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The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers: Collection I
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Philip Isaac Berman and Muriel Mallin Berman, husband and wife – the "amazing Bermans" as they were often called – worked together as a team throughout the fifty-five years of their marriage, in raising their family, managing their businesses, making frequent trips abroad, collecting art, and planning philanthropy. This biographical sketch is therefore an account, not of one person alone, but of two together, who devoted a great deal of their astonishing energy and considerable fortune to philanthropy and public service, in their home city of Allentown, their home state of Pennsylvania, and around the world, especially in Israel.
Philip Berman was born on June 28, 1915, in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, son of Joseph and Dora (Feingold) Berman. In 1932 he enrolled at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, but in 1933 returned home to join the family trucking business, from which he built his fortune. On September 23, 1942, he married Muriel Mallin. In the same week, however, he also joined the U.S. Marine Corps, with which he served in the South Pacific during World War II.
Muriel Mallin Berman was born on June 21 1914, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, daughter of Solomon and Dora (Cooperman) Mallin. From The Pennsylvania State College of Optometry in Philadelphia she earned her doctorate in 1938 and maintained her license in optometry until 1984. In 1945 Philip Berman was relieved of active duty with the Marine Corps. In the same year their daughter Nancy Mallin Berman was born. In 1947 the family moved to Allentown. Their daughter Nina was born in 1948, and their son Steven in 1951. The family joined Congregation Keneseth Israel, in which they were active for many years, with Philip Berman serving at times as a member of the Board and as President.
On November 8, 1948, the Bermans made their first art purchase, buying two paintings by Anthony Thieme from a New York City gallery. Their first large-scale purchase came in November 1956, when they bought from the family of artist Walter Baum some three hundred paintings by Albert Jean Adolphe. This collection was the basis for a retrospective exhibition of work by Adolphe at the Allentown Art Museum in 1958 and for another in 1959 at the Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery. So began a pattern of collecting and showing art, sometimes through lending the art for exhibition, sometimes by donating it. Among the collections assembled by the Bermans were those of pre-World War II American art, of twentieth century European and American sculpture, of African art, of Eastern European art, of South American art, of Japanese prints, and of works by Israeli artists.
The Bermans' love of travel created opportunities for collecting. From December 12, 1957, to February 12, 1958, for example, they made a tour of Africa, collecting art. This was the first of many such trips to many parts of the world, trips recorded by Philip Berman in the travelogues which he came to call Odysseys (Series I.B). Travel made possible not only the collecting but also friendships with artists whose work the Bermans admired, including Henry Moore, Lynn Chadwick, Alexander Calder, and Francoise Gilot, among many others.
The first outright gift of art for public display may have been the gift of a painting, "Drifting Fog" by George M. Harding, to Lehigh University in 1959. Major gifts of art followed to Ursinus College and Lehigh University as well as to several other colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Philip Berman became Chairman of the Board of Trustees in 1989. At Ursinus College, to house their gifts of art, the Bermans established in 1984 the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art.
Art indeed became a strong passion for the Bermans. Equally strong was their energetic support of Jewish causes. Sometimes the passions converged, as when the Bermans gave to the city of Jerusalem Alexander Calder's Jerusalem Stabile in 1977 (the last monumental public sculpture Calder created in his lifetime), or Alexander Liberman's Faith in 1987. But long before the Bermans began collecting art, they were supporters of Jewish causes. In particular, Muriel Berman was active in Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, at least since 1950, and served as president of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region of Hadassah 1959-1962. Since the principal mission of Hadassah was medical relief, the Bermans provided major gifts to establish the Hadassah Nurses' Residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1971) and the National Medical Library Building for the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School (1973), among other projects in Israel, including establishment of the masters program in clinical nursing at the Medical School-Nursing School. The Bermans worked also to encourage better Israeli-Arab relations and better Jewish-Catholic relations. One aspect of the latter effort was their presenting to Pope John Paul II on December 19, 1984, a portrait bust of him which they had commissioned from the Roman sculptor Celestino Giampaoli.
