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Unzelman (Gail G.) Collection of Historic Winery Photographs,
Stationery, and Postcards
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Title: Gail G. Unzelman Collection of Historic Winery Photographs, Stationery, and
Postcards
Creator:
Unzelman, Gail G.
Identifier/Call Number: 0027
Contributing Institution:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and
Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8.66 Linear Feet
(7 boxes and 2 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): circa 1861-2017
Abstract: The collection
contains postcards, photographs, correspondence, wine labels, clippings, brochures,
booklets, ephemera, and realia collected by wine author and publisher Gail G. Unzelman. The
material relates to wineries, figures in the wine industry, wine regions, and wine sellers
in California.
The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission.
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[Box/folder# or item name], Gail G. Unzelman Collection of Historic Winery Photographs,
Stationery, and Postcards, Collection no. 0027, Southern California Wine and Wine Industry
Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by Gail G.
Unzelman between 2000 and 2017.
Gail G. Unzelman is an author, publisher, and collector of wine books and other wine
materials. In 1990, she founded "Wayward Tendrils - A Wine Book Collector's Society." Until
2015, the Society published a journal called
Wayward Tendrils Quarterly.
Unzelman is also the founder of Nomis Press, which has published wine-related books
including Unzelman's own book
Wine & Gastronomy: A New Short-Title Bibliography
Guide Based on the André L. Simon Bibliothecas, Vinaria, Gastronomica, &
Bacchica
. Unzelman has written and co-authored several other books, including
Sonoma County Wineries, which is part of Arcadia Publishing's "Postcard
History Series."
The collection contains postcards, photographs, correspondence, wine labels, clippings,
brochures, booklets, ephemera, and realia relating to wineries, figures in the wine
industry, wine regions, and wine sellers in California. The photographs and postcards
contain images of historic wineries in Southern California, including the Virginia Dare
Winery (Garrett & Company) in Rancho Cucamonga and the Italian Vineyard Company in
Guasti.
The correspondence is from Secondo Guasti, the founder of the Italian Vineyard Company, and
between vintner Jean Louis Sainsevain and the United States Treasury Department relating to
a tax matter concerning Sainsevain. Jean Louis Sainsevain was the nephew of early Los
Angeles winemaker Jean-Louis Vignes and the co-owner of the 19th century Los Angeles winery
El Aliso vineyard, which Sainsevain and his cousin bought from Vignes.
The collection also contains envelopes imprinted with the names of E.C. Bichowsky,
Viticultural Commissioner for the Los Angeles District in the late 19th century and J.
DeBarth Shorb, Viticultural Commissioner for California in the late 19th century.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title but does not reflect physical
arrangement.
Donald Galleano Collection, Collection no. 0073, Southern California Wine and Wine
Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Ephemera Collection, Collection no. 0013,
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Oral History Collection, Collection no. 0024,
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Photograph Collection, Collection no. 0012,
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Realia Collection, Collection no. 0084,
Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives,
University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
The collection was processed in September 2018 by Rob Strauss, Alex Dan, and Elainna Marie
Herrera.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Wine industry - California - History
Italian Vineyard Co.
Garrett & Company (Weldon, N.C.)
Photographs
Postcards
Stationery
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Wine bottles
Wine labels