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Continuing the discussion on how women use craft to express their inner life and the world around them, Dr. Anthony Wonderley, Oneida Community Mansion House Curator, presents a talk on the “Oneida Community’s Best Quilt” at 7 p.m. on Wed., April 21. 

Wonderley’s presentation on the textile masterpiece created by the women of the commune in 1873, will focus on pictorial content and will survey images on the quilt that illustrate the activities and interests of the quilt's makers. The Best Quilt itself is on permanent display in the Mansion House.  On this occasion, other quilts and quilt pieces of the Oneida Community will be exhibited. Dr. Wonderley (Ph.D., Cornell University) is the author of two books, At the Font of the Marvelous, and  Oneida Iroquois Folklore, Myth, and History: New York Oral Narrative from the Notes of H. E. Allen and Others and he was recently named a Fellow of the New York State Archaeological Association.

The Oneida Community Mansion House was the home of the 19th century utopian Oneida Community (1848-1880).  Today, the building houses a museum with permanent and changing exhibitions, residential apartments, overnight lodging, Zabroso Restaurant, and banquet and meeting space.  Guided tours are available Wed. through Sat., 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and Sun. at 2 p.m. for a nominal fee.  The Oneida Community Mansion House is located at 170 Kenwood Ave., Oneida, NY.  For information call 315-363-0745 or visit www.oneidacommunity.org. 

  



 

  

 


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