Both Philip and Muriel Berman were for many years active members of the Jewish Publication Society, founded in 1888 in Philadelphia to provide high quality books of Jewish interest for the English-speaking world. From 1981 to 1984 Muriel Berman served as the Society's first woman president. During the same period, the Bermans developed plans for a Jewish Studies Center at Lehigh University and formally established the Center in 1984. Renamed in 1989 the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies, the Center became, under the direction of Laurence I. Silberstein, an energizing catalyst throughout the Lehigh Valley for the understanding of Jewish history, religion, and culture. In 1993-1994 the Bermans established contacts with the Gregorian University in Rome and arranged for exchanges of scholars and students between the Gregorian and the Berman Center at Lehigh University.
How the Bermans could find time for other interests may already be hard to see, yet their other interests were numerous. Some were business pursuits, such as the Fleetways trucking business (Series II.A) which Philip Berman managed from 1965 to 1990, and Hess's department store (Series II.B) which the Bermans bought in 1968. Hess's was an old Allentown institution and throve mightily under the Bermans, expanding from a single downtown store to a chain of seventeen stores in two states by the time the Bermans sold it in 1979. In 1975 Muriel Berman opened Hess's Fine Arts Gallery, where she exhibited and sold the work of first rate artists.
But much of the Bermans' energy was devoted to civic affairs. Philip Berman served as chair of the Allentown Redevelopment Authority, beginning in 1960. In 1964 he was elected a trustee of Cedar Crest College. In 1965 the Bermans established with Nancy Kefauver an arrangement by which they would lend art works to the Art in the Embassies program, for display in U.S. embassies around the world. In 1966 Muriel Berman was elected a founding trustee of Lehigh Community College and later served as chair of the board. Also in 1966, Muriel Berman represented the World Jewish Congress at a UNICEF Board meeting in Ethiopia. In 1967 Philip Berman was a member of the U.S. delegation to the UN Economic and Social Council, 43rd session, in Geneva. In 1968 Philip Berman was appointed Chair of the Pennsylvania Public Television Network, a post he held until 1995. In 1971, Muriel Berman was appointed to the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. But let these examples suffice to suggest how extraordinarily long a comprehensive list would be. Small wonder, then, that the Bermans received many awards and honors (Series III.A). Already in 1968, for example, Philip Berman received an award as a National Outstanding Civic Leader of America. In 1982 the Bermans received the Hazlett Memorial Award for Excellence in the Arts. In 1993 they received the Sheepskin Award of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities. Furthermore, because of their tireless philanthropy to educational institutions, the Bermans received several honorary degrees, notably from Ursinus College (Philip Berman in 1967, Muriel Berman in 1987), Lehigh University (Philip Berman in 1969, Muriel Berman in 1991), and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Philip Berman in 1979, Muriel Berman in 1982).
Active in so many enterprises, and generous to so many individuals and institutions, the Bermans made many good friends, among artists, educators, politicians, clergy, librarians, doctors, and many others. Among those not already mentioned were Jonas Salk, Teddy Kollek (mayor of Jerusalem), Senator Henry Jackson, Tenzing Norgay (Sherpa guide on Mount Everest), James Michener, Anne d'Harnoncourt (Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art). Many also were the notable people whom the Bermans met, including Lady Bird Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Jimmy Carter, King Hussein of Jordan, David Ben-Gurion of Israel, Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Henry Kissinger, Barbara Walters, Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren, Armand Hammer, Ronald Reagan. The photographic prints in Series VI.A record some of the Bermans' meetings with such notable people, as do the files of correspondence in Series I.D.
The loss therefore was great to many when Philip Berman died on November 26, 1997, and when Muriel Berman died on April 13, 2004. Nevertheless, their generous gifts will keep their memory alive for many years to come.
The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers: Collection I contains records ranging in date from 1915 to 1999, the earliest dated item being apparently a letter from the painter Walter Elmer Schofield (Box 76 Folder 3). Most of the records belong to the period 1960-1997. Comprising a variety of formats, such as handwritten and typed correspondence, photographic prints, slide transparencies, books, posters, and miscellaneous printed ephemera, the Collection occupies some 132 linear feet. The Collection is organized into nine series, of which all but one are further subdivided into a total of 37 subseries. For each subseries, a detailed introduction is provided in this guide.
Format has determined the contents of some of the series, as for instance Series VI contains some 4,313 photographic prints, some 4,388 slide transparencies, and an assortment of motion picture films, video cassettes, and audio tapes. Series VII contains newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous printed items; Series VIII contains books, Series IX various oversize items. Other series are determined largely by subject, as for instance Series II contains the business records of Fleetways and of Hess's, Series III includes several files on areas of civic involvement, Series IV focuses on philanthropy, and Series V contains family memorabilia. Series I contains correspondence and manuscripts, subdivided by subject.
