Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Wines
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Wines
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2.58 Cubic feet
consisting of 5.5 boxes, 4 oversize folders, 1 map case folder.
1748-1994
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Wines forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
Collection is in English. Contains material in French, Danish, Greek, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Spanish, and Russian.
Warshaw Subject Category: Wines
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Some items may be restricted due to fragile condition.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Wines is a portion of the Business Ephemera Series of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Accession AC0060 purchased from Isadore Warshaw in 1967. Warshaw continued to accumulate similar material until his death, which was donated in 1971 by his widow, Augusta. For a period after acquisition, related materials from other sources (of mixed provenance) were added to the collection so there may be content produced or published after Warshaw's death in 1969. This practice has since ceased.
Forms Part Of
Forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana.
Missing Title
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Series 1: Business Ephemera
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Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
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Series 3: Isadore Warshaw Personal Papers
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Series 4: Photographic Reference Material
Arrangement
Wines is arranged in three series.
- Also included is a partial Brand Name Index - Guide Supplement (Box 1, Folder Admin).
- Business Records
- Genre
- Subject
Processing Information
In 2016, with funding provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund, the Archives Center at the National Museum of American History implemented the use of minimal level processing standards to increase information about and facilitate access to more of our collections.
For this subject, minimal processing included arrangement to the folder level, based on prior processing and preservation action, with retention of the pre-existing arrangement when possible, if applicable. Otherwise, an order was imposed by the Processing Archivist. Some materials were consolidated to eliminate excess bulk but items within folders were not arranged further. The guide may or may not include a more refined list of folder contents. Nonarchival housing was replaced for long-term stability, but staples and other fasteners have
not all been removed.
Minimal level processing and machine-readable finding aid completed by Max Howell, 2017 January.
Preferred Citation
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Wines, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
In 1953, Warshaw launched a year-long collecting campaign, soliciting material on whiskey and wine. He expanded this effort to also include items related to the drinking habit of notable persons. The wine category has been separated from this original grouping and contains material primarily related to wine traders and merchants, wine auction and exhibition materials, import and export legislation, and the creation and subsequent history of certain wines. Additional topics represented in the collection include medicinal uses of wine, cooking and wine, wine-related organizations, and wine in religious traditions.
The bulk of the represented content is print material including advertisements, business records, price lists, invoices, correspondence, and import/export records. While several companies are represented, there are no comprehensive business records for any entity represented in the collection.
Advertising represents a large portion of the collection, and provides a varied and expansive look at the evolution of wine-related art in advertising. Other strengths of the collection lie in the diversity of subject material, allowing researchers to get a broad introduction to several facets of the wine industry and wine in culture.
Trademarks
Trade associations
Letterheads
Wine -- Storage
Sales catalogs
Business ephemera
Business cards
Print advertising
Business letters
Ephemera
Invoices
Receipts
Labels -- Alcoholic beverages
Trademarks -- Design
advertising -- Alcoholic beverages
Catalogs
Patents
Publications
Trade catalogs
Labels
Printed ephemera
Catalogues
Trade cards
Publications -- wine industry
Recipes
Trade literature
Periodicals
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Law and legislation
Manufacturers' catalogs
Commercial catalogs
Menus
Mail order catalogs
Consumer goods -- Catalogs
Instructional materials
Retail trade
Business records
Publications -- Business
Licenses
Wine labels
Wine industry
Wine and wine making
Advertising mail
Advertisements
Commercial correspondence
Advertising
Auction catalogs
Legal documents
Alcohol
Sales records
Beverage labels
Legislation (legal concepts)
Manuals
Correspondence
Sales letters
Exhibition catalogs
Advertising cards
Advertising fliers
Labels -- Design
Brand Name Index - Guide Supplement
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undated
1
1A
Scope and Contents
Three worksheets prepared by Smithsonian Archives Center staff containing a partial list of brand names. For reference purposes only; folder does not contain any original collection content.
Business Records and Marketing Material
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1830-1994
undated
Scope and Contents
Business records consist of general business documents such as purchase records, correspondence, import and export records, and inventories. Some marketing material is also present, such as circulars, advertising, price list, and trade cards. Additional advertising can be found in the following Genre series. Any records where the business or individual names are not decipherable have been filed under Miscellaneous.
A-B
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1855-1914
undated
1
1
C-D
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1836-1921
undated
1
2
E-F
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undated
1865-1911
1
3
G-H
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1835-1942
1
4
I-J
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undated
1859-1911
1
5
K-L
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1847-1960
undated
1
6
M-N
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1855-1918
undated
1
7
O-P
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1848-1919
1
8
Perkins, Stern, and Company
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1869
8
11
8
Scope and Contents
Advertising poster. Titled "Bacchus in America - The Old Wine God and The New."
Q-R
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1872-1961
1
9
S-T
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1830-1957
2
1
U-Z
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1869-1911
2
2
Import/Export
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2
3
Scope and Contents
Note: folder intentionally empty. Due to the combined nature of Warshaw's original collecting campaign and the propensity of importers to purchase a variety of goods from abroad, for Wines, please see the import/export records contained in the Whiskey, Liquor, and Spirits category materials. Other goods may also be listed in the customs documentation.
Miscellaneous
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undated
circa 1750-1895
2
4
Scope and Contents
Company and/or name is omitted or not readily legible.
