John Clyde Hostetter Collection on the 200" Disk

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John Clyde Hostetter Collection on the 200" Disk

1831-1943

The collection consists largely of photographs documenting the creation of the 200" glass disk made by Corning Glass Works. Materials are divided into two series: (1) Photographs, 1934-1936 (2) Miscellaneous Materials, 1831-1943

.7 Linear Feet (1 Hollinger legal box and 1 half Hollinger legal box)

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Hostetter, John C.

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John C. Hostetter was born on February 18, 1886, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He studied chemical engineering at Bucknell University, where he received a B.S. in 1908, and an M.S. in 1909. In his early career, Hostetter worked as a chemistry instructor at Bucknell University (1908-10), as a chemist at the U.S. Standards Bureau (1910-12), and as a physical chemist at the Geophysical Lab of the Carnegie Institute (1912-19). In 1919, he joined Corning Glass Works as manager of the Steuben divi...