The Inventory of the David Brudnoy Collection #1686
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The Inventory of the David Brudnoy Collection #1686 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Brudnoy, David #1686 April 21, 2005 Box 1 No Folder I. Diaries and Journals. A. Daily planners. 1. 1971-1989. Box 2 2. 1990-1996, 1998, 1999. Box 3 Folder 1 II. Printed Material. A. Re: restaurants. 1. General information. a. "ABCs of Restaurantology." b. "Bars in Boston." c. "Best Restaurants." d. "Brunch and Buffet." e. "Cheap." f. "Cheese." g. "Chinese." h. "Cognac." Folder 2 i. "Complaints." j. "Cordials." k. "Dim Sum." l. "Dining Alone." m. "Dining Wisely." n. "Ethnic Dining in Boston." o. "French Food." 2 Box 3 cont'd. p. "Glassware." q. "Hotel Dining in Boston." r. "Japanese." Folder 3 s. "Late Night." t. "Martinis." u. "Menu Fiction and Facts." v. "Mexican Cooking." w. "Middle Eastern / Jewish Food." z. "Muzak." Folder 4 aa. "NY Seafood." bb. "Oceanographica (DB)." cc. "Overrated Restaurants." dd. "Outside Eating." ee. "Pizza Eating." ff. "Tipping." gg. "Toasting." hh. "Variety Meats." ii. "Waitresses." jj. "Wine Labels." kk. "Wine Terms." Folder 5 ll. "Wines." Folder 6 2. DB restaurant reviews; copied "Dining Out" columns. Folder 7 3. Individual restaurant files. Some reviews by DB; most reviews are copies or clippings of pieces by other Boston-area food critics, such as Allison Arnett or Robert Nadeau. a. Abe & Louie’s – Arirang; DB's reviews include Alfredo and Another Season. 3 Box 3 cont'd. Folder 8 b. Armani Express – Ben's Cafe. Folder 9 c. Biba – Bukowski's Tavern; DB's reviews include Boatslip. Folder 10 d. Cactus Club – Carlos Marino's Ristorante; DB's reviews include Café Budapest (now closed) and Capucino's. Folder 11 e. Casa Mexico – Chef Chong's House; DB's reviews include The Charles and Charley's. Folder 12 f. Chef Chow’s House – Claremont Café; DB's reviews include Ciro's and Cityside. Folder 13 g. Clio – Cricket's; DB's reviews include Club Max (now closed), Copley's Court (now closed), and Cricket's. Folder 14 h. Daily Catch – Dom's; DB's reviews include Davio's and Dom's. Folder 15 i. Dover Sea Grille – Exchange; DB's reviews include The Empress. Box 3 cont'd. 4 Folder 16 j. Falstaff Room – Front Street; DB's reviews include Falstaff Room, 57, Flagship, Florence's, and Front Street. Folder 17 k. Fugakyu – Gousmelli's. Folder 18 l. Le Grand Café – Harvest; DB's reviews include Grand Central and The Great Wall. Folder 19 m. Harvey’s – Jasper White's Summer Shack; DB's reviews include Houndtooth, Inn at the Mews, Jason's, and Jasper's (all now closed). Folder 20 n. J. B. Winberie – La Trattoria; DB's reviews include Jonah's and La Chaumiere. Folder 21 o. Laurel – Maitre Jacques; DB's reviews include Magic Fan. Folder 22 p. Maluken – Perdix. Folder 23 q. P. F. Chang’s China Bistro -- Ristorante Toscano. Folder 24 r. Ritz-Carlton – Saint. Box 3 cont'd. Folder 25 s. Saint Botolph (now closed) – Taranto. 5 Folder 26 t. Tosca – Les Zygomates. Folder 27 B. Theater. 