Walter H. Voigt Brewing Industry Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Voigt, Walter H.
label: Names
content: Master Brewers Association of America
topic: label: Topic
content: Bottling
label: Topic
content: Brewing
label: Topic
content: Beer
label: Topic
content: Beverages
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated to the National Museum of American History in 1967 by Walter H. Voigt, along with artifacts from the brewing industry.
creator: label: Creator
content: Voigt, Walter H.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Walter H. Voigt Brewing Industry Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents the history of the brewing beer industry in the mid-Atlantic region primarily between the 1890s and the 1960s. Materials includeing correspondence, class notes, beer labels, journal reprints, technical papers, trade literature, legal papers, magazine articles, cartoons, books, and literature from the Master Brewers Association of America.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walter Herbert Voigt was a brewer and collector of beer related materials.
He began in the beer brewing business soon after the 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition.  He was born in 1906 in Vermillion, South Dakota of German immigrant parents, Fritz and Minna Voigt. Voigt attended the Siebel Institute of Biotechnology, the oldest beer brewing school in the United States.  During the 1930s, he spent two years training in brewing at the Largay Brewing Company in Waterbury, Connecticut.  Voigt began his career with the Amsterdam Brewing Company in Amsterdam, New York, and then moved to the American Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland about 1941 as assistant brew master. During his life, he was a member of the Master Brewers Association (MBA) and held the position of Secretary of the District of Baltimore for the Master Brewers Association (MBA).  Voigt later retired from the American Brewing Company and died in 1983 at the age of seventy-seven in  Salisbury, Connecticut.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Cubic feet (8 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1891-1979
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work and Industry in 2010.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1195
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Correspondence
label: Type
content: Advertisements
label: Type
content: Cartoons (humorous images)
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Labels
label: Type
content: Reprints
label: Type
content: Notes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into four series.  

Series 1, Personal Papers, 1931-1967, undated

Series 2, Beer Industry, 1932-1979, undated

Subseries 2.1, Technical Information, 1938-1979, undated

Subseries 2.2, Sales, Marketing, and Distribution, 1932-1966, undated 

Series 3, Publications, 1891-1969, undated

Subseries 3.1, Books, 1891-1964, undated

Subseries 3.2, Periodicals, 1910-1969, undated

Series 4, Organizations, 1934-1966, undated
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Eva Buchanan-Cates, Katie DeFonzo, Stephanie Haeg, and Emily Woessner interns; supervised by Vanessa Broussard Simmons, archivist, 2017.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Advertisements -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Cartoons (humorous images) -- 20th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Labels
label: Genre/Form
content: Reprints
label: Genre/Form
content: Notes
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Collection documents the history of brewing beer in the mid-Atlantic region primarily between the 1890s and the beginning of consolidation and large-scale, industrial production in the 1960s. Materials consist of correspondence; class notes on the brewing process; beer labels; journal reprints and technical papers on brewing; trade literature on beer, bottling and the bottling process; printed material from beer events, such as the meetings of the Master Brewers Association of America; papers on the legal aspects of brewing; articles, including historical articles on beer; cartoons; and brewing magazines and books. The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1, Personal Papers, 1931-1967, undated; Series 2, Beer Industry, 1932-1979, undated; Series 3, Publications, 1891-1969, undated; and Series 4, Associations, 1934-1966, undated.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History


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separatedmaterial: label: Separated Materials
content: Related objects from Walter H. Voigt are in the Division of Work and Industry and include beer bottles.  See accessions: AG.65.2068, AG.65.2093, AG.65.2094, AG.65.2096, AG.65.2353, AG.67.0834, AG.67.0838, AG.67.0839, and AG.67.0840.