Pervading all the files, however, are two major themes: the passion for art, and the tireless support for Jewish causes, especially those sponsored by Hadassah. Thus in Series I, by far the largest component is Subseries F, the Art Correspondence, filling nearly 60 boxes. A staggering range of artists is represented here, and not only by letters but also by photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, catalogs of shows, invitations, and so on. Even so, this file is only a fraction of the material relating to art found throughout the Collection. Similarly there is in Series IV a subseries on Special Projects in Israel, another on the Jewish Studies Center, and yet another on the American Jewish Committee, yet records of support for Jewish causes are to be found throughout the entire Collection.
Highlights of the Collection are far too numerous to list here or even to suggest through a representative sample, but mention might be made of such items as the photographs of the Bermans presenting to Pope John Paul II the portrait bust by Celestino Giampaoli, the correspondence with Francoise Gilot, the letters from Sir Edmund Hilary, the photograph of Golda Meir inscribed to Philip Berman, the framed reproduction of Paul Gauguin's painting of which the original once hung in the Bermans' living room.
For researchers seeking the most basic facts, however, beyond this guide a good starting point may be Folder 15 of Box 195 containing the obituaries of Philip Berman.
The archival arrangement of The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers: Collection I, and the production of this finding aid, owe much to the efforts and generosity of several people. Muriel Berman and Nancy Berman made the decisions which led to their transferring this valuable Collection to Lehigh University. Furthermore they supported the work of processing through gifts of funds and by supplying essential information. In particular, Muriel Berman undertook to provide, from memory, identification of several hundred photographs, thereby greatly increasing their value to researchers. Janet Heffner, longtime secretary and administrative assistant to both Philip and Muriel Berman, generously shared her wealth of knowledge and experience, whenever there were questions. And like Muriel Berman, she too helped identify hundreds of photographs. Philip Metzger, Curator of Special Collections at Lehigh University, superintended the project from the start, beginning with negotiation of the transfer and the hiring of a project archivist (the undersigned) and continuing with welcome encouragement and logistical problem-solving. Ilhan Citak, Archives and Special Collections Librarian, has generously supplied technical expertise and logistical support, especially since Philip Metzger's retirement at the end of 2005, as has also Christine Roysdon, Director, Library Collections and Systems. Marie Boltz, Special Collections Assistant until her retirement in 2000, provided much practical help and advice drawn from her experience in cataloging several manuscript collections. Joe Cackowski, undergraduate student assistant, patiently and thoroughly sorted and arranged the more than four thousand slides in the Collection. Yelena Shirakova did much of the careful chronological arrangement of files, and last but not least, with her clear civil engineer's lettering, provided legible labeling for the file folders and boxes. To all these people I gratefully offer this token of appreciation, knowing that not only did they make my work easier and more enjoyable but also they will have the gratitude of future researchers who come to Lehigh University to use this fine Collection in years to come. James Tyler Project Archivist
Following the death of Philip Berman in November 1997, Muriel Berman decided to offer his papers to Lehigh University. The Department of Special Collections in Linderman Library arranged for the archival processing. The papers themselves came to Lehigh in several installments during 1999, some from the Bermans' office at 1150 South Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown, and some from their house at 2000 Nottingham Road, Allentown. Processing was largely completed by the spring of 2000. After Muriel Berman's death in April 2004, Nancy Berman formalized the transfer of the papers to Lehigh University by deed of gift signed December 26, 2005.
Lehigh University maintains the collection now known as The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers: Collection I primarily for the purpose of making it available for scholarly research. Restrictions on access are therefore kept to a minimum. Nevertheless access to some parts of the collection will be restricted until January 1, 2030, for reasons of privacy. The parts so restricted are, as of May 15, 2006:
Series I.A; Series I.D; Series III; Series IV.A-F; Series IV.H; Series V; Series IX As work continues on the Collection, the scope of the restrictions will be narrowed, and this list will be revised. Researchers seeking access to restricted parts of the Collection should submit a request for special permission to the Department of Special Collections.
Some documents have been removed for safekeeping from their locations as shown in this finding aid and have been replaced with photocopies, which are marked to show that they are replacements. Researchers requiring to see the original of such a photocopy should ask Special Collections staff for assistance.
