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C.O.I.P.S. Information
In August, 1983, the Collectors of Illinois Pottery and Stoneware was formed as a club to unite collectors of pottery and stoneware made in Illinois and to facilitate their sharing information, ideas, interests and items for trade or sell.
The main even of the club is the annual convention held in October. The convention's many events include a business meeting, show/sale, displays, seminars, banquet and auction. An annual commemorative is also available for a reasonable price. Each year the commemorative is a limited production item and has grown in popularity with collectors.
Membership fee entitles you to...................
a quarterly newsletter
advertise free in the quarterly newsletter
attend annual convention
attend annual Spring swap meet
attend all club events
Membership fee..................
Annual membership fees are $20 for the first member of the household, and $5 for each additional member of the same household. Dues are payable in the month of January.
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C.O.I.P.S. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
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Enclosed is my check/money order in the amount of $ _________ ($20 for first membership, $5 each additional family member)
Name(s):_____________________________________________________
Address:_____________________________________________
City_____________________ State_____________
Zip__________
Email address: ____________________
Interests:_________________________________________________________________
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_____ NO, I am not interested in having my name in the Club Directory
MAIL TO:
Susie Nolan
COIPS
402 N. Laurel St.
Elmwood, IL 61529
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EMAIL
coips@elmnet.net
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coipsgm@netscape.net
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Welcome to the Fort Dodge Stoneware Collectors Society, a organization interested in the potteries and stoneware companies that existed in the Midwest in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These include, but are not limited to, the Fort Dodge Stoneware Company, Plymouth Stoneware Company of Fort Dodge, Western Stoneware Company (Plant 7), Red Wing Union Stoneware Company, Fort Dodge Pottery, Hartwell & Bower, and a host of others.
Please visit the Fort Dodge Stoneware Collectors Society at www.fdscs.org
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The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors is a non-profit organization for collectors of historical bottles and related collectible items. Our primary goal is educational as it relates to the history and manufacture of historical bottles and related artifacts.
Membership is open to any club, group, or organization that has an interest in bottles, flasks, jars, or related items.
Some of the Benefits of Affiliated Club Membership in the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors (FOHBC):
Bottles & Extras is a 68-page, large format magazine that contains informative articles related to the collecting of all types of bottles, flasks, fruit jars, stoneware, advertising, and related collectibles. In addition, Bottles & Extras contains classified advertisements, listings of upcoming bottle and related auctions, as well as a calendar of upcoming shows, sales and events.
In addition to the other benefits , members of The Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors will receive a full year subscription to Bottles & Extras. For more details click on picture above.
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The Uhl Collectors Society is a non-for-profit organization open to anyone who is interested in Uhl pottery and/or stoneware. Membership to the Society entitles a person/family to receive a one-year subscription to the Uhl Collectors Society newsletter. Members also receive a membership card and the right to attend the annual Uhl Collectors Society Convention held in Jasper, Indiana, in June. The annual convention is "closed" to anyone but current members. The convention includes social time, a member’s only auction, special preview to the Uhl Show & Sale, and attendance during the business meeting as well as any extra events scheduled. Membership runs from January 1 to December 21. The cost of membership is $12.00 per family. Please fill in the blanks and mail it to the address below:
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UHL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
LAST NAME:
FIRST NAME:
SPOUSE NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY, STATE ZIP:
PHONE NUMBER:
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We sincerely appreciate your interest in our Society.
Please send completed form to:
Chip and Stacey Kulger
Uhl Collectors Society
3535 W. 630 S.
Huntingburg IN 47542
Uhl Collectors' Soc,
Leah Kleeman, President
4427 S. S.R.
Huntingburg IN 47542
812-482-7315
*Term 6/01 - 6/03
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OLD SLEEPY EYE
Collectors' Club of America, Inc.
The Old Sleepy Eye Collectors' Club of America, Inc. was formed in 1976 and chartered as a nonprofit organization. It is based in Monmouth, Illinois, the home of Western Stoneware Co., the plant where Sleepy Eye pottery was produced. The club is dedicated to the collecting and preservation of items related to the Sleepy Eye Milling Co. of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. Members come from throughout the United States.
OLD SLEEPY EYE COLLECTORS' CLUB
APPLICATION FORM
____$10.00 Membership
____$1.00 spouse membership (if joining)
____$1.00 each minor child at same address (if joining)
Each person attending convention must be a member.