Correspondence, Warshaw
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undated
1953-1961
2
5
Scope and Contents
Contains correspondence and items received in response to Warshaw's Whiskey and Wine collecting campaign. Includes two 2 empty mailing envelopes.
Genre
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undated
1748-1965
Scope and Contents
Contains advertisements for wine companies, literature for wine exhibitions and auctions, legal documentation effecting the wine industry, and serial publications. Advertisements separated from the Business Records and Marketing Material series represent a high volume of the records.
This series contains extensive language diversity.
Advertisements
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undated
1748-1962
Scope and Contents
Contains full sheet and clipped ads from magazines, newspapers, and mailings.
Arrangement
Materials may be filed under the producing company or by the brand. Researchers are advised to look in all appropriate folders.
A-B
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1833-1962
undated
2
6
C
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1852-1962
undated
2
7
Childs, J.C. and Company Wine Merchants
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1892
208
2
D-E
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1859-1962
2
8
F-H
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1825-1962
undated
2
9
J
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1889-1909
undated
2
10
K
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undated
1893-1910
3
1
L
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undated
1884-1962
3
2
M
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1833-1962
3
3
N
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1890-1962
undated
3
4
O-P
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1901-1962
undated
3
5
R
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undated
1853-1965
3
6
S-U
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undated
1851-1962
3
7
V-W
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undated
1868-1962
3
8
Y-Z
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undated
1910-1957
3
9
Oversize Marketing Material
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1872-1910
208
3
Scope and Contents
Price lists and advertisements.
Oversize Business Records and Marketing Material
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undated
70
3
Scope and Contents
Contains business records, advertisements, and merchant wine lists.
Catalogues
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undated
1845-1964
General
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undated
1845-1964
3
10
Scope and Contents
One catalogue per company unless otherwise stated.
Academy Liquor Corporation (1963), Cork and Bottle Incorporated (1938), Edward Saarback and Company (1880), E. LaMontagne's Sons (1912), Francis Blake (1845), Untitled (undated).
Lehmann Company
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1959-1964
undated
4
1
Scope and Contents
19 catalogues.
Exhibitions and Auctions
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1843-1963
4
2
Scope and Contents
Wine lists intended for auction sales or event exhibitions.
Images
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undated
4
3
"California - Wine Land of America"
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undated
8
11
8
Scope and Contents
Print poster depicting iconic sites in California, wine images, and including notes describing a general history of wine in California.
Labels
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undated
4
4
Legal
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1847-1897
4
5
Scope and Contents
Contains trademarked images, shop licenses, and patents.
Legislation and Regulation
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1861-1900
4
6
Scope and Contents
Contains copies of senate speeches regarding food and beverage legislation.
Menus and Wine Lists
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1885-1960
4
7
Scope and Contents
Contains wine lists provided by restaurants and hotels. French, Danish, Greek, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Spanish language material is included.
Menus and Wine Lists
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1885-1960
5
1-3
Scope and Contents
Same as above.
Serial Publications
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1860-1958
5
4-5
Almanaque del Vino
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1933
Scope and Contents
Spanish language material.
Bohemian Life
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1949 September
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Bohemian Distribution Company, Number 121.
Cozzens Wine Press
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1860 August 20
Scope and Contents
Seventh Series, Number 3.
Der Deutfche Wein auf dem Weltmarkte
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1909-1910
Scope and Contents
3 issues: 1909 March, 1909 July, 1910 April.
Material in German, French, and English.
Illustrated Household Magazine, Illustration
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undated
70
3
Scope and Contents
"The Vintage in California: at Work in the Wine Presses", p.4.
Magazine of the Pacific
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1947-1948
Scope and Contents
2 issue excerpts: September 1947, December 1948.
New York Times, "Rhine Wine Faker Draws Jail; Put Chemicals in Grape Juice"
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1958 February 20
Scope and Contents
Excerpt.
Town and Country, "The Cathedral City of Champagne"
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1912 April 20
Scope and Contents
Excerpt.
Wine and Food
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1935-1950
Scope and Contents
5 issues: Autumn 1935, Winter 1937, Autumn 1942, Summer 1947, Autumn 1950.
Wine Review
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1937-1948
Scope and Contents
6 issue excerpts: March-October 1937, January 1947, and September 1948.
Wine and Spirit Bulletin
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1908 September 01
70
2
Scope and Contents
Volume 22, Number 9.
Subject
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undated
1748-1965
Guides to Wine
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1859-1939
undated
5
6
Scope and Contents
Publications that provide educational descriptions of wine types and vineyards, particularly those in France, Germany, Italy, and Hungary. Contains Russian language material.
Guides to Wine
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undated
1859-1939
6
1
Scope and Contents
Same as above.
History of Wines
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1890-1959
undated
6
2
Scope and Contents
Historical overviews of the creation and evolution of certain wine types. Champagne represents the bulk of the material.
Medicinal Uses
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1876-1900
6
3
Scope and Contents
Material promotes or describes medicinal uses and healing properties of wine. Some brands include Bugeaud, F.H. Lowerre, St. Raphael, and Speer's.
Recipes and Wine Making Instructions
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undated
1861-1965
6
4
Scope and Contents
Topics include how to make wine, recipes for wine creation, and cooking with wine.
Wine in Religious Traditions
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undated
1848
6
5
Scope and Contents
Material includes publications discussing whether wine should be used in communion services.
Wine and Spirit Traders' Society By-Laws
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1874
6
6