I want to thank George Miller for the message about the new book on 
the Owens-Illinois Company. BUT also want to remind all the members 
on HISTARCH that George L. Miller will be the:
                         2012 Recipient of the J. C. Harrington Medal

We all need to attend SHA 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland and to attend 
the Banquet-Awards Ceremony to honor George for his outstanding 
record of "hitting the bottle" (esp. with Owen's scars), dropping 
dishes (into Ceramic Indices), and taking us all to the store with a 
"shopping basket." There are very few people in our discipline who 
have made such contributions in material culture studies and the use 
of primary documentary sources.

CONGRATULATIONS to George. We will all see you in Baltimore.

Bob Schuyler

P.S. I am sure Terri and others will see that chairs will be put out 
for those who can not afford the banquet, including students, but 
want to see the Awards Ceremony.



At 10:27 PM 3/4/2011, you wrote:
>Jack Paquette, a retired Vice President of Owens-Illinois Glass Company will
>be giving a free lecture on the history of the company at the University of
>Toledo Library's Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections on
>Wednesday, March 16th at 3:00pm.  Jack has written two histories of
>Owens-Illinois Glass Company along with a book titled *Blowpipes* which is
>about the boom of glass factories in Northern Ohio following the discovery
>of natural gas in the 1880s.  This second history of Owens-Illinois Glass
>Company is titled *The Glassmakers.*  Copies of the books will be on sale
>after his talk.  For further information call Barbara Floyd at
>419-530-2170.  Jack was instrumental in getting the Owens-Illinois papers
>transferred to the University of Toledo Library.
>
>Peace,
>George L. Miller