First, for those who attended the Symposium co-chairman, Scott Hansen, has sent out a survey. If you haven’t responded, please do. Last year Scott received a phenomenal 60% return. He’d like to top that. He needs responses in by Friday. For that matter, those who didn’t attend, if there is programming or other ideas that might help attract you, please let us know that. We’re having a club board meeting Saturday and will be starting to frame next year’s Symposium.

Second, you should have just received “The Gather” quarterly from CMoG. That is if you’re a
member of CMoG, or a member of the Carder Steuben Club, in which event you automatically
become an associate member of CMoG. At page 5 there is an article on the continuing influence today of Frederick Carder on third grade school children. “Fittingly, Carder’s works and the context of his life are the basis of a Corning Museum of Glass program that encourages third graders to be designer-in-the-making, one of the many rich, collaborative programs of the Education department, the Rakow Research Library, and The Studio.” Also featured with this article is the picture of a Carder designed water jug done in England in 1886. At p. 11 is a report on gifts of art glass, including a great picture a turquoise Aurene bowl with applied threaded gold Aurene decoration. This is reported as the only object of this color in the CMoG collection

The report on the Steuben Glass Works in the Feb. 1919 report speaks of a
number of distinctive “novelties” in the new Steuben line. They speak of
Colonial cuttings on glass items “which are rich and simple, and are particularly
effective in topaz. “Equally pleasing, however, is the ‘Pomona Green.’ The topaz
is well known to glass products. The ‘Pomona’ is a new and distinctive shade on
the emerald order. It is very cool and refreshing in appearance, make it
specially desirable for summer use.”
So, now we have learned the beginnings of green transparent glass right after
world war II. Yes, things to be learned from ephemera. At the Symposium we’re asking you to bring your ephemera and share what is “out there”. If you want to sell it, that opportunity will exist. Also, the Rakow library reminds us that if you have extras or don’t know where or how to dispose of it, they’d be delighted with your gifts and they’ll be available at the Symposium for this type thing.