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General Glass Collection
Sc2020-051


Box 1

1:1 Flat Glass Jobbers Association-Complete Fabrication, Erection and Glazing Hours Manual, bound book; Heat Gain Calculator-Plate/Float/Sheet/Heavy Glass/Thermopane

1:2 Redi-map, road atlas with map of 48 states and portions of Canada and Mexico, General Glass Company logo, 1955

1:3 Newsletters
Frame House Gallery, September/October 1979
Frame House Gallery, November/December 1979
Frame House Gallery, January/February 1980
Frame House Gallery, March/April 1980
Frame House Gallery, May/June 1980
Frame House Gallery, September/October 1980
Frame House Gallery, November/December 1980
Frame House Gallery, January/February 1981
Frame House Gallery. March/April 1981 (photocopy)
Frame House Gallery, May/June 1981
Frame House Gallery, July/August 1981
Frame House Gallery, September/October 1981
Money saving value page.

1:4 Advertisements (Mailers)
The Smallest Package in The World is A Man All Wrapped Up in Himself
We Are Always Prompt-no matter how long it takes!
Rush Job Calendar
We Handle All Complaints Cheerfully and Neatly.
A Man Who Can Save Money Today Is Not A Miser. . . He's A Wizard!
I'm not really busy - Just disorganized!
Tense? Nervous? Relax. . .
When you reach the end of your rope . . . Tie a knot and HANG ON!
Fast Service is Our Watchword!
Our Daily Work Time Table
Do it Tomorrow . . . You Made Enough Mistakes Today!
The Difficult We Do Immediately . . .The Impossible Takes A Little Longer!
Trouble Spot? "Glass Box" Drawing August 29, 1975
Out auto glass drive-in service is a little different, "Glass Box" Drawing August 29, 1975
We can recommend an honest, dependable top notch auto glass replacement dealer. Us. "Glass Box" Drawing August 29, 1975
No Delay at General
Look all over town!
Space Age Electronics
We Protect You . . . Against Unhappy Clients
Your Clients Will Not Need a Boat . . . After We Install Their Windshield
We Protect Your Clients Against Leaks
Full Auto Glass Service
All Wet . . .
Nothing is Break Proof!
Now Available . . . For Your Protection
Announcing the Opening of Our Custom Framing Department
Do Your Sales Need A Shot in the Arm?
Do You Need a Doctor . . .
For Glass Replacements (phone card)
Thank you… (inspection card)

1:5 Moving announcement, February 16, 1981

1:6 Invitations: Open House, October 6 and 7, 1960; Reception in honor of Russell R. Smith, President, July 25, 1975; Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, December 7, 1980; Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, October 24, 1981
Announcements: Charles E. Schrader, Manager of Auto Glass Dept., undated; Ernie R. Rollins, Auto Glass Division, December 15, 1971; Gordon D. Dean, Contract Sales Dept., March 1, 1972; Robert K. Spear, Manager Contract Sales, April 24, 1972; Congratulations Card to Rodney K. Smith upon election of national president of the American Business Club, undated

1:7 Correspondence, Douglas A. Newton, Grahil Construction Co., to General Glass, April 29, 1981; Blank General Glass Company letterhead; Prize Drawing flyer for April 29 and May 31, 1972; Prize Drawing flyer for August 29, 1975; Ultrasonic Detector stickers

1:8 Newspaper advertising clippings 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1988, 1990


Scrapbooks

Scrapbook 1
Six Libbey Owens Ford sketches including examples of uses for vitolite, 2 undated, 2 dated April 15, one each April 14, 18, 1938; eleven advertising pieces for mirrors, undated; thirty-two black and white advertising pieces for mirrors, undated; one Charleston Gazette newspaper clipping for Mirawal sold by General Glass, May 10, 1953

Scrapbook 2
Twenty-two pages, advertising clippings from newspapers, 1981-82, 1984; Article from The Parkersburg Sentinel, October 30, 1982; mailers undated and 1983

Scrapbook 3
Forty pages: including: Booklet for Imperial Towers; Rainbow Aluminum Industries, various Newspaper clipping of General Glass projects and advertisements, undated and 1966, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988; Kawneer profit digest, February 1964 & March 1964; various General Glass Company, Inc. invitations and announcements undated and November 1, 1967; various mailers, seven photographs.

Scrapbook 4
Sixty-one pages: General Glass letterhead and envelopes; Christmas cards; monthly calendars, November and December 2944, January-March, May, August-September 1945, invitations; Various newspaper clippings of General Glass projects undated and 1960, 1961 and advertisements undated and 1982; Libbey Owens Ford Glassic, January 1960, general correspondence 1960, including Cecil Underwood letter of appreciation September 9, 1960, Photographs, sixty-three color and sixty-nine black and white.


Photos

Libbey Owens Ford Product School, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 3, 1960
Group at Dealer Management Seminar (Identification Listing Enclosed) April 22-24, 1974.
"McCoy House," Drawing by Russell May 1977
Unknown Company Picnic, c. 1970 (From Scrapbook 4)
Unknown Company Dinner, n.d.
Unidentified Group at Daytona Beach, n.d.
Unidentified Drawing
General Glass Company Truck, June 1969 (3 Slides)
Glass Installation/Glass in Buildings, July 1975 (14 Slides)
Glass Gallery, September - December 1977 (60 Slides)
OSHA & You Slide Presentation (30 Slides)
"Five to Drive By" Slide Presentation (30 Slides)
Glass for Construction Slide Presentation, November 1974 (35 Slides)
Unknown Slide Presentation, November 1974 (21 Slides)
Worksheets, Forms, Statistical Data, etc./Safety Rules and "Safety Girl" (13 Slides)


Special Collections

West Virginia Archives and History