West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
1. catalogs (issue no. 2 [undated] through issue no. 79 [undated]; some issues are missing in the print run of the catalogs; several issues include dates rather than issue numbers; price lists are typically included in the catalogues); ca. 1950s-1970s, undated
2. product photos (document a wide range of Seneca glass products including stemmed and unstemmed glasses, bowls, and plates); undated
3. "The Shoppes at Seneca Center" (includes reports, diagrams, blueprints and other material documenting the development of Seneca Center as a hub of local businesses following the closing of Seneca Glass Company in the early 1980s; among these are an initial tenant agreement by the building management company, blueprints for the factory and the renovated center, promotional material, and limited correspondence from 1985 with various department stores and retailers to attract businesses to the newly developed shopping center); 1980s
4. agreement with Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company (one folder containing documents regarding an agreement between Seneca Glass and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company with details of a lease for three parcels of land from the B&O dated 1 June 1913; rent was $25 per annum); 1913
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Seneca Glass Company Records, A&M 2964, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- American Flint Glass Workers' Union
- American Flint Glass Workers' Union. Local 101
- American Flint Glass Workers' Union. Local 541
- Architects -- Morgantown (W.Va.)
- Glass industry.
- Morgantown (W. Va.)
- Photography
- Seneca Glass Company
- Unions - AFGWU.
- Unions.
Container List
Series 1. Administrative Material (Boxes 1-3, 12)
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 12 circa 1840s-1980s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1
Bound Reports and Contracts1951-1985
- Mixed Materials Box: 2
Union and Plant Paperscirca 1950s-1970s
- Mixed Materials Box: 3
Blueprints and Drawingscirca 1940s-1980s
- Mixed Materials Box: 12
Ledgers1847-1976
Series 2. Financial Material (Boxes 4-7)
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 circa 1930s-1980s
- Mixed Materials Box: 4
Contract Booklets and Property Reportscirca 1930s-1980s
- Mixed Materials Box: 5
Stocks and Deedscirca 1930s-1980s
- Mixed Materials Box: 6
Inventories and By-Lawscirca 1930s-1980s
- Mixed Materials Box: 7
Catalogs and Price Listscirca 1970s-1980s
Series 3. Miscellaneous Material (Boxes 8-11)
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 9 Mixed Materials Box: 10 Mixed Materials Box: 11 circa 1950s-1970s
- Mixed Materials Box: 8
Brochures and Photoscirca 1950s-1970s
- Mixed Materials Box: 9
Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials Box: 10 Mixed Materials Box: 11
Seneca Company Printing Blocks and Glass Moldundated
Series 4. Oversized Material (Boxes 13-15)
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 15 circa 1940s-1970s
- Mixed Materials Box: 13
Maps and blueprintscirca 1940s-1970s
- Mixed Materials Box: 14
Cut Shop Blueprint No. 11946
- Mixed Materials Box: 15
Cut Shop blueprint No. 1 & 31946