Date ______________________
Name_________________________________________________________________
Spouse Name____________________________________________________ if joining
Children________________________________________________________ if joining
Address_______________________________________________________________
City________________________________State_________Zip___________________
Telephone ( _____ )___________________________
e-mail _______________________________________
Make check payable to Old Sleepy Eye. Send it and a copy of the completed form to:
Old Sleepy Eye
P.O. Box 12
Monmouth, IL 61462
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at www.RedWingNet.com
Excellent Red Wing Data Source
Send mail to ByronBush@RedWingNet.com with questions or comments about this web site.
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The Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc. is an organization which promotes the collection of Red Wing and American pottery. Founded in 1977, the society has members in 48 states, Canada and England. Membership is open to all persons interested in collecting American pottery and stoneware.
The highlight of the Society year is the annual 3-day convention held the second full weekend in July in Red Wing, Minnesota. Education is a special component of the convention with a full day being devoted to seminars on Red Wing and U.S. pottery. Displays with educational motif are also set for viewing during the convention. Activities of the convention include a show and sale, auction, banquet, business meeting, and other special events.
A special commemorative piece is issued for each convention. These highly sought after pieces are made in a limited quantity and are available only to Society members.
The Red Wing Collectors Society also publishes a newsletter issued 6 times per year. Each issue contains feature articles, a section on state chapter activities, information on new finds in collecting and a place for ads.
State chapters of the Society have been organized in several states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Washington, and Wisconsin. These chapters meet several times throughout the year.
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What you receive for your membership fee:
 A subscription to the Newsletter--expect your first issue within 90 days of your application. First-hand information on new finds and discoveries.
Gives you the opportunity to attend the national convention and take part in its many activities.
Attend state chapter meetings.
A Primary membership is $25 and an associate member in the same household is $10. Family members wishing to purchase their own convention commemorative, however, must purchase individual memberships. One membership per person. Send the following application to:
The Red Wing Collectors
Box 50
Red Wing, MN 55066
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 Please start my $25 membership and subscription with the next Newsletter. (And an associate member in the same household is $10 each)
Please renew my $25 membership and subscription.
(And an associate member in the same household is $10 each)
Enclosed is my check for $_______________________.
Make remittance payable to Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc
($13 of your membership fee goes toward the Newsletter publication.)
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Address______________________________________________
City________________________ State_______ Zip__________
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Wisconsin Pottery Association
P.O. Box 8213
Madison WI 53708-8213
Please enroll me as a member of the
Yearly dues are $15 for an individual and $25 for a dual membership. Additionally, members donate $1 per person at each meeting to defray the cost of renting the facility. Visitors are welcome to attend at no cost for their first meeting.
____ My check is enclosed.
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____ Please send me a notice of your next meeting.
Name:
Street:
City/State/Zip:
Phone:
Email:
webmaster@wisconsinpottery.org
© Wisconsin Pottery Association
P.O. Box 46, Madison WI 53701
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Contact Rex Cox at rlcox@irtc.net
AUCTION HELD 1st SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH AT 11:00AM
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Collectors of Illinois Pottery & Stoneware. Susie Nolan, Sec/Tres. 203 So. Morgan St., Elmwood, IL. 61529. Phone 309 742-2011. ($20.00 for 1st Member - $5.00 each additional
member. Dues payable in January. coips@elmnet.net
Blue & White Pottery Club. Howard & Janet Gardner, Sec/Tres. 224 12th St. N.W.,
Cedar Rapids, IA 52405. Dick & Cindy Green, Pres. Rt 1, Box 182, Milton, IA. 52570. 319 397-2103.
($12.00 first membership. $5.00 for each additional member.) Convention was June 10th to 12th, in
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Old Sleepy Eye. Convention will be July 28th & 29th, 2000, at the Orchid Inn in Sleepy Eye, MN. Many people will be staying in New Ulm, 16 miles from Sleepy Eye. Old Sleepy Eye, P.O. Box 12, Monmouth, IL. 61462. Jim (& Patti) Martin, Pres. 309 734-2703. Lloyd (& Vera) Hutchinson, V.Pres. 608 562-3732. oseclub@maplecity.com . Web ~oseclub/index.htm"maplecity.com/~oseclub/index.htm.
