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Creator:

Stumpf, David  Search this

Extent:

256 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

1970s - 2010s

Summary:

This collection consists of digital documents on one 256 GB SunDisk drive gathered by David Stumpf for his book, Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, a detailed history of the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile program.

Scope and Contents:

This collection consists of digital documents on one 256 GB SunDisk drive gathered by David Stumpf for his book, Minuteman: A Technical History of the Missile That Defined American Nuclear Warfare, a detailed history of the Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile program.

Arrangement:

Arrangement by donor.

Biographical / Historical:

The Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile program has served as a component of US nuclear strategies as land-based ICBMs deployed in missile silos. The Minuteman entered service in 1962 as a deterrence weapon that could hit Soviet cities but the US Air Force modified the missile, boosting its accuracy enough to attack military targets, including Soviet missile silos. The Minuteman-II entered service in 1965 with a host of upgrades to improve its accuracy and survivability in the face of an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system the Soviets were known to be developing. In 1970, the Minuteman-III became the first deployed ICBM with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV). By the 1970s, 1,000 Minutemen were deployed as part if the US nuclear arsenal. As of 2020 the force has shrunk to under 400 Minuteman-III missiles as they will be replaced by the new Northrop Grumman Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) ICBM from 2027 onwards.

Provenance:

David K Stumpf, Gift, 2020, NASM.2020.0028

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Topic:

Astronautics  Search this

Ballistic missiles  Search this

Cold War  Search this

Minuteman III Missile (LGM-30G)  Search this

Citation:

Minuteman ICBM Program Research Data [Stumpf], NASM.2020.0028 , National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.2020.0028

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Minuteman ICBM Program Research Data [Stumpf]

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-2020-0028

Extent:

2.43 Cubic feet (5 document boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1964-1972

1989

Summary:

In 1989, the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) Archives published National Air and Space Museum Archival Videodisc 6, a LaserDisc CAV format 12-inch (30 cm) optical disc; this videodisc reproduced National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) photography of American lunar missions from 1964 to 1972, including Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, and Apollo missions. This small collection consists of a historical series assembled by the NASM Archives to provide background information on lunar exploration missions by the United States and the Soviet Union; this material was reproduced on the first side (Side A) of NASM Archival Videodisc 6.

Scope and Contents:

This part of the Videodisc Imagery Collection, NASM.XXXX.1000, consists of the NASM Archives holdings reproduced on NASM Archival Videodisc 6, Side A, as frames VD-6A29244 through VD-6A31425. This section is a historical series assembled by the NASM Archives in 1989 to provide background information on lunar exploration missions by the United States and the Soviet Union, drawing on photographs then held in the Space History Series of the NASM Technical Reference Files, with additional photography obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters Public Affairs office and added to the collection. Museum staff added pages of text to create chronologies of American and Soviet lunar missions, Apollo missions, and biographies of the Apollo astronauts. Topics covered by the photography include launch vehicles (rockets), spacecraft, operations, personnel, and equipment such as the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicles and the Apollo Mobile Quarantine Facility. NASA mission photography used to create all other sections of NASM Archival Videodisc 6 was returned to NASA at the completion of videodisc production and is not available from NASM Archives.

Photographs shot on videodisc as NASM 6A30686 through NASM 6A30836 as "LUNAR ROVING VEHICLE (CEPS COLLECTION)" were not found when collection was reboxed in June 2011. It is assumed that these print photographs were returned to the NASM Center for Earth and Planetary Studies (CEPS) after being shot for videodisc.

Arrangement:

The materials photographed to produce this section of NASM Archival Videodisc 6, Side A, are arranged in videodisc frame number order, with a corresponding "print number" applied to each photographic print or paper text page in the collection. The print numbers consist of a prefix identifying the file as a NASM Archives image (NASM) followed by the videodisc number and side (6A) and the videodisc frame number (29244 through 31425). Each folder contains a range of 25 print numbers.

As individual photographs are digitized, item-level records will be added to the appropriate folders.

