# Talk:Novelty Glass Company

The two sources that caused this article to fail GA are the books "Blowpipes: Northwest Ohio Glassmaking in the Gas Boom of the 1880s" by Jack K. Paquette and "Fostoria, Ohio Glass II", by Melvin L. Murray. I have checked with the Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard, and Wikipedians there believe both are reliable. The Paquette book has 559 pages with citations and end notes. Jack K. Paquette was a former Vice President overall of glassmaking company Owens Illinois, Inc., and his book would qualify for the expert SPS exception. As a former trustee for Bowling Green State University, member of the Fostoria library board for 50 years, past president of the Ohio Library Trustee Association, past president of the Fostoria Glass Association, and founder of the Fostoria Glass Heritage Gallery, Melvin L. Murray would have access to good sources for his book, and he made liberal use of newspaper articles and advertisements to support his writing. The Paquette and Murray books are both in the Corning Museum of Glass library and the Library of Congress. The discussion has been archived here. TwoScars (talk) 19:34, 3 December 2024 (UTC)