The Seagram Museum fonds [multiple media]. 1848-1995.

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The Seagram Museum fonds [multiple media]. 1848-1995.

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The portion of the Seagram Museum archives donated to the University of Waterloo falls into four distinct groupings. The first of these is records of the Seagram Company's Waterloo Plant, from its beginnings in 1857 as Granite Mills to its purchase in 1928 by Distiller's Corp., owned by Samuel Bronfman. The second group consists of archives relating to the Seagram Family. These are fragmentary but represent a beginning in documenting an important local family, and contain correspondence, wills, ephemera, vertical files and photographs relating to the Seagram Family and to the local area as well as to other family names of interest, such as Hespeler, Warnock, MacLachlan and Bland. The third group is a collection of documents relating to the history of beverage alcohol, documents which were donated or purchased and kept for their topical interest. These include manuscripts, clippings, ephemera and articles on the wine trade, prohibition, bootlegging, temperance and distilling. The fourth group is a sousfonds which consists of records of the Seagram Museum Library and Archives, documenting book and archival purchases and donations from 1982 to 1995.

ca. 7 m. of textual records and other material.

University of Waterloo Library, UW Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8083999

University of Waterloo Library, UW Library

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Seagram family.

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Seagram Museum (Waterloo, Ont.)

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The Seagram Museum was built on the site of the original Joseph E. Seagram distillery in Waterloo, Ontario, which was purchased by the Bronfman family in 1927. Opened May 16, 1984, the museum was the vision of Charles Bronfman, Co-Chairman of the Board of The Seagram Company, Ltd. Plans for the museum were announced in January, 1981 and construction began that spring. Architects for the building, which adapted a late 19th century rack warehouse, were Barton Myers Associates. The ent...

Seagram Company

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Seagram maintained research departments at their Louisville, Kentucky and LaSalle, Quebec plants. At LaSalle, subjects of research included topics regarding distilling, production, packaging, distilling by-products and alternative uses for alcohol. From the description of Research records, 1937-1964. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122573345 Charles Bronfman (1931- ) is the second son and forth child of Seagram Company founder Samuel Bronfman. Appointed di...