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Rainbow Review Glass Journal and Glass Review
Index to Articles

The Rainbow Review Glass Journal was one of the early publications that disseminated information about Depression era glassware (and, indeed, glassware from before and after the Depression era). After a number of years of publication under the name Rainbow Review Glass Journal, in January 1978, the name of the magazine was shortened to Glass Review. Same publication, same publisher, just a new, shortened name. The National Depression Glass Association wishes to thank Barbara (Shaeffer) Smith, former Publisher of the Glass Review, for permission to place articles from old issues of her publication on the NDGA web site for preservation and for the use of our members.

You will notice that there are missing months - We do not have all of the back issues of this publication, and not all articles from each issue were converted to the web. Still, this collection of articles should prove a valuable resource for NDGA members and all glass collectors.

Many of these articles were written in the early 1970s, when there was a scarcity of information on any glass-related topics. Some of the information in these articles is now known to be inaccurate, but at the time the articles were written, few reference books or catalogs were available to researchers. As you read the articles, bear this in mind. We are fortunate today to have so many fine books available to study and to learn from. The articles in this section were done by the pioneers of Depression Glass collecting, and we proudly present the fruits of their research during those early years. Enjoy.

Go to the SEARCH FORM to search for a particular topic in the NDGA archives.

 

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Issue Date	Author	Title of Article
--- 1972 ---
February 1972	Sandy Stout Olander	L. E. Smith Company
April 1972	Sandy Stout Olander	D. C. Jenkins Glass Company
May 1972	Sandy Stout Olander	Hazel Atlas Glass Company
June 1972	Sandy Stout Olander	Sandwich Patterns
June 1972	Mildred E. Bourdon	The Elusive Diamond H of Heisey Glass
September 1972	Sandra McPhee Stout	The McKee Glass Company - Part I
October 1972	Sandra McPhee Stout	The McKee Glass Company - Part II
--- 1973 ---
March 1973	Clarence W. Vogel	Heisey Glass in the Depression Era
March 1973	Wanda Huffman	Figure Flower Holder #509 - Two Kids
April 1973	Ben Shaeffer	Imperial Reproductions of Heisey patterns
April 1973	Mary, Lyle and Lynn Welker	Cambridge Glass Swans
May 1973	Frances Bones	The Swirl Family
May 1973	Charles Upton	The Everglades Pattern
May 1973	Jim Bridgham	Pattern Glass
August 1973	Hazel Marie Weatherman	Buyers Beware: Depression Glass 1973 Style
October 1973	Wanda Huffman	The Blue Stallion of Paden City
October 1973	Glenita Stearns	Collecting Caprice by Cambridge
October 1973	Virginia Scott	Early Heisey Advertisements
November 1973	Sheila Zwirn	Louis Comfort Tiffany
November 1973	Everett & Addie Miller	New Martinsville Glass
December 1973	Virginia Scott	Steuben Art Glass Advertisements
December 1973	Sheila Zwirn	Steuben Glass Works
December 1973	Glenita Stearns	Fostoria's "Buttercup" Pattern
December 1973	Wanda Huffman	Mama Duck and Little Ducklings from Fostoria
December 1973	Orva Heissenbuttel	Verlys Art Glass
--- 1974 ---
January 1974	Glenita Stearns	Cambridge's Mount Vernon
January 1974	Russell & Kitty Umbraco	Iridescent Stretch Glass
January 1974	Virginia Scott	Fry Oven Glass
January 1974	National Depression Glass Journal	Research Reveals More Cameo Patterns
January 1974	Sheila Zwirn	English Cameo Glass
March 1974	Virginia Scott	Fostoria "Complete Dinner Sets" Advertising
March 1974	Cambridge Glass Company	The Making of a Glass Batch
April 1974	Virginia Scott	The 15 Most Popular Patterns of 1942
May 1974	Jabe Tarter	Black Glass
May 1974	Virginia Scott	Cambridge Rosepoint
June 1974	Virginia Scott	Duncan & Miller's Teardrop
June 1974	Clarence W. Vogel	Heisey's Early Stemware
June 1974	Glenita Stearns	Surprise! It's Fostoria's Orchid
June 1974	Jabe Tarter	Millersburg Glass Company 1910-1914
July 1974	Glenita Stearns	Romanesque pattern
July 1974	Virginia Scott	Imperial's Candlewick
July 1974	Clarence W. Vogel	Heisey's Black Glass
August 1974	Virginia Scott	Heisey's Crystolite
August 1974	Barbara Shaeffer	Moderntone
September 1974	Jabe Tarter	Mary Gregory
September 1974	Barbara Shaeffer	The First National Depression Glass Conference
October 1974	Virginia Scott	English Hobnail
October 1974	Glenita Stearns	Fostoria Sunray and Glacier
November 1974	Virginia Scott	Dorothy Thorpe and her "Ivy Leaves" pattern
November 1974	Glenita Stearns	Duncan Diamond
November 1974	J. W. Courter	New Lincoln Drape Lamps by Alladin
November 1974	E. L. Healy	McLaughlin Glass Company - Los Angeles' own
December 1974	Bob Bloesser	Della Robbia
December 1974	Glenita Stearns	Fostoria's "Colony" Pattern
December 1974	Virginia Scott	Libbey's "Waterford" Pattern
December 1974	Gwen Shumpert	Kemple Glass
--- 1975 ---
January 1975	Virginia Scott	Tiffin's "June Night" Pattern
February 1975	Virginia Scott	Rock Sharpe Crystal
February 1975	Gwen Shumpert	Is that Opalescent piece really Duncan? Or could it really be made by Fostoria?
