The Centennial Quilt
Common Roots: The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical Centennial Story quilt took almost three years to make, has fifty-nine colorful blocks depicting a variety of the events and people that figured prominently in the life of this great institution, and provided interesting and highly creative avenues of expression for the more than 100 persons who lent their talents as artists to design the blocks or as crafters to do the stitchery and quilting.
An Artistic Legacy
Whatever their contributions to the Quilt, each participant included in their work a generous portion of love and care.
Imagine someone spending more than two hundred and fifty hours carefully placing stitches in nine by nine inch blocks of fabric.
The quilters included faculty, staff, students, alumni and community members. The youngest quilter was ten years old. Work on the Quilt brought together many persons who had never before worked on a common project.
Just as there are wide variances in the ages of the quilters, there are wide variances in the designs, fabrics and techniques that were used to make the Quilt. A wide range of topics are covered in the block-by-block renditions of vignettes from the life of the University during its one-hundred-year existence. Major events such as the Sit–Ins, the Student Space Shuttle Project, the University Mascot and collages of student organizations are included.
The Panels
Starting from the top left, going across to the right and then proceeding to the next row:
| Row # | Panel # | Block Title | Crafter | Artist |
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| 1 | 1 | The Centennial Logo | Mary Robbins | |
| 2 | The Paul Robeson Theater | Margaret B. Headen | ||
| 3 | Air Force ROTC | Mattye Reed | ||
| 4 | Aggie Pride | Margaret B. Headen | ||
| 5 | The Agricultural Extension Program | Mary B. Robbins | ||
| 6 | The Arthur F. Jackson Computer Center | Mary J. Jackson | Arthur F. Jackson, Jr. | |
| 7 | The Mattye Reed African Heritage Museum | Margaret B. Headen | ||
| 8 | School of Business & Economics, Business for a Global Economy | Audrey White & Doris Huntley | Copy of a greeting card. | |
| 2 | 9 | The Ronald E. McNair Bust | Linnie B. Foster | |
| 10 | The University Choir | Linnie B. Foster | ||
| 11 | The School of Graduate Studies | Floydelia F. Spruill | A. Wesley Spruill, Jr., CD | |
| 12 | The Student Space Shuttle Program | Mary Reese Martin | ||
| 13 | The Lewis C. Dowdy Administration Building | Aurelia E.J. Wiggins | ||
| 14 | The Centennial Flag | Elizabeth Evans | ||
| 15 | The Marching Band | Linnie B. Foster | ||
| 16 | The Garrett House | Lola Jones Spease | ||
| 3 | 17 | Murphy Hall | Josephine Patterson | |
| 18 | A Salute to Our Graduates | Linnie B. Foster | ||
| 19 | 1957 Name Change: Agricultural & Technical College of North Carolina | Mattye Reed | ||
| 20 | The Sit–Ins | Carolyn Davis–Ruff | ||
| 21 | Bluford Library | Sabina Alexander | Louise F. Cummings | |
| 22 | 1891 Original Name: Agriculture & Mechanic Arts for the Colored Race | Mattye Reed | ||
| 23 | The Adam Watson House, | Mary W. Wynn | Louise F. Cummings | |
| 24 | The School of Technology | Thelma Vines | ||
| 4 | 25 | Jesse Jackson | Linnie B. Foster | |
| 26 | Noble Hall | Aurelia J. Wiggins | ||
| 27 | The Dudley House | Louise F. Cummings | ||
| 28 | The School of Education | Dorothy P. Barnett | ||
| 29 | The A.W. Williams Robotics Laboratory | Jacqueline M. Williams | ||
| 30 | Holland Hall | Lola Jones Spease | ||
| 4&5 | 31 | Presidents & Chancellors (this block is the center of the quilt) | Mattye Reed | |
| 5 | 32 | The University Seal | Mattye Reed & Mary Robbins | |
| 33 | The School of Agriculture | Ashaki Shropshire & Alfreda J. Webb | Keith D. Wiggins | |
| 34 | The Pan–Hellenic Council | Sabina Alexander & Linnie B. Foster | ||
| 35 | The State of Emergency | Linnie B. Foster | ||
| 36 | The Register | Marcia Cash | ||
| 37 | The Alma Mater Hymn | Lillie S. King | Linnie B. Foster & Sterling Gilbert | |
| 6 | 38 | The School of Nursing | Thelma W. Vines | Jeffrey J. Waddell |
| 39 | The School of Engineering | Sabina A. Alexander & Louise Cummings | School of Engineering | |
| 40 | 1915 Name Change: The Negro Agricultural & Technical College of North Carolina | Mattye Reed | ||
| 41 | “Our Miss Ginny” | Marilyn E. Pinckney | ||
| 42 | Coltrane Hall | Mary B. Robbins | Elaine Wharton | |
| 43 | 1967 Name Change: The North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University | Mattye Reed | ||
| 44 | The School of Industries, 1951–1967 | Sabina Alexander & Lillian Holloway | Louise Cummings | |
| 45 | The Army ROTC | Mattye Reed | ||
| 7 | 46 | Old Dudley Building | Mattye Reed | |
| 47 | College of Arts & Sciences | Stephanie A. Santmeyers | ||
| 48 | Harrision Auditorium | Josephine S. Patterson | ||
| 49 | The North Carolina State Flower | Alberta W. Cuthbertson | ||
| 50 | Collage of Student Organizations (I) | Anita Rivers & Iva Bookers (Arrangers) Dorothy Bailey & Dorothy Harris (Collectors) |
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| 51 | Aggie Sports | Linnie B. Foster | ||
| 52 | Collage of Student Organizations (II) | Anita Rivers & Iva Bookers (Arrangers) Dorothy Bailey & Dorothy Harris (Collectors) |
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| 53 | The University Flag | Dora Lee Fairley | ||
| 8 | 54 | Greensboro Visions | Lillie S. King | |
| 55 | Sebastian Infirmary | Thelma W. Vines | Jeffrey W. Waddell | |
| 56 | The Farm | Margaret B. Headen | Joana Phillips, ASID | |
| 57 | The Campus Entrance | Anita M. Rivers | ||
| 58 | The New Bluford Library |
Linnie B. Foster |
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| 59 | The Episcopal Church of the Redeemer | Linnie B. Foster | ||
