Peter Shrake

Peter Shrake holds a masters degree from UW-Eau Claire focusing on Indian/White relations in Wisconsin. The subject of his thesis was the Menominee Treaty of 1831. He also earned a masters of library and information studies from the University of Wisconsin. Shrake has worked in the museum field in one form or another for over 14 years. He was the executive director of the Sauk County Historical Museum for eight years. For three years he worked for the Library/Archives Division of the Wisconsin...See more

Peter Shrake holds a masters degree from UW-Eau Claire focusing on Indian/White relations in Wisconsin. The subject of his thesis was the Menominee Treaty of 1831. He also earned a masters of library and information studies from the University of Wisconsin. Shrake has worked in the museum field in one form or another for over 14 years. He was the executive director of the Sauk County Historical Museum for eight years. For three years he worked for the Library/Archives Division of the Wisconsin Historical Society as a reference archivist. Currently he is the archivist at Circus World Museum. Shrake has spent nearly 20 years studying early 19th century Indian affairs and Indian agents in Wisconsin. He as published three articles relating to the early 19th century Wisconsin. His first article 'Justice or Revenge' was published in Voyageur: Northeast Wisconsin's Historical Review and related the history of the Menominee Indians in the Black Hawk War. His second article, 'Chasing and Elusive War' about the Illinois Militia in the Winnebago War of 1827 was published in the Journal of Illinois History. Most recently Shrake wrote 'The Silver Man' an article on the life of John H. Kinzie published in the Wisconsin Magazine of History. See less