Corning Glass Works

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Corning Glass Works was founded in 1851 by Amory Houghton, in Somerville, Massachusetts, originally as the Bay State Glass Co. It later moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, and operated as the Brooklyn Flint Glass Works. The company moved again to its ultimate home and eponym, the city of Corning, New York, in 1868 under leadership of the founder's son, Amory Houghton, Jr. The California Institute of Technology's 200-inch (5.1 m) telescope mirror at Palomar Observatory was cast by Corning during 1934–1936 out of low expansion borosilicate glass. The company had a history of science-based innovations following World War II and the strategy by management was research and "disruptive" and "on demand" product innovation.
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referencedIn Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. Herbert Matter papers, circa 1937-1984. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Corning Glass Works. Gas infra-red heater installation photographs, 1966 Dec 22, Cercor Products Division, Corning, N.Y. Buffalo History Museum, Research Library
referencedIn McLachlan, Dan, 1905-. From zero to seventy-two, ca. 1978. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn James, E. P. H. (Edgar Percy Horace), 1904-. E. P. H. James papers, 1922-1976. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Advertising Dept. Speeches, 1943-1969. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Portrait Photograph Collection, 1930-1940 Baker Library, Harvard Business School
referencedIn J. Walter Thompson Company. Domestic Advertisements Collection, 1875-2001 and undated, bulk 1920s-1990s David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Records of the Harvard-Radcliffe Afro-American Cultural Center, and undated, 1969-1975, 1981-1982 Harvard University Archives.
referencedIn Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-1980. Papers, 1799-1995 and undated Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf Rorer, Sarah Tyson Heston, 1849-1937. [Culinary ephemera : cookware]. Box 433. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Pierce and Bickford records, 1890-1960. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Research Triangle Foundation Records, 1955-1999 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn J. Walter Thompson Company. Account Files, 1885-2008 and undated, bulk 1920-1995 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Owen, DeWitt C., Mrs. [Culinary ephemera : serving pieces - chafing dishes]. Box 435. William L. Clements Library
creatorOf Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. Mount Wilson Director's papers, 1901-1925. Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Shaw, Jean. [Culinary ephemera : small appliances - electrical]. Box 415. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Wilfrid Laurier University film collection. Laurier Library, Wilfrid Laurier University Library
referencedIn Niels Bohr Library. History of physics institutional history collection A-K, [ca. 1883]-1989, (bulk 1960-1989). Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Schickel family papers, 1905-1969. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn J. Walter Thompson Company. Corporation Vertical Files, bulk 1960s-1990s, circa 1915-1999 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf D'Arms, John H., 1934-. [Culinary ephemera : informational - E-J - oversize]. Box 317. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Jerry E. Wright Papers, circa 1960-1975 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974. Papers, ca. 1920-1974. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Schickel family. Schickel family papers, 1905-1969. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Department of Chemical Engineering records, 1960-1991 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn MacDonell, Phyllis A. A list of technical papers of Corning Glass Works, 1905-1960, 1962. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Gage, Henry Phelps. Henry Phelps Gage papers, 1886-1955. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974. Oral history interview with Edward Uhler Condon, 1967 October 17 to 12 September 1973. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Herbert Matter papers, ca. 1937-1984 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Henry Phelps Gage papers, 1886-1955. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Edward U. Condon Papers, Circa 1920-1974 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Hyde, J. Franklin, 1903-2001. Oral history interview with J. Franklin Hyde 1986 April 30 Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History
referencedIn Seidenberg, Jacob. Arbitration case files, 1961-1983. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
creatorOf Corning Glass Works. Institutional file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. Houghton Library
creatorOf Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Director's Office Records, 1955-1977. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
creatorOf Hill, Janet McKenzie, 1852-1933. [Culinary ephemera : cookware]. Box 431. William L. Clements Library
referencedIn Seidenberg, Jacob. Jacob Seidenberg. Additional Arbitration case files 1961-1983. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Day, Arthur L. (Arthur Louis), 1869-1960. Autobiography, 1929. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Directors of Industrial Research (U.S.). Records, 1929-1982. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn David B. McCall Papers, 1939-1999 and undated, bulk 1980-1994 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories. Trade catalogs of scientific and industrial instruments, 1873-1970. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn J. Walter Thompson Company. Information Center Records, 1890s-1987 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Pierce and Bickford records, 1890-1960. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Smith, Gail Preston, 1915-. Autobiography, ca. 1965. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library
referencedIn Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Investment analysis files ("C"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954). Hagley Museum & Library
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referencedIn Oral history interview with Harvey K. Littleton Archives of American Art

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associatedWith E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Advertising Dept. corporateBody
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associatedWith Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. person
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associatedWith James, E. P. H. (Edgar Percy Horace), 1904- person
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associatedWith Littleton, Harvey K. person
associatedWith MacDonell, Phyllis A. person
associatedWith Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984. person
associatedWith McCall, David B. person
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associatedWith Niels Bohr Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Pierce and Bickford (Firm). corporateBody
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associatedWith Seidenberg, Jacob. person
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associatedWith Smith, Gail Preston, 1915- person
associatedWith Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Teale, Edwin Way, 1899- person
associatedWith Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. corporateBody
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