1. General. a. "Best Theater of 1979-1983," items by DB. b. "Boston Theater Critics and Boston Theater Critics Circle." Folder 28 c. "Boston Theater District." d. "Brudnoy Catalogue of Theater," 1979-1983, 1985. Folder 29 e. "Eliot Norton Awards." Folder 30 f. "Kabuki." g. "Music Scores." h. "Negroes in the Theater," items by DB. Folder 31 C. Shows, arranged alphabetically by title; most items are TS photocopies of DB's reviews, with some clippings of reviews by others; most include programs and publicity photos. 1. "A… My Name is Alice" – "Amadeus." Folder 32 2. "American Buffalo" – Arterberry, Trent. Box 3 cont'd. Folder 33 6 3. "Ashes" – "Big Deal." Folder 34 4. "Big River" – "Broadway Bound." Folder 35 5. "Brothers" – "Cheaters." Folder 36 6. "Children of s Lesser God" – "Cirque du Soleil." Folder 37 7. "Cocktail Hour" – "DA." Folder 38 8. "Daisey Mayme" – "Do You Somersault." Box 4 Folder 1 9. "Dracula" – "Fools." Folder 2 10. "Forbidden Broadway" – "Glengarry Glen Ross." Folder 3 11. "Godspell" – "Hasty Pudding." Folder 4 12. "Hide and Seek" – "King of Hearts." Box 4 cont'd. Folder 5 13. "Last Minstrel Show" – "Lucifer’s Child." 7 Folder 6 14. "Lulu" – "Madame Butterfly." Folder 7 15. "Me and My Girl" – "Misanthrope." Folder 8 16. "Miss Saigon" – "Murder at the Howard Johnson’s." Folder 9 17. "My Fair Lady" – "Nunsense." Folder 10 18. "Oklahoma" – "Pack of Lies." Folder 11 19. "Paul Robeson" – "Porgy and Bess." Folder 12 20. "Prince of Grand Street" – "Riverdance." Folder 13 21. "The Roast" – "Secret Honor." Folder 14 22. "Sex, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll" – "Strangers." Folder 15 23. "Suede Expectations" – "Terry by Terry." Box 4 cont'd. Folder 16 24. "They’re Playing Our Song" – "Titanic." 8 Folder 17 25. "To Kill a Mockingbird" – "Tru." Folder 18 26. "Twelfth Night" – "West Side Waltz." Folder 19 27. "Whodunnit" – "Zorba." Folders 20-29 E. Film reviews; photocopies of DB's film criticism articles for various publication and radio broadcasts on WBZ AM 1995-2004. Box 5 Folder 1 III. Manuscripts. A. CAUGHT, novel by DB. 1. Draft, TS (copy), 241 p., Jan. 1986; includes TLS from McGraw-Hill Assistant Editor, Oct.20, 1986. Folder 2 2. Synopsis. 3. Table of contents, TS with holograph corrections. 4. Character listing. 5. Draft, TS, from title page to p.127, Jan. 1986. Folder 3 6. Draft, TS, pp.128-241. Box 5 cont'd. Folder 4 7. Draft, 241 p., TS (copy), Jan 1986. 9 8. TLS from literary agent Barbosa Bova, Mar. 25, 1987. 9. Draft fragments; title page, pp. 6–110. 10. Synopsis. Folders 5-6 11. Draft, TS (copy), 241 p., 2 copies, Jan. 1986. Folders 7-8 12. Draft, TS with holograph corrections, 241 p., Jan. 1986. Folders 9-10 13. Draft, TS (copy), 241 p., 2 copies, Jan. 1986, with synopsis. Folders 11-15 B. UNITED STATES HERITAGE, DB and William E. Cheeseman, 1975. 1. Draft, TS with holograph corrections, revised version, chapters 1-28. Folders 16-17 2. Draft, TS (copy), revised version. a. Chapters 1-14. Box 6 Folders 1-2 b. Chapters 15-28. Box 6 cont'd. No Folder C. Menu book, “Boston Menus,” 1975. 10 Folder 3 D. Unidentified manuscript, TS with holographic corrections; includes correspondence to and from publishers, 1975. Folder 4 E. High school papers. 1. Science papers: "Frog," "Birds of Paradise." 