Diggin Out
Title
Diggin Out
Creator
Description
Participants of the We the People Community Quilt project were asked to answer a number of questions regarding their quilt square.
1. What does your square represent? Background fabric- snow. Bright colored fabric for the people to represent the energy and resilience of people during the storm.
2. Why did you choose these symbols? During the Blizzard 77' I was a college freshman. My mother at the time was a nurse at Buffalo General Hospital. She was at the hospital when the storm struck. She spent the duration of the storm at the hospital caring for her patients. I remember taking the sled to the grocery store to get groceries for ourselves and the neighbors, carrying the groceries home on our sled.
3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? Connections of people during the storm and its aftermath. Resilience of people in adversity.
1. What does your square represent? Background fabric- snow. Bright colored fabric for the people to represent the energy and resilience of people during the storm.
2. Why did you choose these symbols? During the Blizzard 77' I was a college freshman. My mother at the time was a nurse at Buffalo General Hospital. She was at the hospital when the storm struck. She spent the duration of the storm at the hospital caring for her patients. I remember taking the sled to the grocery store to get groceries for ourselves and the neighbors, carrying the groceries home on our sled.
3. What do you hope viewers notice or feel? Connections of people during the storm and its aftermath. Resilience of people in adversity.
Date
2026-06-29
Publisher
Buffalo and & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of Digital)
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Collection
Citation
Wentland, Kathy, “Diggin Out,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed September 26, 2026, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/17844.