Sneath Glass Company records
MSS.337
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078
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Sneath Glass Company records MSS.337
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Administrative History...................................................................................................................................4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: Sneath Glass Company administrative records, 1892-1952.....................................................7
Series 2: Sneath Glass Company financial records, 1895-1952............................................................. 7
Series 3: Sneath Glass Company Glass formula records, 1906-1948.....................................................8
Series 4: Sneath Glass Company history, 1852-2000.............................................................................8
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Sneath Glass Company records MSS.337
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Creator
Sneath Glass Company.
Title
Sneath Glass Company records
Date
1895-2000
Extent
0.4 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Sneath Glass Company records, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries
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Sneath Glass Company records MSS.337
Administrative History
Sneath Glass Company was incorporated in 1894 for the amount of $30,000. The original owners of the
company were Samuel B. Sneath, Richard Davis Sneath, and John W. Geiger. The construction of the
Sneath Glass Factory began in 1894 and was located in Hartford City. Initially, the company specialized
in the production of lanterns purchased primarily by railroad companies. As demand for the lanterns
decreased, Sneath Glass Company began to create glass kitchen storage products, especially those used in
the refrigerator. While these lanterns and kitchen glassware were the two major products for the company,
the collections contains a significant number of patents for new and innovative glass products. Sneath
Glass Company was one of the first manufacturers to create heatproof glass. Due to the death of Mr.
Sneath, the company reorganized in 1941. The 1941 Article of Incorporation name A.C. Crimmel as the
president of the company and H.C. Hill as the secretary. Due to the Union Wildcat Strike in 1952, the
company experienced work stoppage, and began to stuggle financially because of both competition from
plastic manufacturers and government price controls. The Thatcher Glass Company offered to purchase
Sneath Glass Company in 1952, but was rejected due to a vote by a minority stockholder. The factory
closed in 1952.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative records, financial records, glass formula records and other
materials from The Sneath Glass Company in Hartford City, Indiana ranging from 1894 to 2000 regarding
the business and production of glass, and a historical account of the company.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Sneath Glass Company administrative records, 1892-1952
Series 2: Sneath Glass Company Financial records, 1895-1952
Series 3: Sneath Glass Company Glass formula records, 1906-1948
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Series 4: Sneath Glass Company history, 1852-2000
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Literary rights, including copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their legal heirs and
assigns. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Archives and Special
Collections. The publisher must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Clyde A. Crimmel
on 2013/08/08.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2013/08/26 by Rebecca Marangelli. EAD finding aid created 2013/08/26
by Rebecca Marangelli. EAD finding aid revised 2013/08/28 by Rebecca Marangelli.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
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Sneath Glass Company records MSS.337
• Correspondence
• Documents
• Financial records
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Muncie (Ind.)
Personal Name(s)
• Crimmel, A. Clyde
Subject(s)
• Factories
• Glass manufacture
• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Sneath Glass Company records MSS.337
Series 1: Sneath Glass Company administrative records, 1892-1952
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Sneath Glass Company administrative records, 1892-1952
Incorporation certificates and Articles of Incorporation, 1894, 1906, 1911,
Box
Folder
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
4
1
5
1
6
Box
Folder
1
7
1
8
1917, 1941
Closing records, 1952
Sneath Corporate Documents, 1936-1952
Patents of the Crimmels and the Sneath Glass Employees, 1892-1950
Stockholder proxy form, 1941
Original patent design, c. 1892-1950
Series 2: Sneath Glass Company financial records, 1895-1952
Financial records, 1895-1907
Financial statements, 1927-1935
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Series 3: Sneath Glass Company Glass formula records, 1906-1948
Trial balances, 1930-1936
Combined financial exhibits, 1895-1935
Stock dividends, 1897-1952
1
9
1
10
1
11
Box
Folder
1
12
1
13
1
14
Box
Folder
1
15
Series 3: Sneath Glass Company Glass formula records, 1906-1948
Correspondence and Ruby Red formula, 1906-1948
Formulas of glass composition, 1938
Temperature diagram, 1921/02/07
Series 4: Sneath Glass Company history, 1852-2000
The Crimmels, the Glass Business, and the Sneath Glass Company,
1852-2000
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