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Sonoma County Visionaries, Immigrants and Winemakers, about 1865-2005

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Identifier: SPC-00086
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Scope and Content of Collection

The Sonoma County Wine Library's online local history collection includes images of historical interest of the Sonoma County wine industry from the 1870s through the 1990s. These images portray the wine makers and companies of Sonoma County, past and present. They document the immigrants and Utopians who founded the early wineries, wine families, the vineyards and wine production, promotional postcards, and the many varieties of wine created in Sonoma County.

Most photographic postcards and a selection of photographs were taken by commercial photographers and include captions. Many of the wine labels include vintage information. Items were selected from a wide range of wine-related collections comprising the Sonoma County Wine History Collection, housed in the Sonoma County Wine Library. Some may also be found in the library online public access catalog. Consult the library for more information.

Dates

  • Creation: about 1865-2005

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is fully processed. Please contact the Sonoma County Wine Library for physical access; for contact info and current hours, see link

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is fully processed. Please contact the Sonoma County Wine Library for physical access; for contact info and current hours, see link

Conditions Governing Use

Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the majority of the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. That portion of the Collection in Public Domain under the laws of the United States may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. For all other portions of the collection, the Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized work and can claim only physical ownership of the work(s) described in these records. However, these materials are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at link

Extent

120 linear feet (Size of entire repository approximately 120 linear feet (of which 3 linear feet are file drawers, 97 linear feet are map/poster drawers, and 20 linear feet are miscellaneous items including framed prints), 462 online items (191 objects in this collection/271 digitized photographs in other collections). Pictorial materials are housed in: 1 three-foot drawer of photographs; five 54" x 42" flat files; and two sets of custom wine label drawers, totaling ten drawers, with each drawer 2 feet deep.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Collection contains images, postcards, maps, wine bottle labels and other emphemera that portray the wine makers and companies of Sonoma County, past and present, from the 1860s through the 2000s. They document the immigrants and Utopians who founded the early wineries, wine families, the vineyards and wine production and the many varieties of wine created in Sonoma County.

Physical Location

Sonoma County Wine Library Closed Stacks

Acquisition Information

Collected by Sonoma County Wine Library staff and others, 1988-2009.

Processing History

Processed by Sonoma County Wine Library staff before 2009.

Project Information

These photographs and other images were assembled primarily from the Sonoma County Library's Sonoma County Wine Library collection. The digitization project was part of the California Local History Digital Resources Project (LHDRP), a multi-year program supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian. Leveraging the infrastructure of the California Digital Library (CDL) in partnership with Califa and Infopeople, the LHDRP explores a model to aggregate, preserve, and provide permanent public access to local history materials maintained by California cultural heritage institutions via a single statewide online access point.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Sonoma County Visionaries, Immigrants and Winemakers, 1865-2005
Author
Processed by Sonoma County Wine Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Geoffrey Skinner.
Date
Published May 30, 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid written in: English
Sponsor
These materials were assembled and digitized as part of the California Local History Digital Resources Project, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), administered in California by the State Librarian.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Sonoma County Wine Library Repository

https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-wine-library
Contact:
139 Piper Street
Healdsburg CA 95448 United States

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