A History of Pyrex

Hi everyone! Today, I'm talking about the history of Pyrex, heat-resistant glassware that has been a permanent fixture in kitchens for more than 100 years.

Link to New York Times Wirecutter article about exploding Pyrex: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/bl...

Sources:
Imagining Consumers: Design and Innovation from Wedgwood to Corning, Regina Lee Blaszczyk, 2000

Corning: A Story of Discovery and Reinvention, Davis Dyer, 2001

Corning and the Craft of Innovation, Margaret B.W. Graham and Alec T. Shuldiner, 2001

The Generations of Corning: The Life and Times of a Global Corporation, Davis Dyer and Daniel Gross, 2001

“How Pyrex Reinvented Glass for a New Age,” Liz Logan, Smithsonian Magazine, June 5, 2015

“Does Your Family’s Century-Old Pyrex Still Rule the Kitchen,” Tove K. Danovich, The Salt, NPR, July 25, 2017

“Why We’re Not Worried About Pyrex Bakeware ‘Exploding,’” Michael Sullivan, August 13, 2020

“Railway Signals,” Lincoln Evening Call, September 10, 1887

“An Instructive Accident,” Boston Evening Transcript, October 27, 1898

“Broke All Rules of Block System,” Evening Star, January 6, 1907

“Loses Life but Saves Hundreds,” The Wasatch Wave, January 3, 1908

“Pyrex Ovenware Prices Cut,” The New York Times, August 15, 1938

“Rules ‘Pyrex’ Name is Public Property: Federal Court Says Usage Has Made It Part of the Language,” The New York Times, July 20, 1940

“‘Pyrex’s Still Corning’s: Court Says Decision Did Not Bar Use of Glass Trade-Mark,” The New York Times, September 10, 1940

“Versatile Pyrex is Useful for Many Kitchen Tasks,” The Austin American, April 13, 1956

“Scientists Honored by CGW,” Star-Gazette, October 29, 1958

“Sparkling Genius of Chemung Valley’s Crystal City,” Arch Merrill, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, August 21, 1960

“Perennial Pyrex,” Tom Byrne, Star-Gazette, May 16, 1965

“Corning Looks for Stories About Old Pyrex Dishes,” Hartford Courant, October 25, 1965

“This Dish was Invited to a Party,” Susan J. Tonery, The Hartford Courant, December 26, 1965

“Dr. Littleton Dead,” Star-Gazette, February 25, 1966

“Bessie Littleton, Mother of Packet Doctor, Dies,” The Evening Times, May 25, 1966

“Pioneering Businesswoman at CGW Dies,” Star-Gazette, December 11, 1984

“Pyrex Cookware is Becoming Hot Item Among Collectors,” Lita Solis-Cohen, The Baltimore Sun, November 14, 1993

“Kitchen Classic Now Coveted by Collectors,” Ann McCutchan, Lansing State Journal, March 27, 1994