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The Generations of Corning by Davis Dyer; Daniel Gross
Call Number: TP853 .N6.D99g
ISBN: 9780195140958
Publication Date: 2001
Portraits of Amory Houghton, Sr. and Sophronia Mann Oakes Houghton Added to Rakow Library Collection by Rebecca Hopman
Publication Date: 2014
Corning Museum of Glass blog post
Landmarks of Steuben County, New York (Classic Reprint) by Harlo Hakes
Call Number: Rare books F127 .S8.H15*
ISBN: 9781527770034
Publication Date: 2017 reprint of 1896 publication
Biographies of early Houghton family members
Yankee enterprise: The Houghtons of Massachusetts and the rise and fall of 'Corning Incorporated', 1851-1871 by Jeffrey J. Matthews
Publication Date: 2002
From Essays in Economic and business history society, 2002, pp. 127-143, ill.
Alanson B. Houghton: Ambassador of the New Era by Jeffrey J. Matthews
Call Number: E748 .H83.M43a
ISBN: 9780842050500
Publication Date: 2004
They live in a glass house and like it by Arthur W. Baum
Publication Date: August 19, 1944, pp. 26-27+
Saturday Evening Post.
Profile of the four generations of seven Houghtons making glass
Steuben Glass: An American Tradition in Crystal by Mary Jean Madigan
Call Number: NK5112.9 .S7.M18 2003
ISBN: 9780810934924
Publication Date: 2003
History of Steuben Glass and Arthur A Houghton Jr.'s leadership

[Workbook] by Amory Houghton (1837-1909)
Call Number: Rare Books TP857.12 .H83w*
Publication Date: 1883-1886
Business notes and glass batch formula
Improvement in Semaphore-lenses by Charles F. Houghton
Call Number: U.S. Patent no. 187, 631
Publication Date: February 20, 1877
Patent for concave train signal lenses
Mold for the manufacture of lantern-globes by Alanson B. Houghton (1863-1941)
Call Number: Secured Stacks/Documents 64006
Publication Date: June 28, 1904
U.S. Patent no. 763,758 assigned to Corning Glass Works. Follows Patent no. 717,501 Manufacture of lantern-globes 1902.
Technology: creator of new industries: an address by Amory Houghton (1899-1981)
Call Number: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bulletin
Publication Date: v. 48, (1949) extra to no. 4
Remembrances by Arthur Amory Houghton Jr. (1906-1990)
Call Number: F129 .C76.H83
Publication Date: 1986
Steuben's design project by Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (1906-1990)
Publication Date: v. 12 (March 1952), pp. 8-14, ill.
Craft Horizons
Overview of design policy within industry
Arthur A. Houghton Jr. interview by Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (1906-1990)
Call Number: Audio/Video collection: Arthur A. Houghton Jr. interview
Publication Date: 1988
Interview concerning his life, achievements, Steuben Glass history, and the founding of the Corning Museum of Glass. 174 minutes.
The role of technology in restructuring a company by James R. Houghton (1936- )
Call Number: VF: Glass production-US-NY-Corning-CGW-R&D
Publication Date: v. 26, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1983), pp. 9-16
Research Management Journal
Past and future: Some reflections by James R. Houghton (1936- )
Call Number: Secured Stacks HD9623 .U45.C81h
Publication Date: 1996
Transcript of a speech to the Corning Senior Leadership meeting February 8, 1996
Amory Houghton Jr. (1926- ) Collection by Amory Houghton Jr. (1926- )
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Veterans History Project from the Library of Congress, American Folklife Center
Personal narratives of his World War II experiences

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