The Finding Aid of the Gail G. Unzelman Collection of Historic Winery Photographs, Stationery, and Postcards 0027

Rob Strauss, Alex Dan, and Elainna Marie Herrera

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.

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives

September 2018

3801 West Temple Avenue

Pomona, CA 91768

speccollections@cpp.edu

909-869-3775

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.

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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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Preferred Citation

[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.

Biographical / Historical

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."

Scope and Contents

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.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title but does not reflect physical arrangement.

Related Materials

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.

Processing Information

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