2. Paper on comics. Folder 5 3. Stories; TS with teacher's notes. Folders 6-8 F. DB's Ph.D. dissertation, "Liberty’s Bugler: The Seven Ages of Theodore Schroder," for Brandeis, Apr. 1971. 1. Final version, TS (copy), 531 p. Folders 9-11 2. Working chapters of draft, TS, some with advisor's comments (holograph), Dec. 1970. Folder 12 G. Class notes and other school-related material. 1. English notebook, spiral-bound. Folder 13 2. History notebook, spiral-bound. Box 6 cont'd. Folder 14 11 3. Chinese painting notebook, Professor Loehr, Harvard, 1963. No Folder 4. Binders with Yale course notes. a. Re: Oriental art; Asian economics; political science; religion. b. Re: Scandinavia. Box 7 No Folder 5. Binder with Harvard course notes (various) re: Europe; America; Asia. Folders 1-3 6. Re: Far East; includes DB’s college notes, teaching material. Folder 4 7. Northeastern University material and notes. Folder 5 8. Yale course notes. a. Re: India; Japanese and Chinese economics; Japanese and Chinese Religion. Folder 6 b. Re: Old Japan; Modern China; Old China. Box 7 cont'd. Folder 7 9. Essay re: de Tocqueville, draft, TS, 16 p., n.d.; includes related correspondence re: publishing, 1969-1970. Folder 8 12 10. Correspondence re: San Francisco School Board incident, TL and TLS, 1969-1972. 11. Essay re: homosexuality, draft, TS with holograph corrections, n.d. 12. Correspondence with Will Herberg re: publishing; includes printed material. Folder 9 13. Re: Texas Southern University. a. Tests; class descriptions for American and Asian history, philosophy. Folder 10 b. Honors report, Jan. 1966, 2 copies. Folder 11 c. Committee reports; honor programs report; memos from DB, 1964-1966. Folder 12 14. Woodrow Wilson Teaching Internship Conference minutes, June 1966. Folder 13 15. Theodore Schroeder bibliography, printed 1973. Box 7 cont'd. Folder 14 IV. Research Material. A. Photocopies of articles, editorials, graphs, and other items of interest to DB. 1. "Common Errors in English." 13 Folder 15 2. Copied comic strips. Folder 16 3. "My Favorite Teacher." Folder 17 4. “Jihad vs. Crusade,” Sept. 2001. Folder 18 5. “The West: Unique, Not Universal,” by Samuel P. Huntington. Folder 19 6. Stem cell research. Folder 20 7. New York Times article on interpreting the Bible. Folder 21 8. “Teenage Wasteland,” 2001. Folder 22 9. “Boomer Rags.” Box 7 cont'd. Folder 23 10. "Top 100 Intellectuals." Folder 24 11. "Advice from Bill Gates." Folder 25 14 12. Article re: drugs, terrorism, advertisements. Folder 26 13. "Tobacco and the Elderly." Folder 27 14. Article re: older consumers. Folder 28 15. “The Case for Legalization.” Folder 29 16. Wall Street Journal letter to the editor re: Israel. Folder 30 17. Article re: racial profiling. Folder 31 18. Dress code article. Folder 32 19. Jean Raspail interview. Folder 33 20. Immigration articles. Box 7 cont'd. 21. List of Haiti’s leaders. Folder 34 22. "Wicked Good Guide to Boston English." Folder 35 23. “Revolt of Islam.” 15 Folder 36 24. Islam article. Folder 37 25. “Representation of the Elderly.” Folder 38 26. Slave reparations article. Folder 39 27. “God Talk.” Folder 40 28. “Is Diversity Overrated?” Folder 41 29. “To Have and Have Not." Folder 42 30. “Racial Diversity Reconsidered.” Folder 43 31.