Red Wing. 1999 Convention was July 7th - July 11th. Red Wing - Published Bi-monthly by
Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc. Suite 300, 2000 west Main Street, Red Wing, MN. 55066. $20.00
Iowa Chapter of the Red Wing Collectors Society. 2808 Vine St., West
Des Moines, IA. 50256. Phone 515 225-3024, Corrinne Pres., Lowell Reed Sec/Tres, e-mail
MORE LINKS:
Uhl Collectors' Society
Leah Kleeman, President
4427 S. S.R.
Huntingburg IN 47542
812-482-7315
*Term 6/01 - 6/03
Wisconsin Studio Pottery - This a link to studio potters & pottery shows in Wisconsin. http://wisconsinpottery.org/links/wisconsin.htm
American Art Pottery Association - To promote an interest understanding, appreciation, and recognition of American Art Pottery • To unify and strengthen the voice of collectors and dealers of American art pottery • To foster a members' Code of Ethics for buying, selling, exhibiting and publishing about American Art Pottery. http://www.AmArtPot.org/ The Association will hold their annual convention and show this year in Minneapolis between May 4 & 7, 2000. For more information:
http://www.amartpot.org/convent_show_auct_2000.htm
Arkansas Pottery Association - This link has information on the pottery of Arkansas. Information on Camark, Rumrill, Ouachita and Niloak ~gemoore/arkref.htm"http://www.flash.net/~gemoore/arkref.htm
California Pottery - Information on Brayton Laguana Pottery & De Lee Art. http://www.greatcollectibles.com/capottery.html
The Potteries of East Liverpool, Ohio - The Carnegie Library has assembled a complete listing of all the potteries that operated in the area (over 300!), with their locations & years of operations. The following firms are from that area: Homer Laughlin, Sterling China, Pioneer Pottery, W.C. Bunting Company, Hall & Harker, http://www.carnegie.lib.oh.us/potthist.htm The next link has telephone numbers & address of the currently operating potteries: http://www.carnegie.lib.oh.us/areapotteries.htm
Homer Laughlin's website is http://www.hlchina.com/ where you can get color charts with their years of production, pictures of items, mold lists & dates.
Hall Pottery - Great resource for information on Hall. A virtual tour of the Hall Pottery with pictures showing the pottery making process. Eva Zeisel design several of their dinnerware lines. http://www.inter-services.com/HallChina/
Hall Pottery - The Carnegie Library tells the story of how the Hall Pottery was born from the inoperative East Liverpool Potteries Company and how it became a successful company that is still in business today due to its perfection of a single firing process. http://www.carnegie.lib.oh.us/hall.htm
Overbeck Pottery - Overbeck Pottery was produced in Cambridge City, Indiania from 1911 & 1955. A free museum is located at the basement of the Cambridge library at 33 West Main Street. Below is their website with more information: http://www.waynet.org/nonprofit/overbeck.htm
A book on Overbeck is published by Western Wayne Heritage, Inc. and is available at the link below: http://www.globalsite.net/wwh/Overbeck.htm
Red Wing
Red Wing Collectors Society - The Red Wing Collectors Society, Inc. is an organization which promotes the collection of Red Wing and American pottery. Founded in 1977, the society has over 7000 members in 48 states, Canada and England. http://www.redwingcollectors.org/
Wing Tips - This site is committed to antique Red Wing Artware (pottery), Dinnerware, Stoneware (crocks/crockery) and, frankly, anything else associated with Red Wing. If it's not Red Wing we don't have it! http://www.redwingnet.com/
Robinson Ransbottom Pottery Company - People often confuse items made by this pottery as Roseville because it is marked "R.R.P. Co. Roseville O." This pottery has been in business for over 100 years. http://www.ransbottompottery.com/
Watt Pottery - The first World Wide Web Page Dedicated solely to the Identification and Preservation of Watt Pottery ~wmhill/"http://www.execpc.com/~wmhill/
Love Field Potteries - Dallas, Texas. This site is dedicated to those of us no matter how many or how few collect Love Field Pottery. For those interested in submitting pictures, comments, criticism or information to be included on this web site please email them to: Craig Fyock www.outdoorproshops.com/lovefield or histmjr4@aol.com
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