Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs
Abstract
The Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs collection (undated; .09 cubic feet, 30 items) consists of photographs of distilleries, the distilling process, workers and documentation pertaining to distilleries.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs
- Date
- circa 1890-1905
- Extent
- 0.09 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Distilleries--Kentucky--Fairfield.
- Distilling industries--Kentucky--Anderson County.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 2004av068: [identification of item], Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs collection, circa 1890-1905, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Joseph Emm Seagram was born April 15, 1841 near New Hope in Canada. His parents died while he was young, and he was placed under the care of a local clergyman. Seagram continued his education through a year at Bryant and Stratton Business College in Buffalo, N.Y. After working as a bookkeeper, he was hired on as a manager to help a man named Hespeler run a mill. He was successful, saw the potential for a distillery, and decided to buy out the other partners' shares. Eventually, Joseph Seagram would become a partner at a distillery in Waterloo, Canada in 1869, and he would become the sole owner of the distillery in 1883, calling it Seagram and Sons. Later on, the Bronfmans of Montreal, founders of Distillers Corporation Limited, would absorb Seagrams, and take over the Seagram name.
- Scope and Content
- The Joseph Seagram and Sons photographs (dated circa 1890-1905; 0.09 cubic feet; 30 items) consists of 30 black and white silver gelatin prints pertaining to distilleries in Kentucky. Items range from architectural photos of various distilleries to prints of a license for distilling and bills of sale, photos of distillery workers and visitors, and maps of the locations of distilleries. This collection was borrowed and copied in house.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Conditions Governing Access note Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
Architecture, undated
Distillery, undated
Warehouses; covered bridge over creek, undated
Old Prentice Distillery, undated
Distillery next to river, undated
Warehouses, undated
Distillery Buildings, undated
Distillery, undated
Mattingly and Moore Distillery, near Bardstown, Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
H. McKenna Distillery - Fairfield, Nelson Co., Ky., undated
Distillery, undated
Artifact, undated
License for distilling from District of Kentucky, undated
Letterhead of Labrot and Graham Distillers and newspaper clipping about distillery, undated
Bill of sale from Gaines, Berry and Co. Distilleries in Kentucky's 6th district, undated
Map showing locations of distilleries in Ky. 6th district, undated
Map showing locations of warehouses of G. A. Sharpe Co. in Harrison Co., Ky., undated
Drawing - Plan of distillery No. 36, 5th district of Kentucky - belonging to John K. Daugherty, undated
Drawing - Plan of distillery No. 111 - Fairfield, Ky. - Owned by H. McKenna's Estate, undated
Drawing - Plan for Distillery No. 111 of McKenna's Estate, undated
Drawing: Scene at Old Prentice Distillery, McBrayer, Ky. Salt River., undated
Occupation, circa 1890-1905
Five children under bell near warehouses, undated
Two workmen standing by two horses hitched to a wagon, circa 1905
Group of men and small boy posing with shovels, undated
Group of men and two boys posing with mule and wagon, undated
Man with mule and wagon backed up to a loading dock, undated
Photograph of John Lain, circa 1890
Accountant at desk in office, undated
Four men mixing mash in barrels, undated
Researchers are required to have an SCRC Researcher Account in order to request or order digital copies of materials. Research Account set-up and use instructions can be found at: http://libguides.uky.edu/SCRCaccount
If you are visiting the Breckinridge Research Room, please request materials at least 48 business hours in advance of your arrival.
For all other questions, contact us at: https://libraries.uky.edu/ContactSCRC.
Researchers are required to have an SCRC Researcher Account in order to request or order digital copies of materials. Research Account set-up and use instructions can be found at: http://libguides.uky.edu/SCRCaccount
If you are visiting the Breckinridge Research Room, please request materials at least 48 business hours in advance of your arrival.
For all other questions, contact us at: https://libraries.uky.edu/ContactSCRC.
