Message-ID: <BLU174-W885576AC7672EF1C22F0FA1140@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: 5th Annual Summer Speaker Series Kicks off Tues, June 24th @ HIAH! Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 19:07:56 -0500
First Speaker to Share Bottle Collecting Passion
The Historic
Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago (HIAH) will host its fifth annual Sum
mer
Speaker Series this year, with one lecture per month from June to Septemb
er.
The 2014 series, entitled “Uncovering Wisconsin’s Past: Non-Tradition
al
Research Methods and the Shaping of Our History,” will explore the rema
rkable
variety of investigation and study that has molded our understanding of the
state we call home.
In addition, this
theme will allow us to highlight the many types of information that HIAH is
able to draw from in interpreting the multifaceted cultural context of our
site
and the portage. From archaeological and other cultural features located on
this property (including at least a few suspected burial sites) to Ho-Chunk
oral histories about the immediate area, there is a wealth of knowledge
available to the discerning researcher that very much exceeds the limitatio
ns
of the written word.
Each installment
of this four-part series will be held on the final Tuesday of each month at
6:30pm. For the fifth year in a row, this speaker series is FREE to the p
ublic
and made largely possibly by generous grants from the Great Circle Foundati
on
Inc. of East Northport, New York and the City of Portage Historic Preserv
ation
Committee.
The first of the
series will take place Tuesday, June 24th. At this time, serious
collector and authority on all-things-bottle, Mr. Michael Seeliger of Mon
ona,
Wisconsin, will present an overview of the Warner Patent Medicines—who
Seeliger
fondly refers to as the “King of Patent Medicines.” In business from 1
879 to 1930s, Warner
effectively peddled a range of “cures” for ailments affecting the kidne
y and
liver, to asthma and rheumatism.
Seeliger’s
presentation discuss his collecting adventures that paved the path to his
Warner obsession, and he will describe the many different research source
s that
he has used to compile his Warner history, from bottle labels, to adver
tising
almanacs and testimonial books, to oral histories.
Michael
is a lifelong Wisconsin resident, with family ties in the Black Earth are
a
dating back to the 1840s. After a few years of bottle-hunting (including
finding five Warner bottles along the Wisconsin River shoreline just west o
f
Portage near Pine Island), he and his wife, Alice, co-authored a book
on the
Warner Company and the bottles it produced in 1974 that has since been
considered the authority on the subject.
Mr.
Seeliger remains serious about his bottle “hobby,” attending bottle s
hows
throughout the United States and giving lectures on bottle collecting acros
s
Wisconsin. His latest venture now underway is a virtual museum of bottles a
nd
flasks.
Mr. Seeliger’s
ongoing research into the Warner Patent Medicine Empire is an excellent cas
e
study and example of the myriad ways that historians investigate
and capture the stories that make up Wisconsin’s multifaceted history.
The Historic
Indian Agency House Visitor’s Center and exhibits, always free to the p
ublic,
will be open from 5pm until the lecture begins at 6:30pm, with a guided t
our of
the 1832 Winnebago Indian Agency offered at 5pm. (Minimal fee applies for t
our;
free for Supporters members.) Light refreshments will be provided for lectu
re
guests.
The Historic
Indian Agency House hosts a variety of children’s and adult programming
throughout the year, including book-you-own Scout workshops! Visit www.ag
encyhouse.org for a full listing of
events, or call 608-742-6362.
_______________________________________________________
Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House at Fort Winnebago
historicindianagencyhouse@gmail.com
www.agencyhouse.org
(608) 742 - 6362
.
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