Albert Goldman papers, 1953-1994

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Series I: Lenny Bruce

Albert Goldman and Lawrence Schiller did such extensive research about Lenny Bruce that Goldman was able to make this biography a vivid recreation of Bruce`s life and times. It launched Goldman as a biographer.



Box 71 Folder 1 Annie's 440 Show, January 1958


Box 71 Folder 2 Ashman, Charles


Box 71 Folder 3 Belli, Marvin


Box 71 Folder 4 Bendich, Al


Box 71 Folder 5 Bledsoe


Box 71 Folder 6 Bruce Arrests


Box 71 Folder 7 Bruce Show Transcript (late)


Box 71 Folder 8-10 Bruce, Honey


Box 71 Folder 11 Buccieri


Box 71 Folder 12 Bust: Chicago. Obscenity


Box 71 Folder 13 Bust: NY Obscenity (summany and analysis


Box 71 Folder 14 Caen, herb


Box 71 Folder 15 Casron, S.


Box 71 Folder 16 Coogan, Bobby


Box 71 Folder 17 Dangerfield, Rodney


Box 71 Folder 18 Diary 1965 (whose?) John Judnick, 1965


Box 71 Folder 19 Dr. Ditman (Drug Witness)


Box 71 Folder 20 Divorce: Lenny and Honey


Box 71 Folder 21 Fantasy Records and Tapes


Box 71 Folder 22 Fried, Seymore


Box 71 Folder 23 Garbus, Martin


Box 71 Folder 24 House (8825 Hollywood Blvd.)


Box 71 Folder 25 isman, Sid


Box 71 Folder 26 Lenny 4


Box 71 Folder 27 Marks, Burt


Box 71 Folder 28 Dr. Rotenberg


Box 71 Folder 29 Rovinsky, Selma


Box 71 Folder 30 Shaffer, Art


Box 71 Folder 31 Shapiro, Carl


Box 71 Folder 32 Schwartz, Allen


Box 71 Folder 33 Viscarra, Tony


Box 71 Folder 34 Vaughn, Nancy


Box 71 Folder 35 Wayne, Seymour


Box 71 Folder 36 Wollenberg


Box 71 Folder 37 Worth, Marvin


Photocopies:



Box 9 Folder 1 1965 Diary (Whose) John Judnick, 1965


Box 9 Folder 2 Anne, Dee


Box 9 Folder 3 Ashman,Charles


Box 9 Folder 4 Belli, Melvin


Box 9 Folder 5 Bendich


Box 9 Folder 6 Bledsoe, Russell


Box 9 Folder 7 Bruce Arrests


Box 9 Folder 8 Bruce article and draft: NY/Weekend and "The Real Lenny Bruce is Alive and Well in Brooklyn"


Box 9 Folder 9 Bruce Shaw Transcript (Late)


Box 9 Folder 10 Buccieri


Box 9 Folder 11 Bust: Chicago Obscenity


Box 9 Folder 12 Bust: NY -- Obscenity (Summary and Analysis)


Box 9 Folder 13 Caen, Herb


Box 9 Folder 14 Carson, S.


Box 9 Folder 15 Coohan, Bobby


Box 9 Folder 16 Dangerfield, Rodney


Box 9 Folder 17 Divorce: :Lenny & Honey


Box 9 Folder 18 Dr. Ditman (Drug Witness)


Box 9 Folder 19 Fantasy records and Tapes


Box 9 Folder 20 Fried, Seymour


Box 9 Folder 21 Garbus, Martin


Box 9 Folder 22 Honey Bruce


Box 9 Folder 23 Honey Interview


Box 9 Folder 24 Irmas, Sid


Box 9 Folder 25 Marks, Burt


Box 9 Folder 26 Miscellaneous Bruce correspondence and his house details


Box 9 Folder 27 Rotenberg, Norman


Box 9 Folder 28 Rovinsky, Selma


Box 9 Folder 29 Schaffner, Art


Box 9 Folder 30 Schwartz, Allen G.


Box 9 Folder 31 Shapiro, Carl


Box 9 Folder 32 Vaughn, Nancy


Box 9 Folder 33 Viscarra, Tony


Box 9 Folder 34 Wayner, Seymour


Box 9 Folder 35 Wollenberg


Box 9 Folder 36 Worth, Marvin



Box 48 Folder 14 Correspondence re. Lenny Bruce and Bruce Schiller, 1970 & 1974



Box 90 Folder 1-4 Goldman/Schiller


Box 90 Folder 5-7 Bruce Publicity


Box 90 Folder 8 Bruce Press Kit


Box 90 Folder 9 Disposition of the Bruce estate


Box 90 Folder 10 Out-takes from Final Bruce Manuscript


Box 90 Folder 11 Hayden, Maury


Box 90 Folder 12 Allyn, David


Box 90 Folder 13 Hill, Everett


Box 90 Folder 14 Horowitz, Sue


Box 90 Folder 15-16 Bruce Legal


Box 90 Folder 17 Bruce clippings



Box A-1 Folder 1 "The Alberts File"


Box A-1 Folder 2 Joe Ancis


Box A-1 Folder 3 The Hotel America (with photographs of the hotel and area)


Box A-1 Folder 4 Astrological Data


Box A-1 Folder 5 Fred Baker


Box A-1 Folder 6 Bellmore, L.I.


