Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Oral History Collection, circa 1970-2012

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Summary

Creators:
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
Abstract:
The collection includes oral history interviews conducted by Cal Poly Pomona Special Collections and Archives, the City of Rancho Cucamonga, the Upland Public Library, and the Temecula Valley Museum. The interviewees discuss various topics related to Southern California wine history including agriculture, viticulture, local wineries, and agricultural labor.
Extent:
4.38 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Oral History Collection, Collection no. 0024, Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes oral history interviews conducted by Cal Poly Pomona Special Collections and Archives, the City of Rancho Cucamonga, the Upland Public Library, and the Temecula Valley Museum. The interviewees discuss various topics related to Southern California wine history including agriculture, viticulture, local wineries, and agricultural labor. Some of the wineries mentioned include the Italian Vineyard Company, Cucamonga Winery, Orfila, Shadow Mountain, Romolo, Brookside, Virginia Dare (Garrett & Co.), Galleano, and Filippi. There are also interviews relating to Fruit Industries, a wine cooperative formed during Prohibition, and the Cucamonga Pioneer Vineyard Association, a cooperative of growers that ran a winery.

The collection also includes two interviews with Enrique Vasquez, who led a farm workers' strike in 1933 in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties.

Acquisition information:
The oral history interviews were conducted by California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Special Collections and Archives staff between 2002 and 2012. Additional interviews were donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by the City of Rancho Cucamonga in 1998 and 2006; by the Escondido Historical Society in 2003; by Jerry LaPointe in 2002; by the Temecula Valley Museum in 2003; and by the Upland Public Library in 2001.
Processing information:

The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

The collection was processed by Rob Strauss and Alex Dan in September 2018.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by the interviewee's last name.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder# or item name], Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Oral History Collection, Collection no. 0024, Southern California Wine and Wine Industry Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Location of this collection:
3801 West Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768, US
Contact:
(909) 869-3775
speccollections@cpp.edu
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