The Seagram Museum collection consists of Bronfman family papers, official Seagram Company records (after 1928), and other materials collected or created to document the history of the Bronfman family, the Seagram Company, Ltd., and its products.

Series I. Bronfman Family contains two subseries.

Subseries A. Research Materials for Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam by Michael Marrus; The core of these records was created by John Scott, who was hired by the family to write a biography of their patriarch Samuel Bronfman. The remaining records in this subseries were created by Marrus when researching Samuel Bronfman: The Life and Times of Seagram's Mr. Sam.

Subseries B. Bronfman Family Papers; contains documents such as births, deaths, and marriages of some of the Bronfman family and relatives; correspondence, and newspaper clippings.

Series II. Corporate Operations is comprised of six subseries.

Subseries A. Corporate Documentation; mainly includes articles of association, by-laws, minutes, agreements, financial reports, canceled stock certificates and registers, and related documents regarding Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Limited, The Seagram Company, Ltd. and subsidiaries. The records also document selected acquisitions.

Subseries B. Financial Records; this subseries contains six volumes of Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Limited payroll registers (1933-1945); and miscellaneous fragmentary financial records for Atlantic Distilling Company Limited (1927-1929), Distillers Corporation Limited (1927-1941, 1971), Premartin y Ca. (1853-1871; in Spanish), and unidentified companies (1917-1928).

Subseries C. Legal Records; includes agreement files pertaining to the company's early years and provide insights into its development, especially capital projects. Financial statements for D.C.-S.L. and selected subsidiaries.Government regulation in regards to customs and excise regulation; the Food and Drugs Act; labeling approvals and regulation; liquor control; taxation; trade agreements; and the wartime prices and trade board. Included in these documents is a large collection of bottle label registrations. Trademark records include trademark registrations, renewals and assignments. Royal Warrants from Canada, Denmark, England, Greece, India, Netherlands and Sweden.

Subseries D. Plants and Manufacturing Processes; this subseries contains records pertaining to manufacturing plants in Canada, the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Mexico and include plans, agreements, histories, payroll, clippings, and staffing records. The materials are arranged by plant location. Production and Processes records document manufacturing, machinery, packaging, cooperage, and warehousing.

Subseries E. Real Estate; This subseries contains records documenting the Seagram Building (375 Park Avenue); 1410 Peel Street, Montreal (Canadian headquarters); Bronfman investment-property Harrison Hot Springs Hotel Company, Limited (B.C.); the Seagram Stadium (Waterloo, Ontario); and the Seagram Tower (Niagara Falls, Ontario).

Subseries F. Agriculture and Research Records; This subseries documents Seagram research on distilling; fertilizers; corn; yeast; enzymes; and grain development including triticale. The tritcale and grain research was supported by the Rosner Chair in Agronomy at the University of Manitoba, which was endowed by the Bronfman family in honor of Saidye's father Samuel Rosner.

Series III. Promotions, Sales and External Affairs contains eleven subseries.

Subseries A. Museum, Information Centre and Library; Museum materials pertain to the collections and collections management, administration, and exhibits of the Seagram Museum. Records include the “memorabilia collection” of the Museum's archives. This material, most of which appears to have been acquired by purchase, includes eighteenth and nineteenth century laws from Canada, U.K., U.S., and France (extracted from bound books); distilling instructions, procedures and recipes; correspondence; licenses; shipping documents; and eighteenth to twentieth century ephemera.

Subseries B. Philanthropy and Sponsored Events; The materials in this subseries regard the events and organizations that were formed by or benefitted from the philanthropic endeavors of Seagram or the Bronfman family. Records include press kits, correspondence, photocopied photographs, speeches, telegrams, articles, pamphlets, reports, news releases, magazines, brochures, advertising, and programs.

Subseries C. Advertising; Tearsheets and proofs (some photocopies) promote Aquavit; American whiskey; beer; brandy and Cognac; Canadian whisky; coolers; gin; institutional and family advertising, which publicize a “family” of products or the company as a whole; Irish whisky; liqueurs and cordials; rum; sake; scotch; tequila; vodka; wines; and miscellaneous other alcoholic beverages.

