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A.Brière (Firm) Lighting Design Drawings
This collection consists of 46 design drawings for art deco interior and exterior light fixtures. Depicting a wide variety of desk and task lighting, ceiling fixtures, and standing lamps, the drawings were created with several different media -- pencil and color pencil, ink, watercolor, and gouache.
A. F. Purdy & Co. Letter Copy Book
Amelung Excavation Records
American Scientific Glassblowers Society Records
This small set of records contains some key documentation of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society, including its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, annual reports, information regarding the election of officers, and seminar / symposium registration forms and programs. However, researchers will find the records to be fragmentary.
Art Centrum Collection
This small collection contains large format photographic prints of glass objects sold through Art Centrum. Of the seventeen prints, thirteen of these are labeled on the back with the name of Czech Glass Artist, Vaclav Cigler. The other four prints have information about the object and pricing written on the back. These four prints are stamped by photographer George (Jiří) Erml.
Art Deco Lighting Design Scrapbook
The scrapbook includes original photographs, clippings, postcards, and design drawings of lighting fixtures collected by Alexander Swenson Alexander while traveling in Europe.
Arthur Churchill Ltd. (London, England) Records
B Team Records
The B Team Records document the performances, demonstrations and tours of a troupe of performance artists who worked with blown glass. The collection consists of seven series:
(1) Administrative, 1989-1999
(2) Notebooks, Circa 1992-1998
(3) Performances, 1991-1998
(4) Promotional Materials, 1989-1999
(5) Photographs, 1991-1999
(6) Artifacts, Undated
(7) Audiovisual Materials, Circa 1990-1999
Arlon Bayliss Papers on the Crystal Arch (Anderson, Ind.)
The Arlon Bayliss Papers on the Crystal Arch (Anderson, Ind.) provide insight into the conception and execution of a community-funded glass public art project. The papers consist of design drawings, project timelines, planning documents, financial records, development and fundraising documents, press clippings, photographs, and legal documents. Materials are organized loosely and filed by document type.
Edwin J. Beinecke Enameled Glass Collection Documentation
Dorothy Blair Papers
These papers of an Asian glass curator and Japanese glass scholar consist of five series:
Series 1: _A History of Glass in Japan_ Correspondence and Research Files, 1958-1977
Series 2: Asian Glass Research Files, 1915-1977
Series 3: Translations of Japanese Literature about Glass, Undated
Series 4: Personal Papers, 1890-1982
Series 5: Miscellaneous Materials, 1920s-1987
Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka Collection
Adolphe Bournique Collection
The Adolphe Bournique Collection consists of documents tracing the working history of Adolphe Bournique’s career in glass manufacturing. The collection is arranged into two series:
(1) Batch Books and Ledgers, 1882-1925
(2) Correspondence, Print Materials and Photographs, 1883-1977
Robin Brailsford Papers
This small collection consists of photographs (slides, prints, and negatives) of Brailsford's glass works, exhibition announcements, and public art installation promotional material, as well as collected glass- and ceramics-related ephemera.
Bristol Glass Works Ledger
This collection consists of a ledger owned by Bristol Glass Works. The ledger was used to record sales from the company store. The ledger includes the dates November 1823 through September 1824. The ledger is 272 pages. The first 94 pages have been removed from the binding and pages 95-104 are missing.
Jaroslav Brychta Drawings
C. Dorflinger & Sons Collection
This collection of records and design drawings of an American glass and cut glass manufacturer consists of two series:
(1) Ledgers, Notebooks, and Price Lists, 1895-1921
(2) Design Drawings, Circa 1900-1920
Frederick Carder Papers
Karen S. Chambers Collection on Contemporary Glass Artists
Researchers will find a wealth of collected and original information on various contemporary glass artists in this collection. The combination of materials--slides, paper records, and audio--offers unique views into the lives and work of contemporary glass artists. The collection is divided into three series:
(1) Slides, 1930-2001
(2) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1954-2002
(3) Interviews, 1983-1997
Colnet Family Genealogical Record
Leland A. Cook Papers
This collection documents the rich and varied career, Leland A. Cook, former advertising photographer for Tiffany and Company.
This collection consists of five series:
(1) Tiffany and Company Working Files, 1958-1999
(2) Bolton Family Research Files, 1820-1970
(3) Correspondence and Subject Files, 1904-1998
(4) Photographs, 1960-1990
(5) Personal Papers, 1915-2009
Corning Glass Works Collection
Corning Glass Works Photograph Collection
This set of early photographic prints of Corning Glass Works factories consists of two series:
(1) Original Factory, 1868-1889
(2) Reconstructed Factory, 1889-1905
Researchers should note that some of the photographs have been dated according to the number of factory smokestacks depicted in the images. There were five in 1888, eight in 1891 and 1898, ten in 1903, and twelve in 1905.
Corning Museum of Glass Artifacts
This collection consists of museum-related objects given to the archives by various museum departments and external donors.
Corning Museum of Glass Board of Trustees
Corning Museum of Glass Collections Management Department
This record group contains documentation regarding the museum's temporary exhibitions. This finding aid is in progress, and the exhibition records described here represent only a small portion of the exhibition records in the institutional archives.
Corning Museum of Glass Curatorial Department
This record group includes materials created and gathered by curators in their work to develop and interpret the collection of The Corning Museum of Glass. It does not include registration records, which are maintained by the Collections Department.
Only processed records are described here. The archives holds additional unprocessed series within this record group.
Corning Museum of Glass Education Department
Records of the department charged with the interpretation of museum collections to visitors. Includes documentation of the docent and volunteer program, the Junior Curators Program, the Student Art Show, and other interpretive initiatives carried out by the Corning Museum of Glass.
Corning Museum of Glass Innovation Center Records
This record group includes materials created and collected in the development of The Corning Museum of Glass' Innovation Center, an interactive glass science and technology exhibit. Materials are arranged into three series: Research Files, Interviews and Biographical Information, and Oral History Recordings.