Mark Pendergrast Mirror Research Files
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of research materials that Mark Pendergrast created and consulted while writing his 2003 award-winning book _Mirror, Mirror: A History of the Human Love Affair with Reflection_. It is divided into four series:
(1) Interview Transcriptions and Notes, 1969-2002
(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1719-2002
(3) Research Journals, 1990-2002
(4) Miscellaneous Materials, 1993-2004
Dates
- 1719-2004
- Majority of material found within 1985-2002
Creator
- Pendergrast, Mark, 1948- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English and French.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for public research. Researchers must make an appointment to view this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
The Copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. The user agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Corning Museum of Glass and the Rakow Research Library against all claims, demands, costs and expenses incurred by copyright infringement or any other legal or regulatory cause of action arising from the use of Library materials
Biographical / Historical
Mark Pendergrast has been a professional non-fiction author since 1991. Educated at Harvard University and Simmons College, he began his career as an academic librarian and freelance writer for newspapers and magazines. Pendergrast has written a number of well-received books, including _For God, Country and Coca-Cola: The Definitive History of the Great American Soft Drink and the Company That Makes It_ (1993), _Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How it Transformed Our World_ (2000), _Mirror, Mirror: A History of the Human Love Affair with Reflection_ (2003), and _Inside the Outbreaks: The Elite Medical Detectives of the Epidemic Intelligence Service_ (2010).
Extent
12.2 Linear Feet (25 Hollinger boxes and 1 half Hollinger box)
- Astronomy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reflection (Optics) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Telescopes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Mark Pendergrast Mirror Research Files
- Subtitle
- A Guide to the Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Colleen McFarland Rademaker and Amanda LaLomia
- Date
- May 18, 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Rakow Research Library Manuscript Collection Repository
The Rakow Research Library
The Corning Museum of Glass
Five Museum Way
Corning NY 14830 USA
607.438.5318
archives@cmog.org
