Guide to the American Wine Society records, 1967-2003

Collection Number: 6694

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Cornell University
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Compiled by:

RMC Staff

Date completed:

June 11th, 2011

EAD encoding:

RMC Staff, June 2011

Date modified:

RMC Staff, June 2011

© 2009 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

American Wine Society Records, 1967-2003

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, Publications, Printed material

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Historical records, documents, and publications from American Wine Society from 1967 to 2003

Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The American Wine Society records from 1967 to 2003 contains many documents from the Society, including its meeting records, publications, letters, documents, tax returns, and more. Some of the print are formally presented, such as the meeting records or the numerous publications by the Society. Others are very personal, such as letters between various members of the Society, many from three individuals, Margaret Jackisch and Angel Nardone, who were both executive secretaries of AWS, and A.W. Laubengayer, the first president of AWS. Minutes of the Board of Directors' meetings, Executive Advisory Board meetings and General meetings of the American Wine Society from its founding in 1967 until 1995.

American Wine Society.

Wine industry. United States

Viticulture. United States.

Wine and wine making. United States. Law and legislation.

Wine. Marketing.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

American Wine Society records, #6694. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Forms part of the Eastern Wine and Grape Archive. (EWGA)

Date	Description	Container
1967-1970	AWS Board of Directors Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 1
	A.W. Laubengayer, President of AWS
1971-1972	AWS Board of Directors Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 2
	R.A. Dickmann, President of AWS
1973-1974	AWS Board of Directors, Executive Board of Directors, and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 3
	C.W. Damoth, President of AWS
1975-1976	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 4
	Jerry S. Miller, President of AWS
1977-1978	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 5
	Kathryn Froelich, President of AWS
1979-1980	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 6
	J.P. Nardone, President of AWS
1981-1982	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 7
	John Hasson, President of AWS
1983-1984	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 8
	Michael Farren, President of AWS
1985-1986	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 9
	Lewis H. France Jr., President of AWS
1987-1988	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 10
	Tom Iezzi, President of AWS
1989-1990	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 11
	Al Long, President of AWS
1991-1992	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 12
	Presidents Stephen R. Kampers and J. Randy Hurteau
1993-1995	AWS Board of Directors and Executive Committee Meeting Reports	Box 1	Folder 13
	Presidents Alcide L. Porell, George E. Wilson, and Kenneth P. Brewer
1968-1989	Various Documents	Box 1	Folder 14
	Newspaper clippings, membership lists, conference agendas and registrant lists, letters, drafts of by-laws, conception and values of AWS, "Grapes and Wines in Eastern U.S.A."
1968-2002	AWS Tax Exemption Documents and Applications	Box 1	Folder 15
	New Jersey, Tennessee
1974-1982	AWS IRS and Tax Exemption	Box 1	Folder 16
	Letters, forms, notices
1973-1998	AWS Historical Information	Box 1	Folder 17
	Articles of Incorporation, letters, IRS documents
1989	Chapter Program Manual	Box 1	Folder 18
	Randy Hurteau
1998	Manual for Chapter Chairpersons, Regionals, Vice Presidents	Box 1	Folder 19
	Binder includes a floppy disk and a draft of the manual
1984-2003	AWS Election Documents	Box 1	Folder 20
	Election procedures, voting ballots, instructions, pamphlets
January 1983 - November 1994	American Wine Society binder	Box 1	Folder 21
	Copy of Board of Directors, Executive Advisory Board, and Annual Membership Meetings Minutes
1973-1983	Letters from Margaret Jackisch	Box 2	Folder 1
	Letters between Angel Nardone, between A.W. Laubengayer, AWS Vintage Chart Update 1918
	Konstantin Frank	Box 2	Folder 2
	Letters between Laubengayer and other various correspondents, newspaper clippings
	AWS Publications	Box 2	Folder 3
	Pamphlets, dictionaries, articles, etc. about or by AWS. Includes Dictionary of Wine Terms, Home Wine and Beer Makers Information, etc.
1969-1973	"Understanding a Vintage Chart" and updates 1982-2000	Box 2	Folder 4
	Written and updated by Richard D. Schneer
	AWS letters, certificates, photos	Box 2	Folder 5

	Binder from Angel Nardone, Executive Secretary of AWS, part 1	Box 2	Folder 6
	Order preserved the way it was in the binder
	Binder from Angel Nardone, Executive Secretary of AWS, part 2	Box 2	Folder 7
	Order preserved the way it was in the binder
1969-1973	Complete file of VINTAGE	Box 2	Folder 8
	Directory, VINTAGE volumes, Special Bulletins (1971)
1973-2001	Annual Conference Documents part 1	Box 2	Folder 9
	From binder, with some older documents in a separate folder in the binder
1973-2001	Annual Conference Documents part 2	Box 2	Folder 10
	From binder, with some older documents in a separate folder in the binder
1984-2003	Wine Competition and Judging Information	Box 2	Folder 11
	Also includes several articles and vintage chart updates
1974-1992	Certificate of Copyrights	Box 2	Folder 12
	Certificate of Copyright Registration for American Wine Society Journals