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David Weimer, Collector, Seneca and Houze Glass Records
Weimer, David
A&M 4225
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18.95 Linear Feet
18 ft. 11 1/2 in. (14 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (1 small flat storage box, 1/2 in.)
ca. 1900-2005
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/
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Weimer, Collector, Seneca and Houze Glass Records, A&M 4225, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Records of Seneca Glass (1891-1983) of Morgantown, West Virginia, and of Houze Glass (ca. 1920-2005) of Pt. Marion, Pennsylvania, collected by Dave Weimer a former employee of both companies. Members of the Weimer family were employed by Seneca Glass. Materials include employee records, pattern records, chemist correspondence, catalogs, and advertising, among other material. This collection is minimally processed.
Records date from
ca. 1900-1983 for Seneca, and
ca. 1920-2005 for Houze.
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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.
Glass - West Virginia - Morgantown.
Seneca Glass Company
Series 1. Seneca Glass RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155570ca. 1900-1983Employee recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155572ca. 1940-19821Employee recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155573ca. 1940-19822Employee recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155574ca. 1940-19823Glass rubbings (designs)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155575undated3Glass rubbings (designs)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155576undated4Pattern records (donor says this includes "every cut pattern they ever did"; starts with no. 1; cut numbers correlate with certain numbers in the Seneca glass catalogs)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155577undated4Glass formulasArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155578ca. 1950-19825Correspondence of Seneca chemistsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155579undated5Business manual of founder Charles BaylorArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155580undated5Clippings, brochures catalogsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155581undated6Financial statementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155582undated6Ledger of employee recordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155583ca 1900s6VHS tape featuring Arner Lindquist (The donor says "he was considered the most skilled floral glass glass cutter at Seneca. Designs of his included The Last Supper and the Hunter's Dream.")Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155584undated6Series 2. Houze recordsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155571ca. 1920-2005Fom Houze collector, mug with group portrait of three (According to donor, the middle individual was Bruce Papparelli who bought Houze with a small group of others in the 1990s. After Papperelli died John Sanford purchased his interest in the company and continued in that position until the company closed.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155585undated7From Houze collector, catalogs and other materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155586undated7Catalogs, flyers, and other materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155587undated8Notebook containing catalogArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155588undated8Oral history on cassette tape, other materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155589undated9Slides, photographs, ledgers, stock certificatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/155590undated10