Unrestricted parts of the Collection are accessible subject to the general policies of Special Collections; photocopying and publishing from the collection are permitted subject to the policies of the repository and the laws of copyright.
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Collection Inventory
Philip Berman was a prolific writer of letters. He did not type, but dictated. Beginning in 1987, when his secretary, Janet Heffner, started using a computer for correspondence, many letters were saved on disks, and not on paper. In 1999, when Lehigh University began the project of arranging the collection, Mrs. Heffner took on the arduous task of printing out the various files of correspondence on acid-free paper, while she still had access to computers old enough to do the job. The result is a record of great value to the researcher.
The letters have been kept in the subject categories in which they were stored, and in general the categories have been kept in the order in which they were received at Lehigh University. Within each category the order in which the letters were printed has been retained; this order is usually, but not always, chronological. The titles of the categories are mostly taken from the labels provided by Mrs. Heffner.
Besides the texts of letters, the printouts occasionally include texts of speeches, and lists of artwork. The printouts occupy all the folders from Box 1, folder 1 through Box 4, folder 7. Box 4 folder 8 contains a few copies of faxes from October of 1997; these were not printed out from disks, but were received separately.
Voluminous though this correspondence is, the researcher should be warned that it is only the tip of the iceberg. Throughout the rest of the Berman Collection, interfiled with related papers, are countless other letters by Philip Berman and Muriel Berman, preserved as carbon copies or photocopies or faxed originals. Subseries A of Series 1 is therefore no more than a valuable sample of the Bermans' vast output of letters relating to the great variety of their projects and interests.
The frequent and far-flung travels of Philip and Muriel Berman occasioned numerous letters home, such as the sequence filed in Series V.A under the years 1957-1958 (Box 185, Folder 18), when the Bermans traveled in Africa. In. 1963-1964, Philip Berman began the practice of duplicating such letters for circulation to friends, and in 1966 his letter of May 6 was first titled an "Odyssey" -- the term he and many others subsequently used for all his narrative reports of travels. In Series I.B the Odysseys (dating from 1963 through 1996) are filed in chronological order; all are photocopies of typescripts or computer printouts except for the original typescript under the date July 6, 1969, and the draft in Philip Berman's hand of the August 4, 1989 Odyssey. There are some 82 separate Odysseys in this file, totaling approximately 1,000 leaves, many with text on both sides. In the following list, the date given for each Odyssey is usually the date recorded at or near the beginning of the text. When an Odyssey has a distinctive title, the title is entered after the date. A note of the places described is given in parentheses, with occasional supplementary descriptive notes.
(Includes letter from Allentown Bishop Thomas J. Welsh, and a report called The Picasso Adventure by Gloria Christman, concerning a painting belonging to the Bermans)
Includes copies of his letter of June 9, 1966, and the original of his letter of January 27, 1967, both addressed to Philip I. Berman
Includes printed invitation of the City of Philadelphia to a reception honoring Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip
Includes printed "Roster and Handbook" for October 1986
Includes letter from Henia Elkind, and items relating to Ethiopia, Egypt, Nawang Gombu, and the Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies in Tantur, Jerusalem, Israel
Includes letters from Yonatan Elkind at The Salk Institute, Susan Eisenhower, Menachem Elon, Henia Elkind, and Alice Eckardt
Includes two signed letters from Gerald R. Ford [Jan. 17 and Sept. 13, 1974], one signed letter from Betty Ford [Sept. 15, 1975], one signed letter from Jack Ford [Nov. 18, 1976], and a photo of Philip Berman with Betty Ford
Includes letters from Berman family relative Alfred Feingold, Stephen Furst, Archbishop John P. Foley, and James Forest
Includes letters from Stephen Furst
Includes two photos of John T. Gross, Mayor of Allentown
