Finding Aid for the Roy Brady Collection about Wine Societies LSC.1382
Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff and Caroline Cubé, 2003; revised by Josh Fiala, 2004; further revisions
by Lori Dedeyan, 2019.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Roy Brady collection about Wine Societies
Creator:
Brady, Roy
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1382
Physical Description:
7.4 Linear Feet
(1 box, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1946-1985
Abstract: Roy Brady was the chairman of the Alta California Wine and Food Society (1965-1983), and wrote for
Wine World,
Coast Magazine, and
Architectural World. The collection consists of menus of various wine and food societies from California and Europe, articles by Brady, a scrapbook
of the Westwood Wine and Food Society, posters relating to the wine industry in California and France, and two letters and
two photographs from the Wine and Food Society, London.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Conditions Governing Access
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on this page.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Roy Brady Collection about Wine Societies (Collection 1382). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Roy Brady, 1984-1985.
Processing Information
Processed by Manuscripts Division staff, 2003.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Roy Brady was the chairman of the Alta California Wine and Food Society (1965-1983), and wrote for
Wine World,
Coast mMgazine, and
Architectural World. He is the author of
Old wine, fine wine? (1990).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of menus of various wine and food societies from California and Europe; articles by Brady; a scrapbook
of the Westwood Wine and Food Societ;, posters relating to the wine industry in California and France, and two letters and
two photographs from the Wine and Food Society, London. Menus include those of the Alta California Wine and Food Society,
Beverly Hills Wine and Food Society, Christian Brothers of California, the Restaurant Writers Association Awards Banquet,
Westwood Wine and Food Society, Wine and Food Society, London, Wine and Food Society of San Francisco, Wine and Food Society
of Southern California, and the Physicians' Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Wine -- Societies -- Archives
Wine writers -- California -- Archives
Menus
Brady, Roy -- Archives
box 1, folder 1
Articles by Brady
1968-1984
General Physical Description note: 4 items. 10 leaves.
box 1, folder 2
Alta California Wine and Food Society dinner letters
1975-1982
box 1, folder 3
Alta California Wine and Food Society menus
1975-1984
General Physical Description note: 27 items.
box 1, folder 4
Beverly Hills Wine and Food Society menus
1951, 1967
box 1, folder 5
Christian Brothers of California. Wine Harvest Luncheon invitations and menus
1973-1981
box 1, folder 6
Restaurant Writers Association Awards Banquet menus
1976
box 1, folder 7
University of California Press. Weekend in the Wine Country brochure
1984
box 1, folder 8
Westwood Wine and Food Society dinner letters
1968
box 1, folder 9
Wine and Food Society, London menus
1946-1948
box 1, folder 10
Wine and Food Society of San Francisco menus
1958-1970
box 1, folder 11
Wine and Food Society of Southern California menus
1937-1962
box 1, folder 12, 17
Wine and Food Society of Southern California menus
1962-1971
box 1, folder 13
Miscellaneous California menus
1949-1979
box 1, folder 14
Miscellaneous U.S. menus
1949
box 1, folder 15
Miscellaneous European menus
1949-1964
box 1, folder 16
Miscellaneous travel menus
1950, 1976
box 1, folder 17
Notebook: Menus of Wine Dinners Since 1963
1970
box 2
Scrapbook of the Westwood Wine and Food Society
1965-1975
Scope and Contents note
78 menus on 51 leaves, 6 laid in at end. Also included: 2 letters from Wine and Food Society, London; 2 photographs.
box 3
Oversize menus
1961-1985
Scope and Contents
Includes oversize menus for the Alta California Wine and Food Society (41 items), Christian Brothers of California (1 item),
Restaurant Writers Banquet (1 item), Physicians' Wine and Food Society of Los Angeles (1 item), Wine and Food Society of Southern
California (1 item), Coleman Andrews birthday dinner (1 item), and foreign menus (3 items).
box 4
Posters pertaining to wine industry in California and France
circa 1975-1984
Scope and Contents
1 oversize folder containing 20 posters