Box A-1 Folder 7 Berkeley Concert


Box A-1 Folder 8 Marshall Blumfield, attorney


Box A-1 Folder 9 "Brooklyn" Chapter IV



Box A-2 Folder 1 Bruce chronology


Box A-2 Folder 2 Brothers Mathias Foundation, Inc.


Box A-2 Folder 3 History of Estate


Box A-2 Folder 4 Death Report


Box A-2 Folder 5 Liner Notes


Box A-2 Folder 6 Bruce reviews


Box A-2 Folder 7 Synopsis of Goldman/Schiller book


Box A-2 Folder 8 Summary of busts


Box A-2 Folder 9 Susan Brustman


Box A-2 Folder 10 California


Box A-2 Folder 11 Cafe Au Go Go (two shows)


Box A-2 Folder 12 The Cloistery


Box A-2 Folder 13 Esther Cohen


Box A-2 Folder 14 Carnegie Hall concert


Box A-2 Folder 15 Dengler Family


Box A-2 Folder 16 The Dec at the Duane


Box A-2 Folder 17 George and Jack De Leon


Box A-2 Folder 18 Mickey Deems


Box A-2 Folder 19 Jane Easton


Box A-2 Folder 20 Faye Dunaway


Box A-2 Folder 21 John Dolan


Box A-2 Folder 22 Fall from Swiss American Hotel, S.F.


Box A-2 Folder 23 The Establishment Club, London


Box A-2 Folder 24 Detective Agency


Box A-2 Folder 25 Paul Desmond



Box 16 Folder 16 Tim Hardin



Box A-2 Folder 26 Jackie Gayle


Box A-2 Folder 27 Norman Givanthov


Box A-2 Folder 28 Drugs and Drug tests


Box A-2 Folder 29 Drugs


Box A-2 Folder 30 Duffy's layout



Box A-3 Folder 1 Australia & Vancouver reviews


Box A-3 Folder 2 Steve Allen


Box A-3 Folder 3 Kitty Bruce


Box A-3 Folder 4 Bits and Pieces


Box A-3 Folder 5 Bust: Philadelphia


Box A-3 Folder 6 Bust: SF obscenity


Box A-3 Folder 7 Bust: LA narcotics #2/Arrests


Box A-3 Folder 8 Bust: Beverly Hills obscenity


Box A-3 Folder 9 Bust: LA narcotics #1


Box A-3 Folder 10 Handwriting analysis


Box A-3 Folder 11*7 Jack Sobel


Box A-3 Folder 12 Art Stever


Box A-3 Folder 13 Letter from Bill Goldman


Box A-3 Folder 14*10 Seymour Grush


Box A-3 Folder 15 Financial


Box A-3 Folder 16 Don Friedman


Box A-3 Folder 17 "How to Talk Dirty and Influence People". Correspondence


Box A-3 Folder 18 Schedule of Appearances


Box A-3 Folder 19 Bill Schaap, attorney


Box A-3 Folder 20 Ernst Rosenberg, attorney


Box A-3 Folder 21 Maurice Rosenfield, attorney


Box A-3 Folder 22 Dr. Bruce Stern

obstetrician who delivered Kitty



Box A-4 Folder 1 Fans' and friends' letters, 1962-1964


Box A-4 Folder 2 Lenny Bruce to Albert Goldman at the New Leader


Box A-4 Folder 3 Joel Fort, M.D. (Fort help)


Box A-4 Folder 4 Films


Box A-4 Folder 5 Lawrence Ferlinghetti


Box A-4 Folder 6 Hubert's Museum


Box A-4 Folder 7 Kenny Hume


Box A-4 Folder 8 Ralph J. Gleason


Box A-4 Folder 9 Max Gordon


Box A-4 Folder 10 Lou Gotlieb


Box A-4 Folder 11 Sheky Greene


Box A-4 Folder 12 Lenny Bruce manuscripts and correspondence


Box A-4 Folder 13 Ira Gitler


Box A-4 Folder 14 Hugh Hefner



Box A-5 Folder 1 Nat Hentoff


Box A-5 Folder 2 Honey's mother


Box A-5 Folder 3 Frank S. Hogan


Box A-5 Folder 4 Hanson's Drug Store (with photographs)


Box A-5 Folder 5 New York Trial


Box A-5 Folder 6 Carol Rowe


Box A-5 Folder 7 Herbert S. Ruhe


Box A-5 Folder 8 Grover Sales


Box A-5 Folder 9 San Francisco, North Beach


Box A-5 Folder 10 Sick Comedy


Box A-5 Folder 11 Broadway in S.F.


