GlassFest oral history interview with Raphael (Ralph) Simon, 2011 May 29 [videorecording].

Title: 
GlassFest oral history interview with Raphael (Ralph) Simon, 2011 May 29 [videorecording].

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Author/Artist: 
Simon, Raphael interviewee.
Published In: 
Forms part of: GlassFest Oral History Project. GlassFest oral history interview with Raphael (Ralph) Simon.
Publisher: 
2011.
Description: 
1 videocassette (34 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/4 in.
1 videodisc (34 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Authors: 
Brumagen, Regan Interviewer.
Corning Museum of Glass. Rakow Library.
Corning's Gaffer District.
GlassFest (2nd : 2011 : Corning, N.Y.)
Subjects: 
Simon, Raphael Interviews.
Corning Glass Works.
Corning Incorporated.
Glassworkers New York (State) Corning 20th century.
Oral histories. YKM
Bib ID: 
124220
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Variant Title: 
Shelving title: GlassFest oral history 2011: Raphael (Ralph) Simon
Notes: 
Not commercially distributed.
Digitized by Sax Communications, July 2011, from master mini-DV.
Mini-DV.
DVD.
Original held by: The Rakow Library.
Raphael (Ralph) Simon began his career with Corning Glass Works in 1949 working in the Glass Technology Department. He discusses some of Corning's successes and failures, emphasizing that the failures often led to future developments.
Interviewed by Regan Brumagen during the second annual GlassFest in Corning, NY, May 26-29, 2011, organized in part by Corning's Gaffer District.
Videographer, Ken Burns, The Rakow Library, The Corning Museum of Glass.
The second annual GlassFest is a four-day celebration of glass and the fire arts in the Crystal City (Corning, NY).
One of a series of interviews with individuals offering their own personal accounts and relationship with glass.
Event Notes: 
Interviewed by Regan Brumagen during the second annual GlassFest in Corning, NY, May 26-29, 2011, organized in part by Corning's Gaffer District.