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National Depression Glass Association
PO Box 156
Wellington, KS 67152
Contact us by EMail
Forms: (click on link)
Membership Application Form
Dealer Application Form
Glass Donation Form
For Cash Donations: Send check payable to NDGA to address above.

Glass Company Ads

Airko, 1951

Airko Adv

Tiffin, 1947

Tiffin Adv

Roseville Pottery, 1943

Roseville Adv

Cambridge, 1940s

Cambridge Adv

Southern Potteries (Blue Ridge), 1948

Blue Ridge Adv

A. H. Heisey, 1930

Heisey Adv

The above has been a small sample of the various ads we have collected. You can see lots more glass and pottery company advertisements on our Advertisements page.

Mission Statement

The National Depression glass Association, founded in 1974, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to:


Adopted at the Annual Meeting, July 13, 2012

The National Collection

Beginning in 1999, the NDGA established a National Glass Collection consisting of donated glass and related items. The intent is to eventually acquire an appropriate building for a Museum. In the interim, parts of the National Glass Collection are being displayed at Glass Shows around the country, a number of Museums in several states and at the Annual Convention of the NDGA.

PO Box Change

July 2018: The Board of Directors has decided to move the official address from Wichita, KS to Wellington, KS home of the NDGA National Glass Museum.

Our new address is NDGA, PO Box 156, Wellington KS 67152.

For close to 30 years, Jean Spalding has been faithfully picking up the mail from the PO Box in Wichita and making sure it gets to the correct person. We just want her to know that her services has been so appreciated. We couldn't have done it without her!

The NDGA National Glass Museum

Museum In late 2011, the NDGA contracted to lease a building in Wellington, Kansas, for the purpose of establishing a museum to house the National Collection. The projected opening is in the Spring of 2012. With this modest beginning, the NDGA will be able to showcase the National Collection and provide safe, permanent storage for the Collection itself.

Membership Newsletter - The News & Views

From the beginning, members have been kept up to date on NDGA happenings via the organization's newsletter, the News & Views. At present, it is published six times a year and sent to the primary member in each household. Over the years, many articles on depression glass topics have been published, and we have preserved many of them on our Newsletter pages.

Annual Convention, Show and Sale

The organization holds a Convention and Glass Show & Sale every year in the month of July. Traditionally, the Convention is held in a different city each year, to allow members from all across the country to be able to attend a Convention relatively close to where they live. You can find information about past Conventions in another section of this site.

The Show & Sale consists of 32 dealers, and there is generally a waiting list maintained for dealers who wish to participate. If you are a dealer, and wish to be added to the waiting list, here is the NDGA Dealer Application form in PDF® format. Simply print it out, fill it in, and mail it to the address provided. Dealers are added to the waiting list in the order that the applications are received.

DocumentsOrganizational Documents

The NDGA is an open organization, and as such, we publish many documents that might otherwise be considered "internal". On our Documents page you will find our By-Laws, Standing Rules, several years of Tax Returns, Rules for Dealer Selection, Current Dealer Waiting List, Dealer Application Form, etc.

History of the NDGA

We have reconstructed a bit of the history of the NDGA from past issues of the News & Views newsletter. There is a complete list of the officers from the first year up to the present time, and some background on significant events which occurred over the years.

Board Elections

The nominating committee is tasked with identifying members who would like to serve on the NDGA Board of Directors. All members current as of April 15 will be mailed a ballot, which must to be returned by June 15. The results are announced at the Annual Membership Meeting. The News & Views will have the bios of the candidates, which is also kept for recent elections.

 

***** 2023-2024 NDGA Elected Officers *****
(Numbers in parentheses indicate the year term expires)
  Title Name and (E-Mail Address)
Danny Cornelius President (2025) Danny Cornelius
David Hollingshead Vice President (2024) David Hollingshead
Andrea Henne Secretary (2025) Andrea Henne
scottpierce Treasurer (2024) Scott Pierce
Pam Dunkel Board Member (2024) Pam Dunkel
Pam Meyer Board Member(2024) Pam Meyer
Trudy Norman Board Member (2024) Trudy Norman
Cheryl Parsons Board Member (2024) Cheryl Parsons
Betty Buersmeyer Board Member (2025) Betty Buersmeyer
Dee Komro Board Member(2025) Dee Komro
Dean Lowry Board Member (2025) Dean Lowry
Rob McMichael Board Member (2025) Rob McMichael
***** 2023-2024 Appointed Administrators *****
Fred Meyer By-Laws Fred Meyer
David Hollingshead Education
(Click to see the full committee)
David Hollingshead
Danny Cornelius Finance
(Click to see the full committee)
Danny Cornelius
Historian open
Dean Lowry Membership Dean Lowry
Danny Cornelius Museum
(Click to see the full committee)
Danny Cornelius
Jane Schleinzer Nominating
(Click to see the full committee)
Jane Schleinzer
Freeman Moore Webmaster Freeman Moore
***** 2023-2024 Additional Positions *****
Janis McDonald Acquisitions Chair Janis McDonald
Gwenell Pierce Annual Fund Drive Chair
(Click to see the full committee)

Gwenell Pierce
coming Convention 2024 Chair Tom Maiberger and Jack Peacock
Deb Mansch Museum Manager Deb Mensch
Pam Meyer Museum Fund Drive Chair Pam Meyer
Freeman Moore News & Views Editor Freeman Moore
Glass Community Outreach open