Guide to the Hammondsport Wine Company records,
1920-1928.

Collection Number: 488

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Katherine A. Talcott
Date completed:
September 2005
EAD encoding:
Katherine A. Talcott, 2005

© 2005 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Hammondsport Wine Company records, 1920-1928.
Collection Number:
488
Creator:
Hammondsport Wine Company.
Quantity:
.1 cubic feet
Forms of Material:
Accounts, balance sheets, and correspondence.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Accounts, balance sheets, and correspondence with stockholders and others relating to the question of disposal of plant and stocks after passage of the Volstead Act, to the sale of votes against the company, a resulting legal judgment, the seizure of a truckload of champagne, a sheriff's sale of the property, and a susequent suit by the federal government.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Accounts, balance sheets, and correspondence with stockholders and others relating to the question of disposal of plant and stocks after passage of the Volstead Act, to the sale of votes against the company, a resulting legal judgment, the seizure of a truckload of champagne, a sheriff's sale of the property, and a susequent suit by the federal government.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Hammondsport Wine Company.

Subjects:
Prohibition--New York (State)--Hammondsport.
Wine and wine making --Law and legislation.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Hammondsport Wine Company Records, #488. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Box 1