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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Fourco Glass Company Records, 1924/1973

1.4 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 5 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 scrapbooks, 7 in.)

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.

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Fourco Glass Company Records, 1924/1973 1.4 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 5 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 scrapbooks, 7 in.)

Fourco Glass Company

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.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Glass Industry Towns in West Virginia, 1874/2005

2.9 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 11 in. (2 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in.)
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 collection consists of photocopies. There are folders containing research regarding census statistics, the content of the industry newsletter "National Glass Budget", and the 1936-1937 strike. Printed material includes proceedings of the first convention of the Window Glass Cutters League of America (1923), and of a joint conference between three glass cutter unions (1926); as well as pamphlets entitled "The Socialist Victory in Adamston, West Virginia" and "Marion County Centennial Yearbook, 1863-1963". There are also copies of nine reels of microfilm from the Ohio Historical Society of the papers of Joseph Slight (1874-1957) regarding the Knights of Labor and the National Window Glass Workers Union. For additional research materials used for the book, regarding American Flint Glass Workers' Union, Local 10, and the Fostoria Glass Company, please see A&M 2642 addendum 2013/02/25.
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Kenneth Fones-Wolf, Historian, Research Papers Regarding Glass Industry Towns in West Virginia, 1874/2005 2.9 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 11 in. (2 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 5 in.)

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 collection consists of photocopies. There are folders containing research regarding census statistics, the content of the industry newsletter "National Glass Budget", and the 1936-1937 strike. Printed material includes proceedings of the first convention of the Window Glass Cutters League of America (1923), and of a joint conference between three glass cutter unions (1926); as well as pamphlets entitled "The Socialist Victory in Adamston, West Virginia" and "Marion County Centennial Yearbook, 1863-1963". There are also copies of nine reels of microfilm from the Ohio Historical Society of the papers of Joseph Slight (1874-1957) regarding the Knights of Labor and the National Window Glass Workers Union. For additional research materials used for the book, regarding American Flint Glass Workers' Union, Local 10, and the Fostoria Glass Company, please see A&M 2642 addendum 2013/02/25.

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