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9th Annual Midwest Civil War
Civilians Conference
President Lincoln Hotel and
Conference Center
January
29-31, 2009
Conference Speakers & Personalities:
Biographies
Elizabeth Stewart Clark
Ken
Gough
Joseph Reed
Joseph was born and raised
in Cleveland, Ohio and like many other reenactors had an interest in
history from an early age.
As a child artist at the age of five he
had an innate sense period form and would draw elevations and cross
sections of old fashioned houses, complete with furnishings, decor and
figures in period dress.
Joseph began collecting antiques at around
the age of eight when he began visiting his neighborhood antique store. As
his knowledge about antiques grew so did his collection. Today he owns an
extensive ensemble of furnishings dating from the late 18th century to the
time of the civil war with a particular interest in early
lighting.
He received his first scholarship from the Sophia Thurman
fund for his essay on historic preservation. He has also been published in
several national newspapers for his articles on historic
preservation.
Joseph along with his mother Brenda have been
civilian civil war reenactors for 13 years and have been volunteers at
Hale Farm & Village 19th century museum as first person interpreters
in Bath, Ohio.
Currently Joseph lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL and is
a writer and appraiser for an auction house.
Tom Arliskas
John Masciale
Kay
Gnagey
Kay was born in Germany. She lives in a late
Victorian house in Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
Historical clothing has been a source of fascination from early
childhood. Growing up in a household full of books on art history, she was
more interested in the people and the clothes they wore in those paintings
than the great master's brush strokes! She received her first book on
history of clothing when she was 10 â James Laver's "Fashion", it was
quickly followed by Max von Boehn's "History of Manners and Modes" and
many others. Her Barbies had Elizabethan ruffles and hoop skirts, her
school notes were dotted with doodles of fancy period
clothing.
This interest brought her first to the theater and she was wardrobe
mistress for an award winning production of "My Fair Lady" by the Munster
Garrison Players, Germany. However, her parents
insisted that she study something "proper", so now she has a MA in
Education with a major in Math, and a MS in Math from Purdue. Perhaps this
means that she does bring at once an artistic and an analytic mind to this
endeavor (at least it probably helps with pattern
drafting!).
She has always enjoyed sewing, and as her children are now finally
old enough to drive themselves, she felt it was time to finally follow her
dream and make a lifelong interest her
business.
Kay is the proprietress of "Originals By Kay" and senior partner in
"P. Palmer Dry Goods". She was also involved in the movie project "An
Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" produced by Susan Odom. Kay designed and executed the clothing
worn by the family and her work has appeared in a number of other film
projects and major museums.
other film projects and major museums.
Sue Pfeiffer
Sue Pfeiffer is from Fort Wayne, IN. She is currently working as an
Acquisitions librarian with the Allen County Public Library. She holds a
BS degree is Social Work/Mental Health Therapy ad has worked as a family
therapist and juvenile probation officer.
She has been involved in the hobby of American
Civil War reenacting for since 1991. Her interests in Civil War history
have run the gambit from military laundress, camp cook, public house
proprietress and bar maid to grand ball dance
mistress.
Sue's favorite activities regarding the hobby are
doing research, collecting 19th century etiquette books, original ball and
dance ephemera and keeping up with friends made in the hobby over the
years. She also particularly enjoys participating in 19th century dance
and finding a dance partner that can actually waltz and
polka!
Mary Bogumill
Kathleen Yurkonis
Elaine
Masciale
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