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Adamston Flat Glass Factory, Glass Cutting Tool .25 Linear Feet 3 in. (1 flat storage box)

Adamston Flat Glass Company

A metal tool with a wooden handle, known as a "splitter", used for cutting glass. The tool was used at the Adamston Flat Glass Factory, which was located in Adamston, West Virginia (a former town that is now part of the city of Clarkburg).

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American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers 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.)

American Flint Glass Workers' Union, Local 10 (Moundsville, West Virginia)
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.
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American Flint Glass Workers Union, Papers 1.7 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 8 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each)

American Flint Glass Workers' Union
Minutes, proceedings, circulars, agreements, constitutions, bylaws, correspondence, and reports of AFGWU Local 10 (Fostoria Glass), including general wage rate lists, contract increase percentages and wage and move rate lists of the punch tumbler and stemware department. Of interest would be the strike threats and agreements in the late 1950s.
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Demeester Family Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 77 pages (photocopies)

DeMeester family
Photocopies of letters, public records, magazine and newspaper articles, photographs, and maps regarding the DeMeester family genealogy. Letters are written by John Ashcraft and include discussion about DeMeester family members in Belgium and the United States in the 1800s and 1900s. Public records include marriage certificates, birth records, and naturalization papers; photographs are of relatives and Belgian landmarks; and articles contain information about Belgian history, including a lengthy article about Dr. William DeMeester.
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Fourco Glass Company Records 1.4 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 5 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 scrapbooks, 7 in.)

Fourco Glass Company

The Fourco Glass Company archives include correspondence, a few sheets of financial data, blueprints and mechanical drawings, patents, appraisal reports, newspaper clippings and photographs from a West Virginia - based manufacturer with plants in Clarksburg. Many of the records reflect the company's concern for changes in production techniques, patent rights, and improvements in flat glassmaking both in Europe and the U.S. Some of the correspondence is in French. The clippings and photographs document labor relations, personnel changes in the white collar employee group, and trends in the American glass industry. There is also some information to the Rolland family, founders of the Rolland Glass Company in Clarksburg and one of the founders in Fourco. There is information on the founding and development of Fourco in the inventory folder. There is also a video cassette made from excerpts from movie film taken inside Fourco's Adamston plant in Clarksburg.

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Glen W. McCabe, Union Organizer, Records of the Window Glass Cutters League of America 0.7 Linear Feet Summary: 8 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.)

McCabe, Glen W., Jr., 1926-2001
Papers, publications, photos and memorabilia of glassworker, labor official and organizer, Glen W. McCabe. McCabe was an energetic union officer in the AFL affiliated Window Glass Cutters League of America and intermittently in the United Glass & Ceramic Workers of North America of the CIO. There are correspondence, speeches, publications and pamphlets which present a history of the American labor movement in the glass industry, biographical details about McCabe, industry work rules and wage rates for glass workers and other information pertaining to pensions, production figures and company dividends. Correspondents include not only Glen McCabe but also Henry Baughman, O. B. Cline and H. H. Rebrook.
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J. S. Algeo, An Unpublished History of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company, Typed Document 0 Linear Feet Summary: 155 pages

Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
An unpublished history of the Hazel-Atlas Glass Company compiled by J.S. Algeo, completed in 1956. In 1885 this firm originated in Wellsburg, West Virginia, as the Hazel Glass Company and established, later, plants at Clarksburg, Grafton, Wheeling, and Washington, Pennsylvania.
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Seneca Glass Company Records 31.63 Linear Feet 11 document cases, 5 in. each; 15 records cartons, 15 in. each; 5 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.; 2 rolled storage tubes, 6 in.; 16 ledgers, 6 ft. 5 in.

Seneca Crystal

Catalogs, reports, contracts, correspondence, blueprints, drawings, certificates, deeds, and photographs of Seneca Glass Company, a Morgantown glass manufacturer noted for its production of handmade lead crystal glassware. The materials of this collection give insight into some of the daily activities of the company and its union such as determination of wages, settling of labor grievances, plans for expansion and modernization, productivity statistics, and stock inventories. Specifically noteworthy are the earliest certificate of incorporation in West Virginia, original construction blueprints by Elmer F. Jacobs, and early catalogs of the company's product line. There are also extensive addenda of Seneca Glass records that were acquired in 2005, 2019, and 2021; a contents list for the 2005 addendum can be found in the control folder onsite.

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Series 5. Addendum 2005/04/22 (Boxes 16-28 and unboxed ledgers) Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Box 22, Box 23, Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 27, Box 28, Volume 15, 16, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 57, 110, 111, 112, 114, 115, and 501

Addendum 2005/04/22 includes ledgers, financial documents, blueprints, catalogs, papers, Seneca Center records, and other materials. This addendum is minimally processed.

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Series 7. Addendum 2021/09/01 (Boxes 32-34) Box 32, Box 33, Box 34

Addendum of 2021/09/01 comprises photographic materials, production documentation, and historical reference items related to the Seneca Glass Company. Materials include photographic prints and film negatives depicting examples of Seneca lead crystal glassware, glass sample drops, copper‑etched printing blocks illustrating glassware patterns and nineteenth‑century glass shop scenes. The addendum also contains one document issued by the United States Department of State authorizing the purchase of twenty sets of glassware for the United States Embassy in France. Additional items include newspaper articles concerning Seneca Glass Company, glass drop samples, sample order forms dated 1976, articles pertaining to glass manufacturing, and developed photographs documenting the Seneca factory and its production processes. Framed photos in this addendum were likely from a contracted exhibit by Dolores Fleming, and feature photograph details such as location, date, and photographer name.

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