Appendix C: Sample Letter of Confirmation

 

Date

Dear (Informant's Name):

Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed for The Alliance for American Quilts' project, Quilters' S.O.S. - Save Our Stories (Q.S.O.S.). This letter confirms our interview appointment for (date) at (time and place). The Q.S.O.S. project of documenting and preserving the history of living quiltmakers is long overdue. Your memories are unique and important to this historical archive. To help you better understand our mission, I am enclosing a brochure on The Alliance for American Quilts.

Please select a quilt or quilt related item that has a special meaning to you. We will use this "touchstone" item to begin our forty-five minute tape-recorded interview. After the interview, you and your quilt will be photographed.

While we will begin the interview by talking about your touchstone item, we will also talk about your involvement in quilting; your ideas about aesthetics, craftsmanship and design elements of quiltmaking; and the function and meaning in quilts in American life.

To help me better guide the interview, please fill out the enclosed "Quick Questions" form and return it to me. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let me know. I can be reached at (phone number and e-mail address).

I look forward our interview and appreciate your contribution.

 

Sincerely,

 

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