American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers, A&M 2642, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
11.5 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 5 3/4 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 clamshell box, 3 in.); (2 books, 1 in. each); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)
Creator:
American Flint Glass Workers' Union, Local 10 (Moundsville, West Virginia)
Abstract:
Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of the local union which worked in the stemware and punch tumbler department of Fostoria Glass Company. Addendum of 2013/02/25 includes materials collected by Paul W. Myers (1927-2008), former employee of Fostoria Glass Company and former American Flint Glass Workers Union Representative of Local #10. Includes correspondence, business records, photographs, printed material, ephemera, clippings, an artifact, and a cassette tape. Addendum materials pertain to Fostoria Glass Company and American Flint Glass Workers Union, mostly Local Union #10 but also #507, of Moundsville. Some of the material in the addendum was used by Dr. Kenneth Fones-Wolf in researching his book, Glass Towns. For a collection of his research papers, please see A&M 5170. For more information on the addendum, see the Scope and Content Note.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers, A&M 2642, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of the local union which worked in the stemware and punch tumbler department of Fostoria Glass Company.

Addendum of 2013/02/25 includes materials collected by Paul W. Myers (August 28, 1927 - October 21, 2008) a former employee of Fostoria Glass Company and former American Flint Glass Workers Union Union Representative of Local #10. Includes correspondence, business records, photographs, printed material, ephemera, clippings, an artifact, and a cassette tape. Addendum materials pertain to Fostoria Glass Company and American Flint Glass Workers Union, mostly Local Union #10 but also #507, of Moundsville. Series include Company and Union Records, Photographs, Printed Material, Ephemera, Clippings, Artifact, and Cassette Tape. (1878-1986; 1 ft.)

Company and Union Records include correspondence, contracts, recipes, insurance and pension documents, and other material.

Clippings include newspaper clippings pertaining to the sale and closure of Fostoria Glass Company, among other topics.

The artifact is a local #10 ribbon.

The cassette tape contains an oral history interview with Howard Denoon, former Fostoria employee (1977). His interview may be related to the oral history transcripts in A&M 5170.

Some of the material in this addendum was used by Dr. Kenneth Fones-Wolf in researching his book, Glass Towns. For a collection of his research papers, please see A&M 5170.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard