Visit to Pomona

Hello Dr. Cinotto,

We would be pleased to have you visit us in December.

The week of Dec. 11 has several things going on. Dec. 11-12 we have many Master's theses students coming for appointments. Then, on the afternoon of Dec. 14 there is a Library event in the Special Collections room, so we will not be open for service. Wednesday Dec. 13 and Friday Dec. 15 look the best for us.I would like to mention some other places and contacts in addition to us that you might be interested in.

I imagine you will be visiting Guasti Plaza, the site of the old Italian Vineyard Company.

Also in the city of Ontario, there is a small Museum of History and Art that has recently installed an exhibit about the Italian Vineyard Company [contact director Theresa Hanley, thanley@ci.ontario.ca.us 909-983-8978].

The Ontario Public Library "Model Colony Room" has many files and news clippings about Guasti [http://www.ci.ontario.ca.us/index.cfm/6736 ; 909-395-2206 or 909-395-2004].

There are also several local Italian vintners that you might want to visit. In Los Angeles there is the Riboli family who runs the San Antonio Winery which dates back to 1917 [contact Steve Riboli, Jr.: steve@sanantoniowinery.com ; http://www.sanantoniowinery.com/homefr.html ; 323-223-1401 ex 24 ].

About 40 min. to the east of our campus are two other active Italian vintners whose families purchased their vineyards back in the 1920s. Gino Filippi [ 909-899-1236 ; ginoffvine@aol.com ; http://www.josephfilippiwinery.com/] and Don Galleano [951-685-5376 ; info@galleanowinery.com ].

We have an extensive collection of materials documenting Italian winemakers in California, including many books, directories, newspaper microfilms, oral histories, theses, photos, TV programs and archival videos, wine and grape crate labels, ephemera and other archival materials.

Depending on what you wish to study, you may want to spend more than one day exploring the collection.

Best regards,
Danette Cook Adamson
Special Collections Librarian