Arnold H. Lindblad Papers on Bottle Collecting, 1960-1982 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

Scope and Contents: Circa 1960s-1970s correspondence, notes, and related materials collected by Arnold H. Lindblad on antique glass bottle collecting in Norfolk, Virginia. Much of the collection includes correspondence from organizations to Lindblad in response to requests for historic details about specific glass bottles from his personal collection. There are also handwritten notes and a notebook written by Lindblad on the history of glass bottle making and names and addresses of Norfolk businesses that produced products in glass bottles. Glass bottle correspondence collected by Lindblad's brother-in-law, E. A. Odend'hal, is also in the collection.