Glass manufacture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Ohio County Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0031
Scope and Contents
Court case papers, 1776-1930; court and county record books; birth and death records, 1887-1888; and account and minute books of individuals, companies, and organizations, 1772-1935. The bound volumes include records of brand registrations, deeds, estrays, land entries, marriages, military service, surveys, and wills. The private account books relate to general merchandising, coal sales, dental practice, a debating society, distilling, carriage manufacturing, hotels, steamboat freighting,...
Dates:
1772-1935
Oscar Wood, Glassworker, Typescripts of Poetry
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1350
Scope and Contents
Two small volumes of verse composed by Oscar Wood.
Dates:
1960
Oscar Wood, Glassworker, Typescripts of Poetry
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1481
Scope and Contents
A typed volume of verse, "Lichen & [Moss]," by Oscar Wood, a retired Morgantown glass worker. Much of the verse deals with the Monongalia County area, its scenery, life, labor, and culture.
Dates:
1961
United Glass and Ceramic Workers of America Local Union No. 2 (Clarksburg, WV) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2419
Scope and Contents
Financial records, newsletters, minutes, correspondence and inter-factory memos of Clarksburg Union Local No.2. There are also records of grievances, arbitration, and union attendance.Series include:Series 1. Executive (1935–1974), boxes S1/Box 1-S1/Box 7
Series 2. Relations with Pittsburgh Plate Glass (1934–1974), boxes S2/Box 1-S2/Box 8
Series 3. Membership and Financial Records (1934–1974), boxes S3/Box 1-S3/Box 5
Series 4. International Union Materials...
Dates:
1934-1974
West Virginia University, WWVU Television, Miscellaneous Films, William Smock, Collector
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5172
Overview
Eight reels of motion pictures from West Virginia television station WWVU. Diameters of reels range from three to nine inches. Subjects of films include: 1. Arner Lindquist (glass engraver), 2. Morgantown lock and dam, 3. little league game, 4. Buckhannon Strawberry Festival, 5. "Smallest Church in 48 States", 6. football defensive practice with coach Tippett, 7. "A Stripmine is Forever", and 8. "Skin" (regarding strip mining). There are also brief descriptions of the films authored by the...
Dates:
1971-1972
Window Glass Cutters League of America, Materials Collected by Richard Duez
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3911
Overview
Includes six reels of 16 mm film, eight digital photographs, and photo captions related to the Window Glass Cutters League of America. Film reels include videos of glass cutters using hand tools and a cutting machine, and a video of a pet monkey. Two of the glass cutters portrayed are Howard Noe and Richard Mooney of Adamston Flat Glass Company, Clarksburg, West Virginia. Films contain a total of approximately 30 minutes of glass cutting footage. Digital photographs include images of glass...
Dates:
undated