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  • May 7, 2018
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Listening In(ternship): Working on the Rakow Library Oral History Collection

This post comes from Georgia Westbrook, the Oral History Intern at the Rakow Research Library. This past winter, I spent three weeks working on the oral history collection at the Rakow Research Library. Listening to interviews with former Corning Glass … Read more →

  • Posted in: Rakow Library
  • January 9, 2018
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Running the ribbon machine: Stories from the team

“It’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle.” That was how mechanical engineer Bill Kilmer described his work with the ribbon machine, a piece of equipment that could produce approximately 1,700 lightbulbs per minute. The story of the ribbon machine is … Read more →

  • Posted in: From the Collections, Glassmaking techniques/process, Rakow Library
  • May 10, 2015
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Conversations about Pyrex

Have you ever thought about how your Pyrex measuring cup was designed? Or maybe you have a copy of Cooking with Cornelius and want to know more about the man behind the cookbook. Maybe you’ve seen Pyrex dishes in movies … Read more →

  • Posted in: Rakow Library
  • January 24, 2014
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Witness to History: Donald Bonnell and the 200” disk

Today’s post comes from Deborah Cooper, Public Services Intern at the Rakow Research Library I have been working as an intern at the Rakow Research Library since late August, 2013. The Rakow is one of the most unique library environments I have … Read more →

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