Biographical / Historical:

In 1982, faced with the twin challenges of providing rapid access to subject-oriented photography while still attempting to preserve the original prints, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) initiated the NASM Archival Videodisc Program. This optical disc storage technology (LaserDisc) was first marketed to the public in the late 1970s as a means for marketing and distributing motion pictures, but the 12-inch constant angular velocity (CAV) format analogue videodiscs (similar in construction to later digital video discs or DVDs) could also be used to hold still pictures (approximately 50,000 still picture frames per side, or 100,000 images for a double-sided disc). Each frame was numbered, making it easy to access a specific image and "freeze" it for display on a television or video monitor.

NASM Archival Videodisc 6 reproduced National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) photography of American lunar missions beginning with Ranger 7 in 1964 and ending with the flight of Apollo 17 in 1972, and including Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, and Apollo missions. Apollo imagery included 70 mm color and black-and-white photographs covering astronaut activity on the moon, lunar features, and Earth imagery, and metric mapping photographs. This videodisc was unusual in that it featured a large number of text images interspersed with the photography in historical sections presenting chronologies of American and Soviet lunar missions, Apollo missions, and biographies of the Apollo astronauts.

All photographic prints or color transparencies were sequentially numbered with printed title pages inserted into the sequence (black text on white paper) before the materials were photographed onto 35mm film for transfer to videodisc. Each videodisc was accompanied by a printed finding aid consisting of folder-level subject lists noting the image frame number or numbers associated with each subject.

Related Materials:

Videodisc frame captures from this section of NASM Archival Videodisc 6, Side A, appear in Videodisc Imagery Collection, Videodisc 6A Frame Captures, NASM.XXXX.1000.4610. The finding aid for this related digital collection uses subject headings based on the original printed paper finding aid issued with the published videodisc.

Provenance:

Generated 1989, NASM.XXXX.1000.1610

Restrictions:

No restrictions on access

Rights:

Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.

Topic:

Aeronautics  Search this

Astronautics  Search this

Citation:

Videodisc Imagery Collection, Videodisc 6A Contents, Acc. NASM.XXXX.1000.1610, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NASM.XXXX.1000.1610

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Videodisc Imagery Collection, Videodisc 6A Contents

Archival Repository:

National Air and Space Museum Archives

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-1000-1610

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Interviewee:

Bazán, Mario  Search this

Shapleigh, Terri  Search this

Silacci, Michael  Search this

Winiarski, Barbara, 1933-2021  Search this

Winiarski, Julia  Search this

Winiarski, Stephen  Search this

Winiarski, Warren, 1928-  Search this

Extent:

3 Cubic feet (11 boxes)

3 Cubic feet (11 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Audiotapes

Business records

Clippings

Interviews

Newsletters

Oral history

Photographs

Videotapes

Date:

1960-2006

1960-2006

Summary:

The collections documents the growth and development of the American wine industry, 1996-2002, using the Stag's Leap Wine Cellars as a case study. Materials include oral and video histories, photographs, business records, and printed materials.

Scope and Contents:

The Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (SLWC) Documentation Project was conducted by an inter-disciplinary team at the National Museum of American History. It is a part of a larger effort by the Museum's American Food and Wine team to document and interpret the changing ways in which Americans have produced, prepared, and consumed their food and drink, especially in the years after World War II. Team members are Nanci Edwards (Office of Project Management and former Collections Manager of the Museum's Agriculture Collection), John Fleckner (Senior Archivist, Archives Center), Rayna Green (Curator, Division of Home and Community Life), and Paula Johnson (Curator, Division of Work and Industry). Jeff Tinsley of the Smithsonian's Office of Photographic Services accompanied the team and shot many of the slides and color photographs.

This collection chronicles the growth and development of American viticulture and viniculture from its revival in the 1960s to the present. It offers a case study in the art and business of making fine wine from the bud to the bottle. Warren Winiarski, founder of SLWC in California's Napa Valley, is deeply interested in the legacy of American winemaking and his winery's place within its broader history. The Winiarski family has generously participated and financially supported the creation of this collection.

