News: Archives and special collections

Library Acquires the Papers of Winemaker and Innovator Richard (Dick) Peterson

Winemaker Richard (Dick) Peterson, has donated his archive from over six decades in the California wine industry to the UC Davis Library’s Archives and Special Collections. Many of

Lug and Can Label Collection now available digitally

Our newest digitized collection launched today, featuring colorful images of fruits and vegetables that helped market California produce starting in the early days of the transcontinental railroad. The

Archives & Special Collections Student Spotlight: Vanessa Cardona-Ocegueda

One of the most exciting parts of working in a library is the opportunity to engage with early-career librarians and archivists, whose perspectives on information integrity, access, and curation keep

Remembering September 11

“The events of September 11, 2001 will stay with us for the rest of our lives,” wrote the leaders of the UC Davis Jewish Student Union three weeks

The collection of wine writer Gerald Asher comes to UC Davis

“Long ago, during my apprenticeship in the wine trade, I learned that wine is more than the sum of its parts, and more than an expression of its

17th-century book on distillation in Renaissance Europe gets new life with English translation

In 2010, Darrell Corti, the owner of Sacramento’s Corti Brothers and a food and wine expert, donated a first-edition copy of Io. Bap. Portae Neapolitani