February 1975	Clarence W. Vogel	Unmarked Heisey? Why Not?
February 1975	Orva Heissenbuttel	Pairpoint Glass Company
February 1975	Jabe Tarter	Mosser Glass Company
April 1975	Orva Heissenbuttel	The History of American Glass
April 1975	Virginia Scott	Duncan & Miller Swans
April 1975	Clarence W. Vogel	Heisey Candlesticks
April 1975	Everett & Addie Miller	New Martinsville's "Janice" Pattern
August 1975	Virginia Scott	Heisey's "Old Williamsburg" Pattern
October 1975	Virginia Scott	Fostoria's "SunRay" Pattern
November 1975	Virginia Scott	Fostoria's "Repeal" Assortments
November 1975	Gwen Schumpert	Two-Light Candlesticks
November 1975	Everett & Addie Miller	Figurines of the New Martinsville Glass Company
November 1975	Orva Hiessenbuttel	Ruby Stained Souvenir Glass
December 1975	Virginia Scott	Duncan & Miller's "Sandwich" Pattern
December 1975	Glenita Stearns	Della Robia for your Christmas table
--- 1976 ---
January 1976	Virginia Scott	Westmoreland's "Princess Feather"
March 1976	Virginia Scott	Anchor Hocking's "Sandwich" Pattern
June 1976	Virginia Scott	Sandwich Patterns - Tiara Party Plan Line
July 1976	the E. Millers	New Martinsville Etchings
July 1976	Glenita Stearns	Miss America
August 1976	Glenita Stearns	Jeanette Glass Company's "National" Pattern
August 1976	Virginia Scott	Montgomery Ward's Sandwich Pattern
September 1976	Glenita Stearns	Fostoria's "Sampler" Pattern
September 1976	Virginia Scott	Anchor-Hocking's #1600 Line - "Bubble"
September 1976	Carl U. Fauster	Bust of Mike Owens
September 1976	Mary Van Pelt	Glass Covered Frog & Elephant items
November 1976	Gail Krause	Teardrop and the Duncan Ensemble Plan
November 1976	Jim Bloesser	Federal Glass items - Where are they?
