A&M 2642American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers, 1878-1986 A&M 2642Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:14:20 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center American Flint Glass Workers Union Papers American Flint Glass Workers' Union, Local 10 (Moundsville, West Virginia) A&M 2642 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/666 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.) 1878-1986 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. 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/ English Conditions Governing Access

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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.

Related A&M Collections

2438, 2642

Scope and Contents

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.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Moundsville (W. Va.) Glass industry. Glass manufacture Glassworkers -- Labor unions Glassworkers Labor unions American Flint Glass Workers' Union, Local 10 (Moundsville, West Virginia) American Flint Glass Workers' Union Fostoria Glass Company Myers, Paul W., 1927-2008.