The New Bedford Museum of Glass

Dear Mr. Meyer,

I was speaking with our mutual friend Ken Previtali at a recent glass lecture in Connecticut (Thomas Haunton’s talk on Clevenger glass), and he suggested that I get in touch with you relative to a library development project currently underway at the New Bedford Museum of Glass.

Our museum was opened to the public two years ago, and among our various projects we are working to expand our glass research library. Currently it numbers some 9,500 publications, but we are missing many back issues of newsletters, etc., published by glass collecting organizations. Several months ago we were contacted by the Early American Pattern Glass Society, which wanted to add us to their newsletter mailing list as a way to publicize their organization. I asked them about back issues, and a query published in their most recent issue allowed us to assemble a full set received from their generous members. Inspired by this success, we are approaching other organizations, including the National Greentown Glass Association, the Vaseline Glass Collectors, the Antique Glass Salt and Sugar Shaker Club, the Paperweight Collectors Association, and the National Toothpick Holder Collectors’ Society.

Oh yes, and also the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

Do you think the Federation would be willing to add our museum to its mailing list and help us to assemble a set of the Bottles and Extras publication? Whether or not this is possible, we would be happy to add a link to your organization on our website.

I look forward to hearing from you, and hope you might be able to stop in to see the new glass museum, should your travels bring you out this way.

Sincerely,
Kirk J. Nelson
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President and Executive Director
New Bedford Museum of Glass
61 Wamsutta St.
New Bedford, MA 02740
508-984-1666
www.nbmog.org

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