William Kahlson Papers

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William Kahlson Papers

Circa 1925-2001

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This small collection documents the life and career of William S. Kahlson, the General Electric (G.E.) Company Pitney Glass Works plant manager from 1931 to 1965. Of particular interest to glass manufacturing technology researchers are the photographs of G.E. light bulb production after installation of a Glass Ribbon Machine. The photographs depict facilities and machinery, as well as men and women at work producing light bulbs. Post-1940 photographs depict an integrated workforce, with African American and white employees working side-by-side. Other materials include clippings about Kahlson, correspondence, a family history by Kahlson's son, Donald Kahlson, and photographs and letters from Kahlson's retirement. Finally, researchers should be aware that the 1932 New Pitney Glass Works opening program contains racial slurs and sexual innuendo.

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Corning Museum of Glass. Rakow Research Library

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Corning Museum of Glass. Rakow Research Library

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Pitney Glass Works

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The Pitney Glass Works was established in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1919 by General Electric Company (GE) to manufacture glass globes for incandescent light bulbs. The factory moved to a new facility in 1932, referred to as the "New Pitney Glass Works" for many years thereafter, to accommodate the introduction of GE's first glass ribbon machine in 1933. The plant closed around 2000....

Kahlson, William

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William Kahlson was born in Helsinki, Finland, in 1902. His family moved to Sweden, and Kahlson immigrated to the United States in 1920. He returned to Sweden to pursue a university education, earning a degree in chemical engineering from Chalmers University. He was also an amateur wrestler, and he won the Swedish middleweight wrestling championship in 1923. He returned to the United States and began working as a physicist for General Electric (G.E.) Company in Niles, Ohio, in 1925. He marrie...