Private dinners and events attended or hosted by Dennis Foley between 1965 and 2002, including original artwork for menus and programs. Items document the various wine organizations and personal events attended by Foley. The events range from small dinners of a few friends to large professionally organized dinners and tastings. There is information about several large national organizations including the Bacchus Society, International Wine and Food Society, and American Institute of Food and Wine. This series is divided into four subseries: Dinner Events, Wine Tasting Notes, Original Artwork, and Personal Events and Clippings.
Subseries 1.1: Dinner Events, 1965-2002
Programs and brochures, often including annotation by Foley, for larger dinners arranged alphabetically by the hosting organization. Items from other wine events are arranged chronologically and pertain to small, one time events attended by Foley. The personal notebooks dinners, wines, and menus from private dinners, are arranged chronologically. Honored guests at the private dinners include Bing Crosby, Harry Waugh, Joe Hietz, and W. Clausen.
Subseries 1.2: Wine Tasting Notes, 1968-1997
Formal and informal wine tastings and Foley's personal notebooks, loose leaf notes, and printed notebooks from large scale tastings.
Subseries 1.3: Original Artwork
Sketches and mockups of menus and programs for private dinners, several examples can be found in subseries one.
Subseries 1.4: Clippings and Miscellaneous Papers
The newspaper clippings relate to various aspects of the wine industry and to events attended by Dennis Foley. Miscellaneous papers that do not relate to wine, but instead highlight other personal activities and are arranged chronologically.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Dennis Foley Papers, 1963-2004, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
The collection contains wine and food menus from a variety of events, including cruises, banquets, parties and honorary dinners. Some of the menus are autographed and a few are hand-drawn or hand-lettered. A large number of the menus are for events organized by the WIne and Food Society of San Francisco.
Arrangement:
1 series.
Biographical / Historical:
A food and wine critic, Corti owns and runs a gourmet and wine shop in Sacramento, California.
Provenance:
Donated to the Archives Center in 2011 by Darrell F. Corti.
Restrictions:
Unrestricted research access on site by appointment.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Bibliotheca gastronomica; a catalogue of books and documents on gastronomy; the production, taxation, distribution and consumption of food and drink, their use and abuse in all times and among all peoples
