<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195417">A&amp;M 2870</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Fourco Glass Company Records, 1924-1973 <num>A&amp;M 2870</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2026-06-18 14:09:25 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Fourco Glass Company Records</unittitle>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1.4 Linear Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">Summary: 1 ft. 5 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 scrapbooks, 7 in.)</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1924/1973" type="inclusive">1924-1973</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_aac1c883122434fcb64426579f1f0112">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: <a href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/">West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</a></physloc>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
,       <language langcode="fre">French</language>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Fourco Glass Company Records, A&amp;M 2870, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>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.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="ingest">Glass industry - labor relations.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Glass industry - patents.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Glass industry.</subject>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Fourco Glass Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">LaFayette Window Glass Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Rolland Glass Company</corpname>
    <famname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115568" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Rowland family</famname>
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Stewart, Engineer" [ring binder]</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/173118" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170646</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1923/1925" type="inclusive">1923–1925</unitdate><container id="aspace_8ad916f197e2a6332122179d4c93c2b3" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_2b30fba597bc901d12364c639ac70401" parent="aspace_8ad916f197e2a6332122179d4c93c2b3" type="Folder">3</container></did></c><c id="aspace_cf9f605aa3354afc3f57157c855ebf33" level="file"><did><unittitle>"Notes on the Mechanical Fabrication of Glass by the Drawing Method" (English and French versions) [binder]</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/173119" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170647</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" type="inclusive">undated</unitdate><container id="aspace_0ad76cf5b7933382fe5192b7566ad70c" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_e32a16e0a04b3811f4ed6cc5a5be36d5" parent="aspace_0ad76cf5b7933382fe5192b7566ad70c" type="Folder">4</container></did></c><c id="aspace_9593a42349e560f935827891c48340b4" level="file"><did><unittitle>"Appraisal Summaries of the LaFayette Window Glass Company, Clarksburg, W. 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[binder]</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/173120" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170648</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1920-09-01/1920-09-01" type="inclusive">1920 September 1</unitdate><container id="aspace_039e1c5167464f4497315aabf0f2d560" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_43c1ded8cc1de40df8f99179448272c8" parent="aspace_039e1c5167464f4497315aabf0f2d560" type="Folder">5</container></did></c><c id="aspace_2c4b21b0f6ecdde22414f6ebdd3edf1d" level="file"><did><unittitle>Appraisal report -- "Rolland Glass Company, Clarksburg, WV: November 1, 1937" by the American Appraisal Company, Milwaukee, WI</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/173121" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170649</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1937-11-01/1937-11-01" type="inclusive">1937 November 1</unitdate><container id="aspace_eeddbc954e6f4f293c73879722f0cd84" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">2</container><container id="aspace_20bca7b3b9bf453efaabb2b546f21d7a" parent="aspace_eeddbc954e6f4f293c73879722f0cd84" type="Folder">1</container></did></c><c id="aspace_d647b129000d8138b04f4b50ba58e2c8" level="series"><did><unittitle>Add. of 1983 June 20. 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Photographs and newspaper clippings (subjects are the Fourco Company, individual employees, and the Rolland family as industrial founders)</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/173125" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170653</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1967/1972" type="inclusive">1967–1972</unitdate><container id="aspace_2f87cad8e8efa9216dfb8fe5f11dbd82" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Unboxed</container></did></c><c id="aspace_64806ad9a15bf233949f3ca563113353" level="item"><did><unittitle>Scrapbook 2. Photographs and newspaper clippings (subjects are promotions and retirements of individual Fourco Company employees, labor relations, and the construction of a new plant at Jerry Run, WV)</unittitle><unitid type="ark"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/173126" xlink:show="new">Archival Resource Key</extref></unitid><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/170654</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1961/1973" type="inclusive">1961–1973</unitdate><container id="aspace_3fc23d5ee471b93c756b7244a545e006" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">Unboxed</container></did></c></dsc>
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