December 1976	Virginia Scott	Fostoria's "June" Pattern
December 1976	Gail Krause	Duncan & Miller's "Canterbury" Pattern
December 1976	Grace Allison	Mayflower Glass Works
--- 1977 ---
January 1977	Mary Van Pelt	Fantastic Figurines from Reuben & Kenneth R. Haley
April 1977	Bob Bloesser	Jeanette's "National" Pattern
May 1977	Joseph D. Lokay	Westmoreland Glass Company
August 1977	Virginia Scott	Fostoria's "Baroque" Pattern
November 1977	Orva Heissenbuttel	Steuben Glass
November 1977	Mary Van Pelt	Fantastic Figurines - Reuben Haley Designs
December 1977	Virginia Scott	Imperial "Candlewick" Candleholders
--- 1978 ---
January 1978	Barbara Shaeffer	Rainbow Review changes name to Glass Review
January 1978	Virginia Scott	Imperial "Candlewick" Hurricane Lamps
January 1978	David & Joy McFadden, Frank & Vicki Wollenhaupt	Cambridge "Nude" stem - 3011 Line
February 1978	David & Joy McFadden, Frank & Vicki Wollenhaupt	Cambridge Decorated Nudes
February 1978	Barbara Shaeffer	A Review of Reproductions & Reissues
February 1978	Leonard Padgett	Removing the Diamond-H
March 1978	Virginia Scott	Duncan and Miller's "Symphony"
March 1978	Hugh Buzzard	Fostoria's Heirloom
March 1978	David & Joy McFadden, Frank & Vicki Wollenhaupt	Cambridge Crystal Nude Items
May 1978	David & Joy McFadden, Frank & Vicki Wollenhaupt	Cambridge Flower Blocks
May 1978	Roni Sionakides	Fenton's Nymphs
June 1978	Virginia Scott	Dunbar Glass
June 1978	David & Joy McFadden, Frank & Vicki Wollenhaupt	Cambridge Bird Flower Frogs
July 1978	Gail Krause	Duncan & Miller's Short-lived "Chartiers Division"
September 1978	Roni Sionakides	J. Pressman's Akro
September 1978	Virginia Scott	The Libbey Glass Company - Part 1
October 1978	Joy McFadden, Frank & Vicki Wollenhaupt	Cambridge Japonica
October 1978	Virginia Scott	The Libbey Glass Company - Part 2
November 1978	Virginia Scott	The Libbey Glass Company - Part 3: The Libbey-Nash Series
--- 1979 ---
January 1979	Bettye Waher	Chemistry of Glass
January 1979	Gail Krause	Duncan's Milk Glass
January 1979	Virginia Scott	Libbey Glass Company - Hostess Sets
February 1979	Roserita Ziegler	Silver on Glass
February 1979	Virginia Scott	Libbey Glass Company - Machine Made Stemware
July 1979	Virginia Scott	Heisey's "Waverly" Pattern
July 1979	Clarence W. Vogel	Heisey Animals
August 1979	Betsy Brown	Greentown Glass
September 1979	Virginia Scott	Provincial by Imperial
September 1979	Gail Krause	Radiance by Duncan & Miller
September 1979	Ann Kerr	Fostoria Menagerie
October 1979	Dr. James S. Measell	Greentown's Fabulous Dolphin
October 1979	Bill Heacock	Perfection Manufacturing Co.
December 1979	Fred Bickenheuser	Is it Fenton or Tiffin?
--- 1981 ---
February 1981	Virginia Scott	Fire-King Ovenware
March 1981	Bill Webster	Absinthe Stemware
May 1981	Virginia Scott	Viking/New Martinsville "Prelude"
May 1981	Gail Krause	Duncan & Miller's "Nautical"
June 1981	Glenita Stearns	Miss America
June 1981	Bob O'Grady & Tom Felt	Heisey Candelabra
September 1981	Steve Jennings	1930 Census of 50 West Virginia Glasshouses
October 1981	Jerry Barnett	Paden City Glass Manufacturing Company
October 1981	Glenita Stearns	Dogwood and Thistle
October 1981	Virginia Scott	Westmoreland's Thousand Eye
November 1981	Fred Bickenheuser	"Fontaine" on Twilite
December 1981	Virginia Scott	Harmony House Crocheted Crystal
December 1981	Bettye Waher	Engraving and Cutting Glass
--- 1982 ---
January 1982	Virginia Scott	"Leaf Fantasy" by Harmony House
January 1982	Gail Krause	Duncan's Diamond Pattern
January 1982	Roserita Ziegler	Fostoria's "Our American States"
March 1982	Phyllis Smith	Cambridge Daffodil
March 1982	Virginia Scott	Sears Crystal Glassware - 1928
April 1982	Virginia Scott	Sears Colored Glassware - 1928
May 1982	Virginia Scott	Sears Glassware - 1929-1931
