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West Virginia and Regional History Center
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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], David Weimer, Collector, Seneca and Houze Glass Records, A&M 4225, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Records of Seneca Glass (1891-1983) of Morgantown, West Virginia, and of Houze Glass (ca. 1920-2005) of Pt. Marion, Pennsylvania, collected by Dave Weimer a former employee of both companies. Members of the Weimer family were employed by Seneca Glass. Materials include employee records, pattern records, chemist correspondence, catalogs, and advertising, among other material. This collection is minimally processed.
Records date from
ca. 1900-1983 for Seneca, and
ca. 1920-2005 for Houze.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Glass - West Virginia - Morgantown.
- Seneca Glass Company
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
Employee recordsca. 1940-1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 2
Employee recordsca. 1940-1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 3
Employee recordsca. 1940-1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 3
Glass rubbings (designs)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 4
Glass rubbings (designs)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 4
Pattern records (donor says this includes "every cut pattern they ever did"; starts with no. 1; cut numbers correlate with certain numbers in the Seneca glass catalogs)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5
Glass formulasca. 1950-1982
- Mixed Materials Box: 5
Correspondence of Seneca chemistsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 5
Business manual of founder Charles Baylorundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6
Clippings, brochures catalogsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6
Financial statementsundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6
Ledger of employee recordsca 1900s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6
VHS tape featuring Arner Lindquist (The donor says "he was considered the most skilled floral glass glass cutter at Seneca. Designs of his included The Last Supper and the Hunter's Dream.")undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7
Fom Houze collector, mug with group portrait of three (According to donor, the middle individual was Bruce Papparelli who bought Houze with a small group of others in the 1990s. After Papperelli died John Sanford purchased his interest in the company and continued in that position until the company closed.)undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 7
From Houze collector, catalogs and other materialundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Catalogs, flyers, and other materialundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Notebook containing catalogundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 9
Oral history on cassette tape, other materialundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 10
Slides, photographs, ledgers, stock certificatesundated