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Alcoholic beverage industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Seagram Museum collection

 Collection
Accession: 2173
Abstract:

The Seagram Museum in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada was the city's final operational remnant of the world-renowned distillery founded by Waterloo entrepreneur Joseph E. Seagram in the mid-nineteenth century. The collection consists of the Bronfman family papers, official Seagram Company records, and other materials collected or created to document the history of the Bronfman family, the Seagram Company, Ltd., and its products.

Dates: 1682-1996; Majority of material found within 1930-1990

The Seagram Company, Ltd. records

 Collection
Accession: 2126
Abstract:

Commonly referred to as simply "Seagram" or "Seagram's," the Seagram Company, Ltd. was for a time the largest producer and distributor of distilled spirits in the world. The records of Seagram and its subsidiaries trace the company's transformation from a small business run by Samuel Bronfman to a diversified multi-national corporation.

Dates: 1879-2002