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female patients could benefit from the quiet, calming influence of needlework and the sense of accomplishment it brought. This method of treatment led to a personal passion for quilting and quilt collecting. His collecting focused on album quilts from the
Baltimore area. Dunton organized four exhibits, three of which took place at the
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but left in 1924 to become the medical director of Harlem Lodge (The
Richard Gundry Home) until 1939. From 1940-1942, Dunton worked at The Laurel Sanatorium. Dunton was interested in the potential of healing his patients through purposeful activities (known then as daily occupations). In 1917, he
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As part of his occupational therapy treatment, Dunton encouraged some of his patients to pursue quilt making. He felt that bright colors were pleasing to nervous patients, and the act of cutting and sewing helped take their minds off their own problems. Furthermore, he believed that many of his
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self-published in 1946 at a loss of $ 3,000, which is now a collector's item found priced between $ 300 and $ 400. Of the 2,000 copies he printed, Dunton hand-numbered each page of each volume. More than any other quilt historian, Dunton is responsible for his groundbreaking research on the
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American Journal of Occupational Therapy. He wrote on a variety of subjects including recreational therapy, epilepsy, mental health, quilting, and hooked rugs. In 1958, Dunton was honored by the American Occupational Therapy Association with the merit award for
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