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This will be the first documentation of the history of the wine industry of Nevada Gold Country where the most productive gold mine in California’s history existed: The Empire gold Nime.
I have to visit UC Davis and the Bancroft libraries to see what info exists on wineries before 1980. There is almost no historical info avail through the Nevada County or city offices of Nevada County. I have most of the post 1980 stuff done through my previous visits in the county.
I have re-established talks with our artist Stephanie to complete the cover art work and we are working on suggested changes you all have made.
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Subject: Re: Wine and winery history Nevada County Date: 4/4/2011 11:37:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time From: ssnyder@library.berkeley.edu To: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com
Dear Mr. Olney,
It looks like you have a fairly ambitious project with a very wide time range.
For pictures, I would start you off with Calisphere - http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/ /. You may type in all sorts of keywords in the search field, but remember, the words you use must appear in the captions of the photos in order to get those results, so it's most advantageous to keep your searches on the simple side.
For manuscript sources, please use the Online Archive of California - http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ - to search the existing finding aids to manuscript collections. Our online catalog may be of help for collections which do not have these finding aids - http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/
An article search would best be done from computers on campus in order to use the online electronic resource databases, many of which are limited to campus IDs. But you may see the list of options at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/find/types/electronic_resources.html.
For such a large project, you may be interested in hiring a freelance researcher to help you. I am attaching a list of people who have particular experience with Bancroft collections.
Best of luck.
Susan Snyder Head, Public Services The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 510 642-1595 510 642-7589 (fax)
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Subject: Re: Wine and winery history Nevada County Date: 4/1/2011 12:58:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
From: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com To: vwgeraci@me.com
Vic - Thank you very much and I will contact her next week. Have a great weekend. John Olney sends
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In a message dated 4/1/2011 11:52:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, vwgeraci@me.com writes:
Subject: Re: Wine and winery history Nevada County Date: 4/1/2011 11:52:42 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time
From: vwgeraci@me.com Reply To: To: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com CC: ssnyder@library.berkeley.edu
John; Yes, I remember. My office only handles oral histories. If you wish to access any photos or collections at the Bancroft library you will need to contact Susan Snyder. I have included her on this email. Vic Geraci
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On Mar 30, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com wrote: Victor W. Geraci, PhD, ROHO Acting Director, The Bancroft Library Dear Dr. Geraci: We met through the media luncheon given by Dario Sattui in SF last year.
Presented below is my request and a response from UC Davis for historical info on the wines and wineries of Nevada County. I will be pursuing info from them and hope that you/your Bancroft Library staff can give hints where I might find Nevada County pix, stats, articles, etc. of wines & wineries in that beautiful county from 1850's through 1970's
Best regards John Olney Phone: 707-299-9548 Email: thewinecntryclb2@aol.com
Blog site: “Olney speaks…” http://www.jolney.blogspot.com/ Web site: “Wine Country Marketing & Promotions” http://www.twccwcmp.blogspot.com/
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Subject: Re: Wine and winery history Nevada County Date: 3/30/2011 5:02:35 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
From: dmorrison@lib.ucdavis.edu To: aeborg@ucdavis.edu CC: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com , skarstad@lib.ucdavis.edu, dmorrison@ucdavis.edu
Mr. Olney,
John Skarstad, our University Archivist is on vacation until Monday. I will talk to him about your request when he gets in. A thought-- have you tried looking at Sanborn Insurance maps? They are fire insurance maps of cities that did outlines of buildings and coded what they were made of for fire purposes? Used year after year, the outlines of buildings were pasted over one another as building shapes changed. But perhaps, wineries are more likely to be in outlying areas, so that won't work? Sanborn maps are also available on microform.
