COLLABORATION
Trails Tracks Tarmac exhibition “grew out of an interaction between a trained professional artist and a group of individuals who discovered their unique power of creative expression.”
THE QUILTING MINISTRY CREW

This project tangibly represents the work of 100+ individuals, 7 churches,
7 community enclaves and 13 schools, and it continually benefits from active community support. The exhibition documents, visuals and voices include:
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25 Documentary Story Quilts (Made by community members)
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A mural of community life from 1850 to the Present, by Artist Cisco Davis
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Photographs dating back to the early 1900’s
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DVDs and transcripts of Nonagenarians, integration pioneers and sports heroes
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Land deeds dating back to 1850
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Manumission (freedom) Papers & Amelung Bowl (circa 1790)
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Railroad items from the Baltimore & Ohio, and Pennsylvania lines
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Early 1900s church and school records
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Farm items and “Picker’s Checks” c 1875 – (farmhand currency)
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Arabber wagon c1945 – “grocery store on wheels”...
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Sports memorabilia
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Nicholas Matthews and James Spencer articles (A.A. Co. History Notes)
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Laurel Leader.com article on Nancy Matthews Daniels