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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Stimmel Distilling Company Form, Ms2010-028, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Stimmel Distilling Company Form was purchased by Special Collections in 2010.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Stimmel Distilling Company Form commenced and was completed in June 2010.

Administrative History

The Stimmel Distilling Company was a distiller of liquors and beers located in Norfolk, Virginia. The company appears in the 1915 and 1916 Norfolk City directories. In 1916, the state of Virginia banned the sale of alcohol, which may explain why the distillery does not appear in subsequent directories.

External Sources:

Norfolk and Portsmouth City Directories, 1851-1931, Sargeant Memorial Collection Digital Collection, Norfolk Public Library, https://cdm15987.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15987coll2/ , accessed April 27, 2023.

Eaton, Lorraine, "Virginia's Prohibition history," The Virginian-Pilot , November 30, 2008, archived online at https://web.archive.org/web/20100807012038/hamptonroads.com/2008/11/virginias-prohibition-history , accessed April 27, 2023.

Scope and Content

The collection contains an advertising and order form produced by the Stimmel Distilling Company based in Norfolk, Virginia. The front of the form lists the prices of whiskeys on special. The "Bottled In Bond" whiskeys listed include Winona Club, Holesum, Mellwood, Overholt, Old Taylor, Beechmont, and Pure Corn. The form also lists the prices of some of the "High Grade Blends" which include Tokyo Club, Silver Eagle, Tabard inn, Sherwood, Kentucky Judge, and Old Stimmel. On the reverse of the form is an order blank.

Related Material

See the following distilling and prohibition related collections, which are also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:

United States Bureau of Internal Revenue Distillery Forms, Ms2008-095

Ivanhoe, Virginia, Moonshine Still Glass Plate, Ms2009-028

General John C. Breckinridge Note (Distilling), Ms2010-082

Old Kentucky Distillery Warehouse Receipt, Ms2015-057

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cocktail History Collection
• Cocktails -- History
• History of Food and Drink
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Stimmel Distilling Company Form by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).