The documentation touches on all aspects of the wine business, including picking grapes in the vineyards, making wine in the cellar, marketing it from the business office, and promoting its sales in the tasting room and around the globe. SLWC employees describe the land, the work, the tools, the technical processes, the passions, and the motivations that create SLWC's world famous wines. The collection also provides insights into wider patterns of American immigration history, agricultural and environmental history, ethnic community development, land use in the West, product marketing, and consumerism.

The archival collection is mainly comprised of recorded oral history interviews, documentary photographs, and video footage created by the documentation team in 1997. It also includes company newsletters, vineyard and winery production data sheets, wine labels, and related printed materials collected in 1997 with additional materials added occasionally.

It is divided into seven series, including interviews and abstracts, audiotapes, photographs and slides, videotapes, business records, and printed materials.

Arrangement:

Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts, 1997, 2003

Series 2: Oral History Interview Sound and Video Recordings, 1996-1997

Subseries 2.1: Sound Recordings, 1997

Subseries 2.2: Video Tapes, 1996-1997

Series 3: Photographs, circa 1960-2000

Series 4: Video Tapes, undated

Subseries 3.1: Family Photographs: circa 1960-1980

Subseries 3.2: Smithsonian Documentary Photographs: 1997, 2000

Series 5: Business Records, 1974-1998

Series 6: Printed Materials, 1994-2005

Series 7: Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Thirtieth Anniversary, 2003

Biographical / Historical:

The history of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is a family history. It is also a story, in microcosm, of the development of Napa Valley, California as an international wine region and of the rising global acclaim for California wines. Building on the skills and knowledge of earlier Napa winemakers, Warren Winiarski became one of the most influential vintners in the region and his premium wines some of the most prized.

Winiarski arrived in Napa Valley in 1964 with his wife, Barbara, and their children. Like many Napa winemakers of this era, he left behind another career, in his case, an academic position at the University of Chicago to create a family business in a rural setting. At the time, Napa was just beginning to rebuild its reputation after Prohibition, a devastating vine disease, and the widespread production of cheap wines had soured the image of California wines. After apprenticing with several local winemakers, including Lee Stewart and Robert Mondavi, he purchased the land and winery that would become Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (SLWC) in 1972. Winiarski's choice of land was based, in part, Nathan Fay's success in growing Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in an adjoining vineyard; Winiarski later added Fay's property to SLWC.

To commemorate the American bicentennial in 1976, a blind wine tasting at L'Academie du Vin in Paris pitted the best of America's new wines against French classics. Stunning the international wine community, many American wines outscored their French counterparts, with SLWC's 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon taking first place in its division. The accomplishment brought SLWC and Napa Valley worldwide recognition. It excited a great demand for California wines and a new appreciation for American winemaking techniques, which combined new scientific methods with Old World traditions.

The Paris Tasting added momentum to changes already underway in the cultural, financial, and physical landscape of the Napa Valley. It spurred the development of many new wineries, the expansion of acreage under grape cultivation, and the growth of the region's tourism industry. Stag's Leap Wine Cellars was an integral part of these transformations. It continues to play a vital role in the region and the wine industry.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

American Wine History Documentation Project Records, 1976-2002, Archives Center collection # 817, has recorded interviews, photographs, and other documentary materials created and collected by the American Food and Wine History team.

Separated Materials:

The Division of Work and Industry holds many artifacts from SLWC, including a wine barrel, grape picking knives, shovels, and other vineyard tools; lab equipment used in winemaking; wine bottles, labels, glasses, and other consumer products; and a bottle of the award winning 1973 Cabernet Sauvignon. See accessions: 1998.0181 and 1998.3058.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Topic:

Wine industry  Search this

Wine and wine making  Search this

Genre/Form:

Audiotapes -- 1990-2000

Business records -- 20th century

Clippings -- 1950-2000

Interviews -- 2000-2010

Newsletters -- 20th century

Oral history -- 1990-2000

Photographs -- 20th century

Videotapes -- 1990-2000

Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0816

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0816

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 2

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref13

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2003 - 2003

1997 - 1997

Scope and Contents:

