18.95 Linear Feet, 18 ft. 11 1/2 in. (14 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (1 small flat storage box,
1/2 in.)
Creator
Weimer, David
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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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.
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.
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 formulas
ca. 1950-1982
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Correspondence of Seneca chemists
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Business manual of founder Charles Baylor
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Clippings, brochures catalogs
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Financial statements
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Ledger of employee records
ca 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.")
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.)
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