Glass - West Virginia - Moundsville.

Overview

Two catalogs of glass items made by Fostoria Glass Company of Moundsville, West Virginia. The "Fine Table Glassware" catalog (1936-1937) with green cover and the untitled catalog with the black cover (ca. 1948-1960) both advertise pressed, blown, etched, and cut patterns of tableware; information on sizes is included but price and color information are not.

Overview Research papers compiled by history professor Kenneth Fones-Wolf for his book "Glass Towns", a work that focuses on the West Virginia towns of Moundsville, Clarksburg, and Fairmont as case studies to illuminate the history of the glass industry in a local as well as transnational context. The collection includes typescript and manuscript research notes, articles and research papers, union newsletters, newspaper clippings, hearing transcripts, photographs, and other material. Most of the...