The interviews record both the technical and personal aspects of a family run wine business from multiple perspectives, including those of the sales director and business manager, the cellar manager, vineyard workers, and members of the Winiarski family. This series consists of interview transcripts and abstracts. Most of the transcripts are not verbatim but include highlights from the interview; approximately ninety-percent of the dialogue was transcribed. There are fifteen interviews in all. The audiotapes made for each interview are noted on each transcript and in series 2.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0816, Series 1

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref138

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 3

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 September 8

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref14

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 4

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Scope and Contents:

Incomplete

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref15

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 5

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref16

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 6

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref17

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 7

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 14

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref18

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 8

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref19

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 9

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 14

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref20

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 10

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 June 4

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref21

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 11

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 September 11

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref22

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 12

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref23

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 13

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref24

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 14

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 June 4

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref25

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 15

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref26

Collection Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (Napa, California)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 16

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

1997 February 13

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. Only reference copies of audiovisual materials may be used.

Collection Citation:

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project, 1960-2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.

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Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Documentation Project / Series 1: Interview Transcripts and Abstracts

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0816-ref27

Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Names:

New York Flower Show  Search this

Extent:

37,000 Slides (35mm slides)

33 Linear feet ((garden files))

3,000 Lantern slides

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Slides

Lantern slides

Plans (drawings)

Brochures

Articles

Correspondence

Clippings

Slides (photographs)

Date:

circa 1920-present

Summary:

This collection contains over 37,000 35mm slides, 3,000 glass lantern slides and garden files that may include descriptive information, photocopied articles (from journals, newspapers, or books), planting lists, correspondence, brochures, landscape plans and drawings. Garden files were compiled by Garden Club of America (GCA) members for most of the gardens included in the collection. Some gardens have been photographed over the course of several decades; others only have images from a single point in time. In addition to images of American gardens, there are glass lantern slides of the New York Flower Show (1941-1951) and trips that GCA members took to other countries, including Mexico (1937), Italy, Spain, Japan (1935), France (1936), England (1929), and Scotland.

A number of the slides are copies of historic images from outside repositories including horticultural and historical societies or from horticultural books and publications. The GCA made a concerted effort in the mid-1980s to acquire these images in order to increase its documentation of American garden history. Because of copyright considerations, use of these particular images may be restricted.

Biographical/Historical note:

The Garden Club of America was established in 1913 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the Garden Club of Philadelphia and eleven other garden clubs met to create a national garden club. Its purpose is to foster the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and gardening and conservation efforts. The GCA was incorporated in Delaware in 1923, with its headquarters established in New York City. Today, local clubs are organized under twelve regional zones. The GCA continues its tradition of hosting flower shows and publishing material related to gardening in the United States.

The GCA's glass lantern slides were used by The GCA for presentations and lectures about notable gardens throughout the United States dating back to colonial times. An effort was made in the late 1980s, in preparation of the 75th anniversary of the Garden Club of America's founding, to collect the disbursed slides. These slides were to eventually form the Slide Library of Notable American Parks and Gardens. The informational value of this collection is extensive since a number of images of the more than 4,500 gardens represented show garden designs that have changed over time or no longer exist. While the majority of images document a range of designed upper and upper-middle class gardens throughout the U.S., the scope of the collection is expanding as volunteers photograph and document contemporary gardens including community and vernacular gardens.

The gardens illustrate the design work of dozens of landscape architects including Marian Coffin, Beatrix Farrand, Lawrence Halprin, Hare & Hare, Umberto Innocenti, Gertrude Jekyll, Jens Jensen, Warren Manning, the Olmsted Brothers, Charles Platt, Ellen Biddle Shipman, and Fletcher Steele. Because of their proximity to the gardens, works of notable architects and sculptors may also be featured in the images.

Restrictions:

Access to original images by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens.

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Genre/Form:

Plans (drawings)

Brochures

Articles

Correspondence

Clippings

Lantern slides

Slides (photographs)

Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA

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The Garden Club of America collection

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aag-gca