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Pyrex: Books, Articles & Videos

An introduction to researching Pyrex at the Rakow Research Library.

Books

America at Home by Victoria K. Matranga; Kohn, Karen, and Assocs., Ltd. Staff (Illustrator); James Beck (Photographer)
Call Number: Stacks: HD9773.U5 .M43
ISBN: 0965548708
Publication Date: 1996
Corning : a story of discovery and reinvention by Davis Dyer.
Call Number: TP853.N6 .D99
ISBN: 0970740905
Publication Date: 2001
Corning and the Craft of Innovation by Margaret B. W. Graham; Alec T. Shuldiner
ISBN: 0195140974
Publication Date: 2001
Dots and Diamonds: Your Guide to International Pyrex by Stan Savellis
Call Number: Stacks NK5110 .S26
ISBN: 9780646973517
Publication Date: 2017
The Generations of Corning by Davis Dyer; Daniel Gross
ISBN: 0195140958
Publication Date: 2001
The Hot for Pyrex Guide to Rare and Hard to Find Vintage Pyrex by Megan McGrady (Editor, Designed by); Fred Miller (Contribution by)
Call Number: Stacks: NK5112.9.C8 .M47
ISBN: 9780990668404
Publication Date: 2014-10-06
Imagining Consumers by Regina Lee Blaszczyk
Call Number: HD9971.5 .T32 .B64 2000
ISBN: 0801861934
Publication Date: 1999
This book is based on the author’s dissertation: "Imagining consumers: Manufacturers and markets in ceramics and glass, 1865-1965."
Kitchen Antiques by Frances Johnson
Call Number: Stacks: TX656 .J66
ISBN: 0887409504
Publication Date: 1996
The little book of collectable British Pyrex by Susan Hibberd
ISBN: 184685556X
Publication Date: 2009
The Midcentury Kitchen by Sarah Archer
Call Number: Stacks TX 653 .A74 2019z
ISBN: 9781682682289
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
Includes Pyrex ads and glassware.
More Pyrex by Corning: A Collector's Guide by Susan Tobier Rogove, author; Jaye Kogut, editor and translator
Call Number: Stacks NK5112.9.C8 .R73m
ISBN: 9781483586465
Publication Date: 2016
Pyrex : 60 years of design by Tyne and Wear County Council Museums
ISBN: 0905974093
Publication Date: 1983
Pyrex by Corning by Susan T. Rogove; Marcia B. Steinhauer
Call Number: Stacks NK5112.9.C8 R73
ISBN: 091541094X
Publication Date: 1993
PYREX Passion: The Comprehensive Guide to Decorated Vintage Pyrex by Michael Barber
Call Number: Stacks NK5112.9.C8 .B23 2017
ISBN: 9780985451134
Publication Date: 2017
2nd ed.
PYREX Passion II: Vintage Opal Dinnerware, Beverage Items, and Storage Containers by Michael D. Barber
Call Number: Stacks: NK5112.9.C8 .B23 II
ISBN: 9780985451110
Publication Date: 2015
Pyrex®: The Unauthorized Collector's Guide by Barbara E. Mauzy
Call Number: Stacks NK5112.9.C8 .M45 2014
ISBN: 9780764346644
Publication Date: 2014
Shiny, Happy Pyrex People by Jennifer Ashley
Call Number: Stacks NK 5112.9 .C8 .A82
ISBN: 9781737216308
Publication Date: 2021-09-01

Articles

Cooking with Glass: How Pyrex Transformed Every Kitchen Into a Home-Ec Lab by Hunter Oatman-Stanford
Publication Date: Mental Floss October 15 2015
How Pyrex Reinvented Glass for a New Age by Liz Logan
Publication Date: Smithsonian Magazine June 5, 2015
J. Walter Thompson Company and its Clients: Marketing a Relationship by Jonathan Silva
Call Number: JSTOR database access
Publication Date: Volume 25, 1996, pp 124-129
Must be onsite at the Rakow Library for access.
Why America Fell in Love with Pyrex by Elyssa Goldberg
Publication Date: June 24, 2015

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