Corning Museum of Glass - Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library
Corning, New York 14830
Phone: 607-438-5300
Corning Museum of Glass - Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library
About
The Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Library, founded as part of The Corning Museum of Glass in 1951, is a public institution that houses the world's most comprehensive collection of materials on the art and history of glass and glassmaking. The Library Collection ranges from medieval manuscripts to original works of art on paper to the latest information on techniques used by studio artists. More than 150 archives contain unique material from individual artists, galleries, companies, scholars, and organizations. The Library also presents exhibitions featuring items from its collection.
Corning Museum of Glass - Juliette K. and Leonard S. Rakow Research Library is a member of the South Central Regional Library Council.
Collections
A collection of photographs which chronicle the flood of 1972 in Corning, NY and its effect on the collection at the Museum of Glass.
This collection of oral histories focuses on the impact of glass in Corning, NY, and around the world.
Photographs in this collection show the intensive process of the pouring of the disk and include imagery of the special railroad car that carried it across the country.
A leading business in Elmira, NY for more than 80 years, Thatcher Glass once produced 50 percent of the milk bottles in the United States, pioneering sealed glass bottles and automated bottle production. The collection includes archival material such as design drawings, correspondence and other company documents.