Subseries D. Marketing; This subseries contains a 1966 manual for marketing representatives of The House of Seagram, Ltd.; and a few marketing studies mostly regarding Canada.

Subseries E. Miscellaneous Promotions; This subseries contains company and product promotions in the form of bartending guides, brand indexes, broadsides, calendars, coasters, commemorative stamps, gift catalogs, hospitality and recipe guides, lithographs, matchbooks, point-of-purchase displays, posters, promotional price lists, public service books, songbooks, sporting guides, tent cards, and other miscellaneous items.

Subseries F. Profiles; This subseries is based on vertical files created by the Seagram Museum Archives and contains profiles of brands; companies, including Seagram, its' subsidiaries and a few competitors; Seagram personnel; and products. The brand profiles contain advertisements; correspondence; press releases; newsletters; clippings; articles; promotional materials; and other records documenting many of Seagram's brands. These records are arranged by product type. Company profiles include histories; booklets; brochures; correspondence; newsletters; maps; press kits and releases; and some original records and copies from company archives.

Profiles of Seagram personnel regard executive and managerial appointments, promotions, and retirements. Product profiles provide general information about specific types of liquor or liquor from a certain region through promotional guides, sponsored by distillers, trade associations, or government regulatory bodies.

Subseries G. Sales; This subseries includes various sales reports for the years 1929-1987; reports from sales conferences and symposia; sales manuals (1937-1977); market analyses; and fragmentary records of the Seagram Family Achievement Association. Noteworthy sales manuals include: “Mr. C. Gram's Diary”, a comic strip about a novice Seagram salesman (1941-1943) and Seagram's Book of Facts (1937).

Subseries H. General Frank R. Schwengel; Frank R. Schwengel was a decorated World War I veteran who worked in marketing and advertising in the 1920s and 1930s. Samuel Bronfman hired Schwengel as his national sales director in 1933. At the time of Schwengel's retirement in the 1950s, he was serving as President of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. This series includes speeches given by Schwengel; articles about him; and documentation of his 65th birthday celebration in 1950.

Subseries I. Packaging; This subseries contains correspondence of Packaging Director B.J. Bolter regarding packaging changes and production schedules, mechanical drawings of bottle designs, artwork, photostats, and label samples; and an extensive collection of bottle labels from alcoholic beverage brands from Seagram and many other companies.

Subseries J. Seagram Publications; this subseries contains materials used in the preparation of Distillations the company's monthly magazine (1973-1982); selected issues on employee newsletters (1978-1982); and various other materials published by Seagram.

Subseries K. Press Releases; this subseries contains selected press releases and accompanying publicity photographs (1971-1987) for Browne Vitners Company, Calvert Distillers Company, Chateau & Estate Wines Company, Four Roses Distillers Company, General Wine & Spirits Company, Gold Seal Vineyards/Gold Seal Wine Company, and Seagram Distillers Company.

Series IV. Miscellany is comprised of five subseries.

Subseries A. Trade Association Literature; These magazines, newspapers, pamphlets, reports, articles, and addresses pertain to alcoholism, bootlegging, and economics.

Subseries B. Seagram War Effort; This small subseries documents Seagram's poster and advertising campaigns in support of the war effort and the conversion of their distilleries to war production during World War II.

Subseries C. J. E. Frowde Seagram Family; This small subseries contains clippings, articles, histories and other materials documenting J.E. Frowde Seagram, Joseph Emm Seagram and their family.

Subseries D. Vertical File; This subseries contains book reviews and excerpts; publications and clippings about the beverage alcohol industry, The Seagram Company, Ltd. and the Bronfmans; press releases; and miscellany.

Subseries E. Ephemera and Artifacts; The subseries includes plaques, awards, paperweights, printing plates, and a few other artifacts.