QSOS Memorial Spotlight: Viola Canady
Dear friends and family of Viola Canady, you are invited to share your remembrances for the first QSOS Memorial Spotlight program. Our goal is to remember and honor past Quilters’ Save Our Stories (QSOS) oral history interviewees.
You can use the QSOS Memorial Spotlight Form to contribute a memorial message about Viola. There are several ways to participate. Use this form to submit a written message and/or photos, sign up for a Zoom session with QA staff, or leave us a voicemail message to record your memories of Viola. Deadline to submit: June 30, 2025.
Memorials received by April 14 will be edited into a video program that will be shared on an April 16, 2025 Textile Talk, and archived on the Quilt Alliance website. Register for this free Zoom event on April 16.
Contact Amy Milne if you have any questions or need assistance.
Viola’s QSOS Interview Links:
Audio and video submissions
Ephemera submissions
National Council of Negro Women Inc. recognition
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Department of the Army Commendation
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
The Old Guard Certificate of Achievement
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Letter of Appreciation from Colonel Richard S. Briggs
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
J.B. Johnson Nursing Center recognition
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
National Quilting Association Show Evaluation Sarajane Goodwin
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Exhibition flyer-CRT’s Craftery Gallery
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Invitation to Quilt Presentation for DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the DoD
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Charles Sumner School Museum Exhibit Catalog cover
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Charles Sumner School Museum Exhibit Catalog Introduction
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Charles Sumner School Museum Exhibit Catalog p.1
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Charles Sumner School Museum Exhibit Catalog p.2
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Charles Sumner School Museum Exhibit Catalog p.3
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
Charles Sumner School Museum Exhibit Catalog p.6
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
1989 Washington Post Article p1
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
1989 Washington Post Article p2
Submitted by Maria Goodwin
First documented Exhibit at Sumner 1989
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Treasures of Home 1989 Exhibit at Sumner
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Treasures of Home Exhibition 1991
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Treasures of Home Exhibition statement 1991-2
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Daughters of Dorcas and Sons 1992
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Christmas Wall Hangings 1992-93
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Treasures of Home Exhibition 1994-95
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Treasures of Home Exhibition list 1994-95
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Viola Canady Solo Exhibit
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Charles Sumner Memorial Wall Hanging Dedication-Order of Services
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Charles Sumner Memorial Wall Hanging Dedication-Artist Statement
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Sumner Wall Hanging Dedication 2
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Photo submissions
Sumner School’s 150th Anniversary Celebration, September 2023
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Sumner School’s 150th Anniversary Celebration, September 2023
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Sumner School’s 150th Anniversary Celebration, September 2023
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Sumner School’s 150th Anniversary Celebration, September 2023
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Sumner Quilt
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
Close Up Photo of Sumner Quilt
Viola Canady Quilt hanging at Sumner
Submitted by Kimberly E. Springle, Executive Director, Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives
More resources
Viola Williams Canady and the Daughters of Dorcas and Sons General Resources/References
A living archive compiled and updated by Maria Goodwin
The Technologies of Black Care Collective present MEMORY PATTERN, a collaborative 4 week quilting project in tribute to Black textile communities of the past, present and future. Facilitated by artist, archivist and speculative design duo Ashley Jane Lewis and Carey J Flack, 30 selected participants will meet weekly on Zoom to co-create a cross-national quilt while ruminating on the oral and written history of Daughters of Dorcas, the oldest Black quilt guild in North America.
Find Technologies of Black Care on Instagram for information on Memory Pattern II.