When Eugene Sullivan introduced young Bob Rockwell to Fred Carder it was on the golf course. During those weekly games, Bob would learn about community issues and about “all the possibilities of glass” from these two glass technology titans. Jenny Monroe will weave together stories of how Rockwell and Carder each came to Corning, grew their businesses, served the community and developed a deep mutual respect. It was this friendship that encouraged Rockwell to begin to collect Carder Steuben in the last few years of Mr. Carder’s life and to amass the huge collection that was given to the community through the Rockwell Museum. The talk will ground Carder and Rockwell in the context of local history and will be of interest to new and experienced collectors.

Jenny Monroe worked alongside Bob Rockwell for 23 years at The Rockwell Museum (1976-99) and organized many of the early Carder exhibits, dinners and Friends of Carder symposia. She and her husband collect Carder shades for their Arts & Crafts home in Corning.