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The Glass Club Bulletin, published three times annually, is sent to the membership which includes more than fifty museums, libraries and other institutions in the United States, Canada and abroad. The Bulletin's editors have consistently brought to their readers leading scholarship in a wide variety of original articles and research, not only about American glass, but on international glass topics from antiquity to the work of contemporary artists.
The current issue of The Glass Club Bulletin, Spring 2009, Number 212 contains:
- Cover: Cut and engraved pitcher. Gillinder & Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1876. H. 31.3 cm. The Corning Museum of Glass, acc. no. 2008.4.92
- From The Editor's Desk. On the current issue's content; The forthcoming 2009 NAGC Seminar; On the cover illustration; Recent passing of two of our long-time members, Edith Lawson of Providence, RI and Miriam Mucha of Philadelphia, PA.
- A Letter from the president. On our forthcoming 2009 seminar; On the American Museum of Glass and the T. C. Wheaton Glass Factory.
- David Watts, "A Letter To The Editor." Congratulations to Karen Rehm on her article in the previous issue of The Glass Club Bulletin, King James I's commercial interests, including glassmaking.
- Davis C. Watts, "How George Revenscroft Discovered English Lead Crystal Glass," ills.
- David B. Long, William B. Liebeknecht and Damon Tvaryanas, "Archeological Investigations at the Hilltown Glasshouse Site, Bucks County, Pennsylvania," ills.
- Jane Shadel Spillman, "A New Find: A Signed New England Glass Company Vase," ills
- Lon D. Hodge, "Green-Tint Bellflower: A Legitimate Color Variation?" ills.
- Program: 25th Annual Glass Seminar, April 30-MaY 3, 2009, Philadelphia, PA
The previous issue of The Glass Club Bulletin, Fall/Winter 2008, Number 212 contained:
- Cover: Brass and glass birdcage. England or United States (possibly), about 1920. Non-lead glass, metal. OH: 129.5 cm. The Corning Museum of Glass (2005.2.9, purchased with a grant from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Kenneth R. Treis Fund).
- Jane Shadel Spillman, "From The Editor's Desk:" Jamestown, Helen McKearin's research, Van Gogh's glasshouse, Exhibits at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nassau County Museum, The Renwick, Washington, DC and the Corning Museum of Glass display "Glittering Traditions" at New York Winter Antiques Show
- Larry Steiner, "Letter from the President." On travels in Sicily, archaeology, slipper lamps and Mt. Etna
- Karen G. Rehm, "Jamestown and Glassmaking: the First Industry in English North America, ills.
- Newspaper Accounts, "The Falling of the Chandelier in the House of Representatives, 1840"
- Ian Simmonds, "From Objects to G Numbers via Index Cards: Helen McKearin's Classification of Blown Three Mold Glass," ills., tables
- James Friant, "Van Gogh Painting Shows a Glasshouse, ills.
- Richard Sheaff, Advertising card for Bliss's Dining Rooms, Brattleboro, Vermont on guessing the number of beans in their glass cane. ill.
The Glass Club Bulletin is indexed in the Reader's Guide to
Periodical Literature and an index is also published separately by NAGC with updates aperiodically in the Membership Directory.
Explore an on-line Index to The Glass Club Bulletin.
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Back issues are available for purchase
at the members' price of $4.00 each ($6.00 for non-members). A complete set of The
Glass Club Bulletin (1938 to the current issue) is $400.00. Send purchase
requests to Karen Petraglia, 18 Smithfield Lane, Bedford, NH 03110. Telephone:
508.429.5135, e-mail: education@glassclub.org
Our First - The Glass Club Bulletin, No. 1, January 1938
EDITORS OF THE GLASS CLUB BULLETIN
- Ada J. Danforth 1938 - 1943
- Emma D. King 1944 - 1955
- Ethel Mary Doane 1955 - 1958
- Joseph W. Limric 1958 - 1959
- Louise Draper 1959 - 1963
- Robert Bryden 1963 - 1967
- Dorothy-Lee Jones 1967 - 1973
- Fred Meyer 1973 - 1974
- Paul Hollister 1975 - 1985
- Arlene Palmer Schwind 1985 - 1990
- Eason Eige 1990 - 1993
- Bonnie Bledsoe-Fuchs 1994 - 1998
- Kyle Husfloen - 1999
- Jane Shadel Spillman 1999 -
Members also receive Glass Shards, NAGC's illustrated newsletter which is published four times a year Check out this sample of The Glass Shards .
The current issue, Summer 2009, contains the following articles:
- Native American Glass Artist Preston Singletary, ills.
- President's Letter. Our incoming president, Ken DePew, writes of the passing of four of our devoted NAGC members, Miriam Mucha, Edith Lawson, Dena Tarshis and Barbara Lessig. Our recent April-May Seminar in Philadelphia; trip to London is planned and our 2010 seminar in Old Greenwich, Connecticut.
- Barbara Lessig, Dealer and Glass Collector, NAGC Board Member dies at 87, ill.
- City Loses a Titan. In memory of Robert "Bob" F. Rockwell Jr. d. April 17, 2009, ills.
- Marble exhibit opens, 13th Annual Marble Festival, Cairo, West Virginia, ill.
- Glass Calendar
- The New 2009 Officers and Board of Directors, NAGC.
- Early American Pressed Glass Society Meets in Indianapolis, ill.
- Research, Publications and Glass News; Joan Kaiser announcement of new book The Glass Industry in South Boston; Enthusiats flock to Glass Forum, an article in Crockery and Glass Journal August 1954 titled "Weekend Forum on Early American Glass" at Oglebay Institute, West Virginia. A "Top women's hobby . . ."
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NAGC Newsletter Editor:
1980 - 1982: John Gotjen, RI
NAGC Newsletter INDEX On Line
Glass Shards Editors:
1985-1993: Sylvia Applebee Lyon, VA
1994 - present: Alice Walsh, MA
Glass Shards INDEX On Line
The National American Glass Club's membership directory is published annually solely for the use of the membership. It lists members' names and addresses, officers, local chapters, and, occasionally, a compilation of educational programs for NAGC members and chapters. The current Membership and Resource Directory 2007-2008, lists the NAGC Membership, forty-four Institutional Memberships and seventeen chapters nationwide. Members may list their collecting interests in the directory. Also included are the By-Laws of the National American Glass Club, Officers and Directors, Committee Chairs and Appointments, "Exploring the NAGC Web Site www.glassclub.org" and a list of supporting members. Also included are a number of illistrations depicting a variety of glass objects.
A sampling of the diversity of those interests includes American
Glass, European Glass, cut glass, depression glass, paperweights, Moser art
glass, sparkling lamps and other lighting, bottles and flasks, carnival glass,
commerative and historical glass, Tiffany, salts, Bohemian glass, opaline,
enameled glass, Gillinder, pressed pattern glass, Duncan, cordials and
decanters, ancient through Islamic, Heisey, 18th & 19th c. Anglo-Irish,
buttons, stained leaded glass, salt shakers, glass literature, cranberry glass,
glass dolphins, perfume bottles, vaseline glass, cup plates, children's pressed
glass, Sandwich glass, crackle glass, Dorflinger, Steuben - the list goes
on.....
In addition, members may elect to include their e-mail addresses in the
directory (those desiring to do so, should e-mail the NAGC Membership Chairperson).
The current Membership Directory was compiled and edited by Elissa Goldstein,
New Jersey.
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