The story of Pyrex begins with an industrial glass company, the manufacturer of battery jars, light bulbs and other utilitarian items. Corning Glass Works was looking for new products to develop for its Nonex glass, a heat-resistant glass Corning had … Read more →
When I first arrived at the Rakow Research Library 10 years ago, cataloger Kelly Bliss introduced me to one of her favorite collection items and it was one that stuck with me. It was small, not quite as a big … Read more →
What’s more fragile, a 19th century crystal decanter or a newspaper clipping from 1948? Well, it depends on whether you are throwing them or exhibiting them, it turns out. If you fling the glass decanter and the newspaper clipping against … Read more →
Recently, the Rakow Library acquired six watercolors by Paul Nicolas (1875-1952), a talented artist from Vosges, France. Nicolas attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Nancy, where he studied architecture until around 1893, when he began work as a draughtsman at … Read more →