Foote, Edwin Scott (b. 1935) Papers, 1947-1997

Held by The Filson Historical Society 

Creator:  Foote, Edwin Scott, b. 1935 

Title:  Papers, 1947-1997 

Rights: For information regarding literary and copyright interest for these papers, contact the Collections Department. 

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Location Number:  Mss.  

Scope and Content Note 

A collection of training manuals, history files, union contracts and office communications collected by Foote while he was employed as a distiller for first Seagram and then Stitzel-Weller distilleries. The journals are from the Stitzel-Weller distillery and start from when Foote was hired in 1984 and end when the distillery was closed in 1992. History files include photocopies of many old newspaper articles and pamphlets dealing with the distillery industry. Training manuals explain in detail the distilling process and include manuals from bourbon distilleries, scotch whisky distilleries and a tequila distillery. 

Biographical Note 

Edwin Scott Foote was born in Kentucky and educated at Western Kentucky University. His first distillery job was with Seagram where he worked at several of their Kentucky distilleries including the McKenna Distillery in Fairfield, Ky. and the Louisville, Ky. Calvert Distillery on 7th Street Road. He retired from Seagram and then took the job as Master Distiller at the Old Fitzgerald Distillery (Formerly known as Stitzel-Weller) in 1984. He worked as the Master Distiller from that time until they closed the Distillery in 1992. During that time the company had been consolidated with first Schenley and then Glenmore Distilling companies as United Distillers acquired a larger share of the bourbon industry. He became the first Master Distiller at the remodeled Bernheim Distillery in Louisville in 1992. He retired from United Distillers in 1997. 

Folder List 

Folder 1: Experiencing Tequila Manual. 

Folder 2: Beverage Alcohol Production Manual. 

Folder 3: Cameronbridge Distillery Manual. 

Folder 4: Port Dundas Distillery Manual. 

Folder 5: Grain Distilling Manual. 

Folder 6: Distillery Workers Union Contract – Stitzel-Weller 1947. 

Folder 7: Distillery Workers Union Contract – Stitzel-Weller 1954. 

Folder 8: Independent Distillery Workers Contract – Stitzel-Weller 1965. 

Folder 9: Independent Distillery Workers Contract – Stitzel-Weller 1966. 

Folder 10: Independent Distillery Workers Contract – Stitzel-Weller 1968. 

Folder 11: Independent Distillery Workers Contract – Old Fitzgerald Distillery, Inc. 1974. 

Folder 12: United Paperworkers International Union Contract – Old Fitzgerald Distillery, Inc. 1977. 

Folder 13: United Paperworkers International Union Contract – Old Fitzgerald Distillery, Inc. 1980. 

Folder 14: Distillery, Rectifying, Wine and Allied Workers Contract – Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. 1978. 

Folder 15: United Paperworkers International Union Contract – Old Fitzgerald Distillery, Inc. 1986. 

Folder 16: United Paperworkers International Union Contract – Schenley Distillers, Inc. 1989. 

Folder 17: United Paperworkers International Union Contract – Schenley Distillers, Inc. 1989. 

Folder 18: Distillery, Wine and Allied Workers International Union Contract – United Distillers Production, Inc. 1992. 

Folder 19: United Food & Commercial Workers International Union Contract – United Distillers Manufacturing, Inc. 1997. 

Folder 20: Distillery Log Book 1982-1984. 

Folder 21: Distillery Log Book 1985-1990. 

Folder 22: Distillery Log Book 1990-1991. 

Folder 23: Distillery Log Book March – December 1991. 

Folder 24: Distillery Log Book January 1992 to Final Distillation. 

Folder 25: Calvert Distilling Co. Training Manual. 

Folder 26: Equipment & Procedures, Wine Room, Rotary Dryers, Evaporators, Glossary. 

Folder 27: Louisville, Ky. Production Operation Manual – Distillery Maintenance Supervisory Training Program. 

Folder 28: History File. 

Folder 29: History File. 

Folder 30: Technical File. 

Folder 31: Office Correspondence File.