Ms. Daryl Morrison Head, Special Collections General Library, UC Davis 100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292 Phone: (530) 752-2112 Fax: (530) 754-5758 dmorrison@ucdavis.edu
www.lib.ucdavis.edu/specol
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Subject: Fwd: FW: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall Date: 3/30/2011 4:45:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time From: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com
The sample DPR 245A form is included in the Filming Guidelines, beginning on page 32 of the weblink I included below. Depending on what you want from us determines what other forms you fill out, so I would need to know what it is you want from California State Parks to proceed. Look at the DPR 245A - some of the questions we’ll need answered are on there in a checklist format.
If you want access and copyright permission for the existing model photographs that Natalie Davenport referred to in the TMS System, also below, you may contact her directly, and she will help you with the release forms for those items.
Hopefully this will get your project started.
Jane Hall, Unit Ranger Empire Mine SHP (530) 273-8522 x 202 jhall@parks.ca.gov
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From: aeborg@ucdavis.edu To: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com , skarstad@lib.ucdavis.edu, dmorrison@ucdavis.edu Sent: 3/30/2011 4:06:43 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
Subj: RE: Wine and winery history Nevada County
Dear John, My office number is (530) 752-6176. I am in and out so it might be better to arrange a time to talk. I have copied John Skarstad and Daryl Morrison in our Special Collections. John is the University Archivist and a photo expert. Daryl is the Head of Special Collections. I suspect that if we have anything, it will most likely be in Special Collections.
Statistical information is hard to come by and you have probably found most that is available. We can certainly talk about other possibilities. Axel
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Subject: Wine and winery history Nevada County Date: 3/30/2011 3:45:51 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time
From: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com To: aeborg@ucdavis.edu BCC: shrikef4@aol.com, ynld@chevron.com , 2346@comcast.net , jabadie245@sbcglobal.net , susanparks@sbcglobal.net
Attn: Mr. Axel Borg My name is John Olney and I'm a wine writer in Napa, CA. During the past year I have been researching wines and wineries of Nevada County. I have completed interviews with all 18 winery owners located in the county for my guide and for my more complete book on the history of wine in the county, titled, "Empire Gold: Mines to Wines - The past Meets the Present."
Trying to find pictures of any wineries prior to 1979 through any city/county offices have been unfruitful. I cannot find old stone/adobe walls or foundations or wood buildings except for the 1880's original Nevada City winery.
There is very little statistical data on wine varietals and production between the Gold Rush days through the 1970's. I am hopeful that UC Davis and the Bancroft Library might hold the key to what I am looking for: statistics, photo's, articles, etc
Let me have your phone number and I'll call you on this project if you don't mind. Best wishes John Olney Phone: 707-299-9548 Email: _thewinecntryclb2@aol.com _ (mailto:thewinecntryclb2@aol.com) Blog site: “Olney speaks…” http://www.jolney.blogspot.com/ _ (http://www.jolney.blogspot.com/) Web site: “Wine Country Marketing & Promotions” http://www.twccwcmp.blogspot.com/ (http://www.twccwcmp.blogspot.com/)
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Subject: Re: FW: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall Date: 3/30/2011 3:57:31 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time From: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com To: JHALL@parks.ca.gov BCC: shrikef4@aol.com , 2346@comcast.ne t, jabadie245@sbcglobal.net , ynld@chevron.com , susanparks@sbcglobal.net
Jane:
Please send copy of the release form you need from in order to view the pictures and the standard fees/form you require in order for me to reproduce any pix should would elect to publish any in my book. Thanks much in advance John sends
Phone: 707-299-9548 Email: thewinecntryclb2@aol.com Blog site: “Olney speaks…” http://www.jolney.blogspot.com/ Web site: “Wine Country Marketing & Promotions” http://www.twccwcmp.blogspot.com/
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in a message dated 3/9/2011 5:15:12 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, JHALL@parks.ca.gov writes:
Mr. Olney, here is some info for you, please contact me, or Natalie Davenport directly, for any further questions you might have.Jane Hall, Unit Ranger Empire Mine SHP (530) 273-8522 x 202 jhall@parks.ca.gov
From: Davenport, Natalie Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:53 AM To: Hall, Jane Subject: FW: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall Hi Jane,
