The Glass Chatter
The Glass Chatter is published monthly by the Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club. Joe Coulson does an excellent job as Editor by reporting on current club news and including informative research articles. Joe was responsible for taking the newsletter from a hard copy printed format to an electronically published format in August 2005. The Glass Chatter was one of the hobby’s earliest, if not first, newsletters to go all digital. Readers can zoom in on high quality digital color photos in every issue! Below is a link to an example issue of the Glass Chatter for you to see and enjoy. We would love for you to join the club and start receiving the monthly newsletter.
Inventory List
(updated 08/02/2025)
- 1973 to 1976: only have two examples from this time period urgently looking for more
- 1976: Nov, Dec
- 1977: Mar, Apr, May (Vol. 1, No. III), Jun (Vol. 1, No. IV), Jul (Vol. 1, No. V), Sep, Oct/Nov (note: these are “new newsletter format”)
- 1978: Jan, Jan Special Show Edition, Mar/Apr, May, Jun (in pieces), Jul, Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec
- 1979: Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- 1980: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: there was no Aug. issue)
- 1981: Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul/Aug, Oct, Nov, Dec (note: this is probably a complete year)
- 1982: Jan, Feb (pieces), Mar, Apr (pieces?), May, Jul (cover should probably say June instead; mailed Jun 3), Jul (different; mailed Aug 2), Aug, Sep, Oct/Nov? (mailed Nov 6), Dec? (santa on cover; mailed Dec 9)
- 1983: Complete: Jan? (mailed Dec 24), Feb?, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- 1984: Complete?: Jan/Feb?, Mar, Apr? (cover torn), May, Jun, Jul, Aug, (may not be a Sep issue), Oct, Nov, Dec
- 1985: Complete: (Jan. to Dec.)
- 1986: Complete: (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Sep/Oct was a single issue)
- 1987: Complete?: (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Jan/Feb was a single issue; Jul/Aug not dated)
- 1988: Complete: (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Jul/Aug was a single issue)
- 1989: Complete: (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Jun was labeled Apr; Jul/Aug was a single issue)
- 1990: Complete: (Jan. to Dec.)
- 1991: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 1992: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Oct/Nov was a single issue)
- 1993: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 1993: Antique Fruit Jar Collector’s Directory
- 1994: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Jun/Jul was a single issue; there were two different Nov. issues – early/late)
- 1995: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul?, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- 1996: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: May/Jun was a single issue)
- 1997: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun/Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov
- 1998: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Jun/Jul was a single issue)
- 1999: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: plus an additional special Jan. Show edition)
- 2000: Jan? (cover labeled Oct 1999), Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- 2001: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: there are two covers that say October and December, one of the Octobers is September, and one of the Decembers is November)
- 2002: Jan? (no date), Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- 2003: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr/May (May was an inserted letter), Jun, Jul? (no date), Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
- 2004: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: no date on Jan)
- 2004: Membership Directory
- 2005: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: Jan was a letter) and Aug. changed to larger size format
- 2006: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2007: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2008: Complete (Jan. to Dec.) (note: there were no issues in Sep. and Oct.)
- 2009: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2010: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2011: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2012: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2013: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2014: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2015: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2016: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2017: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2018: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2019: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2020: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2021: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2022: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2023: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2024: Complete (Jan. to Dec.)
- 2025: Jan. to current