Collectie

Jim McDaniel Papers

• 1969 - 1986 (Vervaardig)

2.25 linear feet.

The Jim McDaniel Papers include correspondence, newspaper articles, land sale documents and loan documents pertaining to the purchase of the land and equipment used to create and maintain the McDaniel Vineyard. The paper records also contain written records of grape crops and sales contracts. Photographs include images of the early days of the vineyard plantings, harvest parties, neighboring vineyard and winery owners, the family home and photos of the area surrounding the vineyard.

Described to box level only.

Access is by appointment only. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment.

See https://www.linfield.edu/linfield-libraries/copyright-policy.html

• Engels

• Latijn

https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=lca_findingaids

James B. McDaniel donated the Jim McDaniel Papers to the Linfield College Archives on January 9, 2013.

Jereld R. Nicholson Library
Linfield College
900 SE Baker Street
McMinnville, OR 97128
Reference Number: 503-883-2734 Reference Email: archives@linfield.edu

The Jim McDaniel papers consist of paper records, photographs, books about Northwest wine country and a memoir written by Kerry McDaniel Boennisch, the daughter of Jim McDaniel. The paper records include correspondence, newspaper articles, land sale documents and loan documents pertaining to the purchase of the land and equipment used to create and maintain the McDaniel Vineyard. The paper records also contain written records of grape crops and sales contracts. Photographs include images of the early days of the vineyard plantings, harvest parties, the bottling process, neighboring vineyard and
winery owners, the family home and photos of the area surrounding the vineyard.

In 1972, Jim McDaniel left the family grain and seed business known as McDaniel Grain Co. and moved his family from McMinnville, Oregon to Dundee, Oregon with plans to build a vineyard. By 1973, Jim McDaniel was producing and selling grapes to the small group of winery owners in western Oregon. The McDaniel Vineyards sold grapes to some of the more prominent wineries in Western Oregon such as Erath Vineyards, Sokol- Blosser Vineyards and Eyrie Vineyards. In 1985, McDaniel sold his vineyard and home to Dr. Donald Olson and it was renamed the Olson Vineyard Estate. Jim McDaniel continued to manage the vineyard for a few years after the sale to Dr. Olson.

• Citation: Jim McDaniel Papers. Jereld R. Nicholson Library. Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. Gift of James B. McDaniel on January 2013.
• Processing information: Processed by archive technician Kathie Byers, with the assistance of archivist Rachael Cristine Woody. Added to AtoM by Tori Neitzke in 2023.

Description based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard.

LCSH

Tori Neitzke, 2023.

• Oregon
• Wine and wine making--Oregon
• Wine industry--Oregon--Willamette River Valley--History
• Selling--Wine
• Agriculture--Oregon

• Oregon--Willamette River Valley

• Photographs
• Books
• Maps
• Narratives
• Clippings
• Ephemera