Native American ice fishing
State
Historical Society of WIsconsin
www.shsw.wisc.edu/museum/collections/anthro.htm
816 State St.
Madison, WI 53706
The Society's Museum Division curates a small collection of tools and equipment used by regional Native ice fishermen, including carved wooden fish decoys. These objects are accessible to researchers by appointment.
Milwaukee
Public Museum
http://www.mpm.edu/collect/welcome.html
800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233
The Milwaukee Public Museum's North American ethnology collections also include tools and equipment used by regional Native ice fishermen.
For further reading
Brad Art and Scott Kimball. The Fish Decoy. 3 vols. Boulder Junction,
WI: Aardvark Publications, 1986.
This three-volume publication features a great deal of the following Wisconsin-specific
information: an illustrated essay on winter spearing. (1: 122-149); a
listing of regional fish decoy makers ( 2:180-184); color plates illustrating
handmade decoys (2: 140-162 and 3: 135-168).
Art and Brad Kimball. Fish Decoys of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe. Boulder Junction, WI: Aardvark Publications, 1988.
James P. Leary. "Alex Maulson, Winter Spearer." Wisconsin Folklore. Comp. James P. Leary. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. 396-406.
Ice Harvesting
Thomas C. Cochran. The Pabst Brewing Company. New York: New York
University Press, 1948.
Carolyn A. Chandic. The Pewaukee Ice Industry. Unpublished paper, 1995. State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library, Madison.
"Ice Harvesting Industry." Cultural Resource Management in Wisconsin. Vol. 2. Project dir. Barbara Wyatt. Madison: Historic Preservation Division, State Historical Society of Wisconsin,1986.
Ice Trade Journal. New York and Philadelphia: 1877-1904. This journal united with Cold Storage to form Cold Storage and Ice Trade Journal (1904-1913); later Refrigerating World. Volumes 7-18, 35-62; 1902-1927 are located in the Engineering Library at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Lee E. Lawrence. "The Wisconsin Ice Trade." Wisconsin Magazine of History Vol. 48 (1965): 257-267.
Lauretta Wieland. The Pewaukee Ice Industries. Ms. Pamphlet collection, State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library, Madison.
Ice Olympians
Mary Virginia Fox. The Skating Heidens. Hillsdale, N.J. : Enslow
Publishers, 1981. SHSW Library, GV850A2F69
Dan Jansen. Full Circle: an Autobiography. New York: Villard Books, 1994. SHSW Library, GV850j36A3 1994.
Susan Munshower. Eric Heiden: America's Olympic Golden Boy. New York: Grosset & Dunlop, 1980. SHSW Library Pamphlet Collection
John Powers. One Goal: a Chronicle of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. New York: Harper & Row, 1984. SHSW Library Stacks, GV848.4 U6 P68 1984
Tim Wendel. Going for the Gold: How the U.S. Won at Lake Placid. Westport, CT: L. Hill Publishers, 1980. SHSW Library Stacks, Gv848.4 U6 W46
Directory
of Wisconsin's Curling Clubs
http://www.usacurl.org/wisconsin.html
The Web page provides contact information and links to thirty curling
clubs throughout the state. The rest of the site is a national resource
for curling enthusiasts and Olympic fans.
Ice Boating
Four
Lakes Ice Yacht Club
http://www.iceboat.org/
This Web site is a portal to many ice boating resources.
Madeline Island
The
Madeline
Island Historical Museum offers permanent and temporary exhibitions
that tell the whole story of the area's exploration and settlement. Native
American relics from the days of Ojibwe habitation rest alongside trade
goods, missionaries' effects, tools of the lumbering and maritime industries,
and other remnants of the island's human presence.
On your next trip to Wisconsin's northern coast, board a Madeline Island ferry boat for a pleasant cruise into Wisconsin's Great Lakes past, and relive the whole saga. Check the museum site for visitor information.
