eric Fisher, Brent Fisk, Dan Forrest, Kenneth Foushee, Amanda Hardin, Christopher McConnell, and Jennifer Wilson and the ERC Moving team comprising Eric Fisher, Alan Logsdon, Sue Lynn McDaniel, Ellen Micheletti, Josh Mosby, Arthur Petersen, Roxanne Spencer, Sandy Staebell, and Robbie VanValin.

A fun game of “Can You Guess Who” added to the festivity and celebration. The organizers of the event Crystal Bowling, Amanda Drost, Tracy Bryant, Dean Jones, Brenda Woods, and Lynn Pawley did a great job preparing for it. They had gathered questions from Libraries’ employees for the party goers to guess who was behind a particular question such as “I used to play the accordion,” “I’m a vegan,” and “I was classified as a genius in kindergarten.” Retiree Gay Perkins came to the party from Louisville. Coupled with good food, everyone had an enjoyable time.

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Interim Dean Connie Foster and employees and students from her Office celebrated Christmas at a luncheon in the Federal Grove Bed & Breakfast Restaurant on December 14, 2011.

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The final Lincoln lecture took place Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in the Kentucky Library & Museum. Carol Crowe-Carraco, Nancy Baird, Patricia Minter, and Cecile Garmon discussed Lincoln’s legacy and the effects of his Constitutional decisions and leadership in our own time.

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Community members joined the KY Museum , WKU Chemistry Club and over 70 Hilltopper Atheletes for this year’s Christmas in Kentucky on the afternoon of December 3, 2011 in the Kentucky Museum. Children of all ages enjoyed the variety of activities and performances such as carolers, magic show, ormanment making, gingerbread sampling, and picture taking with Santa and Mrs. Claus throughout the museum. Admission was free.

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KHQS's logo features the Kentucky Star quilt pattern

        Nothing says comfort like a handmade quilt. These cultural gems are closely associated with Kentuckians; thousands of these pieced, applique, and whole-cloth quilts are safely tucked away in closets or chests, proudly displayed on beds or quilt racks, or exhibited in museums across the Commonwealth. Kentucky’s vintage quilts and their makers are featured in the recently processed Kentucky Heritage Quilt Society (KHQS) Collection found in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives. The 62-box collection houses over 20,000 items. Processing the collection, which started in May, was partially funded by the Society. Click here to see the collection finding aid.

        In December 1980, Katy Christopherson and Melzie Wilson convened a meeting in Louisville to consider the establishment of a state-wide organization for quilters. The group voted to establish the KHQS, with three major functions:  promote the understanding, appreciation and knowledge of the art and craft of quiltmaking; support and expand the collections and preservation of Kentucky quilts and the records of Kentucky’s quiltmakers and their work; and, undertake activities such as shows, contests and workshops. In January 1981, the fledgling group created a set of by-laws and elected officers and committee chairpersons. The organization’s articles of incorporation were filed with the Secretary of State’s office in April 1981, and by July the organization’s membership had grown from 15 to 105.

        KHQS’s first major project was a statewide quilt contest in 1982. This successful effort included a series of seminars on “What Makes a Prize-Winning Quilt.” Since that time, KHQS has offered varied programming, ranging from design seminars, presentations about historical quilts, its popular hands-on workshops at Pleasant Hill, and its annual “Quilter’s Getaway” which has been held in various locations across the state.

        KHQS also undertook a project to interview Kentucky quilters about their craft and their product. The grant-funded project, titled “Quilters on File,” allowed a cadre of women to be trained in interviewing techniques prior to conducting field work. The project resulted in 92 interviews captured on cassette tapes as well as a training manual. Auxiliary information and transcripts are sometimes available with the interview.

        Surely the most daunting, but useful, project undertaken by KHQS has been a comprehensive registry of vintage quilts made in Kentucky. As of 2011, sixty counties have been surveyed. Each quilt was assigned a unique number, and information was captured about the quilt and its maker and owner. In addition the quilts were photographed. In the early years, black and white photographs were made, but since the introduction of digital photography only color images are taken. To see the registry go to www.khqs.org