I know it has been a while since I was forwarded your email about the mine model photographs, but at the time I received the message, I hadn’t begun training on The Museum System. Anyhow, I was recently able to find 6 photographs of the mine model in TMS. They were all taken in 1988 by Larry Paynter before the mine model “room” existed. They are all black and white photos, and they all have people in them…which is good for scale. Anyhow, if Mr. Olney is interested, there are photos that in TMS that would require the same copyright permission you indicated previously. Let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Thanks for your patience, Natalie Natalie Davenport Museum Curator II Sierra District ndavenport@parks.ca.gov (530) 525-5055
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From: Davenport, Natalie Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 11:49 AM /To: Davenport, Natalie Subject: FW: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall From: Lindemann, Bill Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 11:05 AM To: Davenport, Natalie Cc: Hall, Jane Subject: FW: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall
Natalie, Here is the request regarding the Empire Mine Model. Access to the model room for photographic purposes should be evaluated carefully. Bill,
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From: Hall, Jane Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:45 PM To: Empire Mine; 'Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com ' Cc: Lindemann , Bill Subject: RE: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall John Olney, Thank you for contacting me regarding the Empire Mine SHP model. Your project sounds like an interesting one. First let me tell you that if we have any photos on file from angles other than can be seen by the general public, those images belong to the State of California and cannot be used by anyone without our permission, as they would be copyrighted. I am not aware of any photos unless there are some in The Museum System, an archival source for California State Park artifacts. The acting curator might be of more assistance in this area. I am forwarding a copy of this email to our acting curator, Bill Lindemann, as he may have additional information for you.
The same goes for any written information. The only written info that I know about directly is the “Model Room Interpretation” script - a written copy of the taped dialog that is used in the public automatic presentation. Again, this item is copyrighted. Permission would be required to utilize it, and again the acting curator could assist you with this matter. Another consideration for your project is the use of your own images of the model room. I have attached a link to the Filming Guidelines for California State Parks below. If you are using images for profit, you will need to review this information and follow the guidelines.
Still photography used in a book for sale falls under the “commercial” still photography catagory as described on page 35 of the Filming Guidelines document. Other important information regarding still photograph, such as regarding park hours and fee payments, are also included in the document.
You may fill out a form DPR 245A (a sample is in the below document), and proceed from there by using the instructions for the form. www.parks.ca.gov/pages/782/files/film.pdf
I hope this information is helpful to you. Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
Jane Hall, Unit Ranger Empire Mine SHP (530) 273-8522 x 202 jhall@parks.ca.gov
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From: Empire Mine Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:02 PM
To: Hall, Jane Subject: FW: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall
Hi Jane, Looks like this is for you. Glen
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From: Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com [mailto:Thewinecntryclb2@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 10:51 AM To: Empire Mine Subject: Info and pix on "The Secret Room" ATTN: MS Jane Hall Ms Hall:
My name is john Olney. I am drafting my book, "Empire Gold: Mines to Wines -- The Past Meets the Present" in which I am writing the history of wine in Nevada County from 1848 to the present. You can read some of my stories by clicking here: http://norsierrafoothillswine.blogspot.com/
As a part of the book, I deal with the major mines of the county, A short time back I visited your site and I was totally captivated by the scale model of the shafts under the city. I am trying to isolate literature explaining the model and hopefully pictures of it from below, side and top. Your name was mentioned as one who might assist me to obtain such info/pix if they exist.
Thank you in advance on any guidance and assistance you can provide me. John Olney Phone: 707-299-9548 Email: thewinecntryclb2@aol.com Blog site: “Olney speaks…” http://www.jolney.blogspot.com/ Web site: “Wine Country Marketing & Promotions” http://www.twccwcmp.blogspot.com/
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