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Series consists of articles and clippings on prohibition and bootlegging in Ontario and in the United Staes ca. 1918-1928 as well as a ts. history of Canadian whiskey.

Seagram Museum

Prohibition and Bootlegging: Ontario.

SCA131-GA104C-2-32
File
1928,1977

Part of Seagram collection

Newspaper articles on the history of prohibition and bootlegging in Ontario.

Seagram Museum

Wine Wheel /by Frederick S. Wildman, Jr.

SCA131-GA104C-3-46
File
1976

Part of Seagram collection

Card wheel mounted on card; charts wines by price to eat with different foods.

Seagram Museum

Distillery, Rectifying and Wine Workers' International Union of America: Charter, Feb. 1, 1955.

SCA131-GA104C-3-39
File
1955

Part of Seagram collection

Charter for Guard force Union #155 Local, Waterloo, Ontario.

Seagram Museum

A Short History of Canadian Whiskey: Its Parentage and Birth, Marriage, Imprisonment in Gleaming Glass, and Reason to Excite Appreciative Palates / by Edward McNally, Dominion Inspector of Excise, Dept. of National Revenue, December, 1946.

SCA131-GA104C-2-34
File
1946

Part of Seagram collection

5 page carbon ts.

Seagram Museum

Liquor Permits.

SCA131-GA104C-3-41
File
1945

Part of Seagram collection

Individual liquor permits issued by the Liquor Control Boards of Saskatchewan and British Columbia.

Seagram Museum

Letter from G. Saintsbury to an unknown recipient, Jan. 19, 1930.

SCA131-GA104C-1-31
File
1930

Part of Seagram collection

Contains one M.L.S. from G. Saintsbury re clarets. Includes a typescript as well.

Seagram Museum

Seagram Memorabilia Collection

SCA131-GA104C-1
Series
1765-1926

Part of Seagram collection

Series consists of documents illustrative of some aspects of the history of beverage alcohol, particularly in North America. Contains correspondence, ephemera, manuscripts and newspapers relating to the shipment of wine and alcohol to Canada in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, to eighteenth-century distilling processes, to a single piece of ephemera relating to prohibition in Canada in the 1920's.

Seagram Museum

Ontario Government Dispensaries: General Price List, Effective February 8, 1926.

SCA131-GA104C-1-28
File
1926

Part of Seagram collection

Price list "conducted under direction of Board of License Commissioners for Ontario, by Authority of the Ontario Temperance Act." At this time prohibition was in effect in Ontario and alcohol was available only by doctor's prescription .

Seagram Museum

Prohibition and Bootlegging: United States.

SCA131-GA104C-2-33
File
1918,1923

Part of Seagram collection

Articles on the history of prohibition and bootlegging in the United States.

Seagram Museum

Diplome de Grand Prix.

SCA131-GA104C-3-38
File
1913

Part of Seagram collection

Seagram Museum

Bill of Lading.

SCA131-GA104C-3-37
File
1900

Part of Seagram collection

Bill of lading for whiskey consigned to the Grand Trunk Railway System by J.P. Wiser, destined for Shanghai.

Seagram Museum

Instructions for distilling.

SCA131-GA104C-1-2
File
[18--?]

Part of Seagram collection

Ms. directions for distilling, 4 p. on one leaf, parts lacking.

Seagram Museum

National Christian Temperance Union Pledge Card.

SCA131-GA104C-3-43
File
[18--?]

Part of Seagram collection

Seagram Museum

Invoice: Simon Metcalfe, Dealer in Groceries, Wines, Liquors & Crockery, Galt.

SCA131-GA104C-3-40
File
1885

Part of Seagram collection

Invoice to Mr. Alex McGregor dated Feb. 9, 1885. Includes purchase of 1 gallon of rye.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : unknown.

SCA131-GA104C-1-27
File
1877

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from an unknown correspondent to an unknown correspondent.

Seagram Museum

Manuscript diary: gin distilling.

SCA131-GA104C-1-30
File
1849-1860

Part of Seagram collection

A 2 v. ms. diary Kept by the owner or manager of a distillery in London, England. Entries describe in detail the work and processes carried out each day, and describe as well some of the family and social activities of the writer. The volumes are bound in vellum with brass clasps.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-26
File
1846

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-25
File
1842

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-24
File
1840

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-23
File
1839

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-22
File
1837

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-21
File
1835

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-20
File
1832

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-18
File
1832

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-19
File
1832

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-15
File
1831

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-16
File
1831

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-17
File
1831

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-14
File
1830

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-13
File
1825

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-12
File
1825

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-11
File
1809

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Declaration of James Dow regarding a dispute between James Dunlop, Esq., of Montreal, and Robert Bogg, Master of the brigantine "Recovery" over a shipment of rum unloaded at Quebec City.

SCA131-GA104C-1-1
File
1804

Part of Seagram collection

1 ms. declaration, 3 p. on one leaf.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-10
File
1801

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-9
File
1800

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-8
File
1799

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-7
File
1793

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-6
File
1791

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants.

Seagram Museum

Correspondence : Newton, Gordon, Johnston & Co., Wine Merchants, Madeira.

SCA131-GA104C-1-5
File
1788

Part of Seagram collection

1 item of correspondence from Gordon Newton of Johnston & Co. Wine Merchants. Newton Gordon was one of the major suppliers to Canada at that time and this group of letters offers insights into the problems of quality, shipping, supply and demand, as well as into the drinking habits of the time.

Seagram Museum

Letter from Andrew Black to Messrs. James Glassford & Company of Norfolk, Virginia, Boston, Apr. 2, 1770, regarding the building, shipping and installing of cisterns for rum distilling in Norfolk.

SCA131-GA104C-1-4
File
1770

Part of Seagram collection

Ms. letter, fragile.

Seagram Museum

Supplement to the Quebec-Gazette of July 18, 1765, no. 57.

SCA131-GA104C-1-29
File
1765

Part of Seagram collection

A 2 page supplement, "account of the duties paid" listing imports and exports of liquors and wines by "the species and names" of vessels, commanders, and ports of origin.

Seagram Museum

Letter from "An American" to the "Printer" re liquor retailing laws in Quebec City, printed in The Caledonian Mercury, no. 6775, April 29, 1765.

SCA131-GA104C-1-3
File
1765

Part of Seagram collection

1 issue of The Caledonian Mercury.

Seagram Museum

Seagram collection

SCA131
Collection

Joseph E. Seagram and Sons, Ltd.

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