Did Frederick Carder have a middle name?

Ed Bush of Painted Post, NY comments:

I didn’t expect to write on this topic ever again, but since it has been in the Gazette recently I provide the following new information. Between 1963 and 1917 the name Frederick C. Carder appeared in The Corning Evening Leader 59 times. The name F. C. Carder appeared 21 times. Most of these articles were not about CGW or Steuben, but about his and Mrs. Carder’s many activities in the community. I also noted the following additional initials in the paper: ADHJLPS and W. I wonder what Carder would have said if the paper’s editor would have been on the ball and called him for clarification. I stand by the contents of my article on the subject.

Getting middle initials correct is a serious problem for newspaper editors. For example in 2007 The New York Times reported that they had given Douglas MacArthur the middle initial “A” 25 times since 1987, although MacArthur didn’t have a middle initial. The Times also gave him the initials B, C, and S on other occasions.

Another middle initial view

Ifrom Rande Bly of Birmingham, AL
My access to the “Beast” NSA master computer in Utah is temporally suspended due to government shutdown so I had to use some other resources.

His middle name was Caleb.

Frederick Carder
AKA Frederick Caleb Carder
Born: 18-Sep-1863
Birthplace: Brockmoor, England
Died: 10-Dec-1963
Location of death: Corning, NY
Cause of death: Natural Causes
Remains: Buried, Hope Cemetery, Corning, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Artist, Designer
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: “Aurene” glass artist

Wife: Annie Walker Carder (M. 21-May-1887)
Daughter: Gladys Carder Wells (b. 1889, d. 1966)
Son: Cyril (b. 1893, d. 1918 World War I)

What a Joy

John Styler of Prospect Heights, IL comments:

After having had the privilege of visiting Kitty & Maxes beautiful Compound during the most recent symposium it was a joy to receive the link to the Mountain Home magazine article. He is certainly the most talented engraver in the world and they deserve the title the “Corning Crystal Couple”.
Now that winter is approaching Max can leave his garden and get back to finishing some of the projects he has on the shelf. Thanks for sharing!

Asked and Answered

Susan Craigie of Richmond, VA asked about identification on this piece last week.
Beth Shaut of the Carder Steuben Glass Shop of Corning responds:

If you look at the photo #17 on the opposite page of Frederick Carder: Portrait of a Glassmaker by Paul V. Gardner it shows a piece of Decorated Verre de Soie in the same decoration and color but different shape. Photo #16 is a Decorated Alabaster Lamp. You almost only see this decoration and color done Verre de Soie in my experience.