Box A-5 Folder 12 S.F. Chronicle


Box A-5 Folder 13 Myron Schneider (with photographs & Norman Mailer letter)


Box A-5 Folder 14 Lawrence Schiller


Box A-5 Folder 15 School Transcript


Box A-5 Folder 16 Nick Scoppetta


Box A-5 Folder 17 Shackleton & Markland


Box A-5 Folder 18 Edmind Shea


Box A-5 Folder 19 Don Sherwood


Box A-5 Folder 20 Jack Shelden


Box A-5 Folder 21 Maynard Sloate


Box A-5 Folder 22 Ben Sims


Box A-5 Folder 23 Personal Introduction


Box A-5 Folder 24 John Wilcock


Box A-5 Folder 25 John Lee White


Box A-5 Folder 26 John D. Weaver


Box A-5 Folder 27 Helen Weaver


Box A-5 Folder 28 Fred Waters



Box A-7 Folder 1 Zeidler & Zeidler. Ltd. commercials


Box A-7 Folder 2 Earl Zaidins


Box A-7 Folder 3 T.V. shows of Lenny Bruce


Box A-7 Folder 4 Vancouver


Box A-7 Folder 5 Village Theater, 30 November 1963/Easter 1964


Box A-7 Folder 6 Vasectomy


Box A-7 Folder 7 Ella Solomon


Box A-7 Folder 8 Howard Solomon


Box A-7 Folder 9 Leonard Solomon


Box A-7 Folder 10 Stamp Help Out!


Box A-7 Folder 11 Gloria Stavers


Box A-7 Folder 12 Arnie Sultan


Box A-7 Folder 13 Interviews (miscellaneous)


Box A-7 Folder 14 Research Receipts


Box A-7 Folder 15 Lenny Bruce Glossary


Box A-7 Folder 16 "Lenny" Screenplay by Julian Barry, 1974


Box A-7 Folder 17-19 Miscellaneous files


Manuscript:



Box 15 Folder 7 "The Story of Lenny Bruce: Part 1"



Box 58 Folder 2 Chapter Two: Honey's Story


Box 58 Folder 3 Chapter Three: The Missing Man


Box 58 Folder 4 Chapter Four: How Sick Humor Came Up The River from Brooklyn



Box 10 Folder 5 Chapter 6B - "Raw Ms"



Box 58 Folder 1 Lenny 5 (edited)



Box 10 Folder 6 Chapter 8 - sources


Box 10 Folder 7 Chapter 9 - "Raw Ms"


Box 10 Folder 8 Chapter 8 - "Raw Ms"


Box 10 Folder 9-11 Chapter 8 - "No More Mr. Nice Guy"


Box 10 Folder 12 Chapter III


Box 10 Folder 13 Chapter 11 - Raw Ms.


Box 10 Folder 14 Chapter Three


Box 10 Folder 15-17 Chapter Six



Box 13 Folder 1 & 2 Lenny. Chapter 1: "A Day in the Death"



Box 15 Folder 6 Lenny. Chapter 1: "A Day in the Death". Notes-


Box 15 Folder 1 & 5 Lenny. Chapter 5: "Dirty Lenny"



Box 58 Folder 5 & 6 Lenny. Chapter 5: "Dirty Lenny"


Box 58 Folder 7 & 8 Lenny. Chapter 6: Open Up Those Golden Gates



Box 15 Folder 2 Lenny. "California"



Box 58 Folder 9 & 10 Lenny. Chapter 7: America's No. 1 Comic



Box 15 Folder 3 Lenny. Chapetr 6A: "Getting Off In Frisco"


Box 15 Folder 8 & 9 Lenny. "Jew Boy"



Box 13 Folder 3 Lenny. Chapter 8



Box 58 Folder 11 & 12 Lenny. Chapter 9: Zug Me! Zelda Zug Me!



Box 13 Folder 4-6 Lenny. Chapter 10


Box 13 Folder 7 Lenny. Chapter 11: "Trials and Errors"


Box 13 Folder 8 Lenny. Chapter 12: "Possession"



Box 15 Folder 4 Lenny. Chapter 12



Box 13 Folder 9-11 Lenny. Chapter 13: "Private Parts"



Box 10 Folder 1-4 Chapter 14 - "Shit"



Box 13 Folder 12 Lenny. Suppressed Chapter


Box 13 Folder 13 Lenny. Epilogue



Box 22 Lenny Bruce Contacts. Loose cards (4" x 2") removed from a card file drawer.



Box 144 Photocopies of materials selected by Lawrence Schiller