Personal Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Foley, Dennis
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content: Dennis Foley Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964-2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0896, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Private dinners and events attended or hosted by Dennis Foley between 1965 and 2002, including original artwork for menus and programs.  Items document the various wine organizations and personal events attended by Foley.  The events range from small dinners of a few friends to large professionally organized dinners and tastings.  There is information about several large national organizations including the Bacchus Society, International Wine and Food Society, and American Institute of Food and Wine.  This series is divided into four subseries: Dinner Events, Wine Tasting Notes, Original Artwork, and Personal Events and Clippings.  

Subseries 1.1: Dinner Events, 1965-2002 
Programs and brochures, often including annotation by Foley, for larger dinners arranged alphabetically by the hosting organization.  Items from other wine events are arranged chronologically and pertain to small, one time events attended by Foley.  The personal notebooks dinners, wines, and menus from private dinners, are arranged chronologically.  Honored guests at the private dinners include Bing Crosby, Harry Waugh, Joe Hietz, and W. Clausen.

Subseries 1.2: Wine Tasting Notes, 1968-1997
Formal and informal wine tastings and Foley's personal notebooks, loose leaf notes, and printed notebooks from large scale tastings.  

Subseries 1.3: Original Artwork 
Sketches and mockups of menus and programs for private dinners, several examples can be found in subseries one.

Subseries 1.4: Clippings and Miscellaneous Papers 
The newspaper clippings relate to various aspects of the wine industry and to events attended by Dennis Foley.  Miscellaneous papers that do not relate to wine, but instead highlight other personal activities and are arranged chronologically.