Image: A page from Harry Northwood's batch book, [1915-1918]. CGML 145206.
Batch Books Online
Approximately 200 of the batch books in the Rakow Research Library's collection have been digitized and are available as PDFs via our catalog.
Once you click into a catalog record in the "glass recipe books" series, a thumbnail image from the batch book will lead you to the PDF. You will be able to print or save the PDF for your personal use.
Online Research Guide
You might also be interested in the Library's research guide on color.
If we can assist you in finding particular recipes, please do not hesitate to contact us!
Links & Files
- knowledge of the process of creating colored glass
- Can you provide reference info on the chemicals used to color glass, as well as any other info on recipes for making glass, for a school project on the chemistry of glass?
- Rakow Library Staff Favorite: The William Leighton Batch Book (blog post)
- Glass Cooks and Their Recipes (blog post)