May 1982	Phyllis Smith	Cambridge's Arcadia
July/August 1982	American Glassware Association	The History of Glass
October 1982	Virginia Scott	Colored Candlewick: Part I
October 1982	Barbara Shaeffer	Those Morgantown Maidens
November 1982	Virginia Scott	Colored Candlewick: Part II
December 1982	Virginia Scott	Colored Candlewick: Part III
December 1982	Gwen Shumpert	Cambridge by Imperial Glass Company
--- 1983 ---
January/February 1983	Virginia Scott	Decorated Candlewick - Part I - Gold Decorations
January/February 1983	Bill Smith	Duncan Rock Crystal Cuttings
March 1983	Virginia Scott	Decorated Candlewick - Part II - More Gold Decorations
March 1983	Phyllis Smith	Cambridge's Caprice
April 1983	Virginia Scott	Decorated Candlewick - Part III - Red Flashing & Beading
May 1983	Virginia Scott	Decorated Candlewick - Part IV - Hand Cutting
June 1983	Virginia Scott	Decorated Candlewick - Part V - More Cuttings
July/August 1983	Virginia Scott	Decorated Candlewick - Part VI - Miscellaneous Decorations
September 1983	Virginia Scott	Decorated Candlewick - Part VII - Miscellaneous Decorations
September 1983	Phyllis Smith	Farber Brothers Inserts by Cambridge
November 1983	Gail Krause	Duncan's "Chantilly"
November 1983	Virginia Scott	Heisey "Puritan" items
December 1983	Phyllis Smith	Cambridge Square
December 1983	Milbra Long	Seven Black Glass Heisey Animals
--- 1985 ---
January 1985	Louise Ream	Heisey's Satellite (#1632) and Lodestar (#1632)
January 1985	Virginia Scott	More on Colored Candlewick
January 1985	Barbara Shaeffer	Erickson Glass 1943-1961
February 1985	Barbara Shaeffer	Westmoreland Glass Company
February 1985	Ferrell J. Rice	Fenton's "Barber Collection"
February 1985	Glenita Stearns	Fostoria Sun-Ray and Glacier
April 1985	Jerry D. Garrett	Greentown Smoker's Set
April 1985	Sue Cross (Associated Press)	Tiffin: Blown-Crystal Factory now white elephant
July 1985	Fred Bickenheuser	Duncan Glass made at Tiffin, OH
July 1985	Gwen Shumpert	Fostoria's Animals
July 1985	Grace Allison	Westmoreland's "Princess Feather"
September 1985	Virginia Scott	Candlewick Patents
September 1985	Uni and Keith Marbutt	Jade-ite
September 1985	H. C. Fry Glass Society	Fry Glass
October 1985	Ferrell J. Rice	Fenton's "Mosaic" Art Glass
October 1985	Uni and Keith Marbutt	Jade-ite: McKee's Jades
October 1985	Virginia Scott	Duncan's Sandwich
December 1985	Uni and Keith Marbutt	Jade-ite: Westmoreland 's Mint Green
December 1985	Barbara Shaeffer	A Brief History of Tiffin Glass Co.
--- 1986 ---
February 1986	Uni and Keith Marbutt	Jade-ite: Fenton's #1700 Lincoln Inn Pattern
February 1986	Virginia Scott	Imperial's Milk Glass
February 1986	William Heacock	Ruba Rombic
March 1986	Uni and Keith Marbutt	Jade-ite: Lions in Glass
April 1986	Virginia Scott	Candlewick in Milk Glass
April 1986	Barbara Shaeffer	Fostoria Factory Closes !
June 1986	Grace Allison	Westmoreland's English Hobnail
July 1986	Gwen Shumpert	America's Symbol: the Eagle
August 1986	Ferrill J. Rice	Fenton Art Glass
September 1986	Ferrill J. Rice	Fenton's Robert Barber Collection
November 1986	Barbara Shaeffer	Glass Turkeys by L.G. Wright
November 1986	Louise Ream	Heisey Etchings
December 1986	Mark Nye	Cambridge Candlelight
December 1986	Grace Allison	Westmoreland's Thousand Eye
December 1986	Mark Nye	Cambridge Patterns - Date of Introduction
--- 1987 ---
January 1987	Mark Nye	Cambridge Chantilly
February 1987	Mark Nye	Cambridge Roselyn
March 1987	Mark Nye	Cambridge Betty - The Mystery Etching
April 1987	Grace Allison	Kemple Covered Animal Dishes
April 1987	Mark Nye	Cambridge Blossom Time
May 1987	Mark Nye	Cambridge Daffodil
July 1987	Mark Nye	Cambridge Gloria
September 1987	Mark Nye	Cambridge Portia
September 1987	Gail Krause	Duncan & Miller's Waterford