First Class Meeting

At our first class meeting on April 4, 2013, we are pleased to have Dean Six as our guest speaker.  Mr. Six is one of the nation’s leading authorities on glass and is certainly the best resource we could ever find to discuss the history of glass in West Virginia.

He holds a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from West Virginia University and has always loved glass.  He expresses that love by sharing his passion through the Museum of American Glass in West Virginia located in Weston, West Virginia. 

He has written several books on glass including two that you will be given as part of this project, West Virginia Glass Towns and West Virginia Glass Between the World Wars.  He has also written Viking Glass 1944-1970,  American Machine-Made Marbles and Lotus: Depression Glass And Far Beyond.  He has also been a contributor to many other books and publications dealing with West Virginia history.  His writing was also featured in a recent cover feature of Wonderful West Virginia.  You will also be receiving a copy of that issue at our first glass meeting.