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Department of Viticulture and Enology Records
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis General Library, University Archives
Title: Department of Viticulture and Enology Records
creator:
University of California, Davis. Department of Viticulture and Enology
Identifier/Call Number: AR-059
Physical Description:
87.8 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1907-2006
Abstract: On April 15, 1880, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 374 providing for the special instruction "pertaining
to Viticulture and the theory and practice of fermentation, distillation and rectification, and the management of cellars"
in the University of California, Berkeley Department of Agriculture. The Department of Viticulture and Enology was established
on the Davis campus in 1935 following the repeal of prohibition. The records contain correspondence, budget and expense files,
travel receipts, construction and repair requisitions, meeting minutes (department, division, staff, and committee), building
plans, class materials, research projects and grants, vineyard reports, extension reports, and photographs. The collection
materials date from 1907-2006 with the bulk from 1913-1973.
Physical Location: Researchers should contact Archives and Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
On April 15, 1880, the California Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 374 providing for the special instruction "pertaining
to Viticulture and the theory and practice of fermentation, distillation and rectification, and the management of cellars"
in the University of California, Berkeley Department of Agriculture. The Department of Viticulture and Enology was established
on the Davis campus in 1935 following the repeal of prohibition.
The records of the Department of Viticulture and Enology consist of materials related to the functions of the department at
Davis. The collection materials date from 1907-2006 with the bulk from 1913-1973. Prior to 1935, the department operations
were centered at Berkeley, with experimental vineyards and instruction in practical grape growing and wine making methods
at the University Farm, Davis. The records pertain only to Davis activities.
The collection includes correspondence, budget and expense files, travel receipts, construction and repair requistions, department,
division, staff, and committee meetings, building plans, class materials, research projects and grants, vineyard reports,
extension reports, reports about other departmental projects, and photographs.
Over half of the collection is composed of correspondence and gives a daily record of department activities from 1913-1929,
1937-1938, 1942-1944, 1960-1966, and 1972-1973. Budget and expense records contain financial data as well as descriptions
of staff and faculty positions and planned research projects. The class materials and the research projects and grants series
provide summarized information about the course content and research activities of the department.
This collection has two different arrangements which reflect different accessions. The first twenty boxes are described in
a finding aid which is arranged in eleven series described below. The additional boxes are described in a pdf document which
can be accessed via the "Additional Accessions" link at the bottom of this finding aid.
Arranged into eleven series: 1. Correspondence, 2. Budget and Expenses, 3. Personnel Records, 4. Minutes, 5. Buildings and
Equipment, 6. Class and Student Materials, 7. Research Projects and Grants, 8. Vineyard Reports, 9. Extension Reports, 10.
Other Departent Projects, and 11. Photographs.
Collection is open for research.
The initial group of records was transferred from the Department of Viticulture and Enology in January 1986. Additional accessions
were received in subsequent years.
The first twenty boxes were arranged and described by Marcia McCune in a print finding aid completed in March 1989. In 2015,
Sara Gunasekara encoded that finding aid. Later accruals to the collection are listed in Series 12, Additional Accessions.
[Identification of item], Department of Viticulture and Enology Records, AR-059, Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis
Library, University of California, Davis.
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for permission
to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Regents of the University of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not intended to
include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Wine and wine making -- California -- History
University of California, Davis. Department of Viticulture and Enology -- Archives