Includes letters from Yugoslav artist Josip Generalic, John Kenneth Galbraith, Nawang Gombu, and Benny Goodman [signed by secretary]
Includes letters to Julie Eisenhower from Philip Berman, and letters from the Great Valley Girl Scout Council concerning the Muriel and Philip Berman Girl Enrichment Fund
Includes printed reports of tributes to the Bermans from the Great Valley Girl Scout Council
Includes letters and printed items relating to the opening on Oct. 27, 1981, of the Allentown Hilton Hotel and Conference Center, and records of the art works placed in the Hotel
Includes documents recording transactions involving Fleetways, Inc. as well as the Hamilton at Ninth Corporation
Includes one signed letter from Armand Hammer of March 17, 1989
Includes printed reports on the Muriel and Philip I. Berman National Medical Library Building
Includes program for the July 2, 1979 awarding of an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree to Philip Berman
Includes letters from University President Avraham Harman, and from Deborah Avriel of the Berman National Medical Library
Includes program for the June 30, 1982 awarding of an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree to Muriel Berman
Includes records of art work given by the Bermans to the University
Includes annual reports of the Berman National Medical Library and of the uses of the Muriel and Philip Berman Fund
Includes letters of University President Don Patinkin, and financial reports on the Berman funds
Includes letter from Professor of Archaeology Trude Dothan
Includes proposal for the Muriel and Philip Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology
Includes letters from Samuel Rothberg and University President Amnon Pazy
Includes two signed letters from Sir Edmund Hillary, June 21 and July 25, 1973
Includes typed transcript of Hubert H. Humphrey's speech at Hess's on Aug. 16, 1968, and twelve signed letters from him [Feb. 19, March 27, April 10, May 3, May 6, May 20, May 31, June 26, July 25, Aug. 1, Aug. 17, and Sept. 14] as well as a signed letter of Sept. 24 from Hubert H. Humphrey III, a letter from Lawrence F. O'Brien, and the photocopy of a letter from Robert Sargent Shriver, July 19, 1968
(Includes an acknowledgement letter by Muriel Berman)
(Includes acknowledgment letter and printed card by Muriel Berman)
1 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA): 1996 Feb.-March 2 PMA: 1996 April-May 3 PMA: 1996 May-June 4 PMA: 1996 July-Aug. 5 PMA: 1996 Aug.-Sept. 6 PMA: 1996 Sept. 7 PMA: 1996 Oct.-Nov. 8 PMA: 1996 Dec. 9 PMA: 1997 Jan. (a) 10 PMA: 1997 Jan. (b) 11 PMA: 1997 Feb.-March 12 PMA: 1997 March (a) 13 PMA: 1997 March (b) 14 PMA: 1997 April (a) 15 PMA: 1997 April (b) 16 PMA: 1997 April-May 17 PMA: 1997 May (a)
Folders 4 College Speak-In: [1967?] 5 College Speak-In: 1967 Jan.-Sept. 6 College Speak-In: 1967 Oct.-Dec. 7 College Speak-In: 1968 Jan.-May 8 College Speak-In: 1968 June-Aug. 9 College Speak-In: 1968 Sept.-Nov. 10 College Speak-In: 1969 11 College Speak-In: 1970 12 College Speak-In: 1971 13 College Speak-In: 1972 Jan.-June 14 College Speak-In: 1972 Sept.-Dec. 15 College Speak-In: 1973 Jan.-Aug. 16 College Speak-In: 1973 Sept.-1974 Jan. 17 College Speak-In: 1974 Feb.-June 18 College Speak-In: 1974 Sept.-1975 March
Lehigh County Community College was founded in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, on March 30, 1966; Muriel Berman was a member of the original Board of Trustees, which held its first meeting on March 31 of that year. Classes began in the fall of 1967. Active in many aspects of the work of the Board and the College, Muriel Berman was Board Chairman by 1979. The files are in three parts, of which the first reflect general Board and College business, the second concerns the retirement of the College's first president Dr. John G. Berrier in 1983, and the third concerns the Lehigh County Community College Foundation, established by the Board of Trustees in 1975. All parts contain much correspondence, minutes of meetings, news clippings, and other related printed items. The first part has also a few photographs, some early (1967) issues of a student newspaper, and some commencement programs, as well as records of the inauguration of Dr. Berrier.
Folders 1 Lehigh County Community College (LCCC): 1966 2 LCCC: 1967 Jan.-Oct.12 3 LCCC: 1967 Oct.13-Nov.19 4 LCCC: 1967 Nov.20-Dec.9 5 LCCC: 1967 Dec.9 6 LCCC: 1967 Dec.9-15 7 LCCC: 1967 Dec.16-31 8 LCCC: 1968 9 LCCC: 1969-1970 10 LCCC: 1971-1972 11 LCCC: 1974-1979 Jan. 12 LCCC: 1979 Feb.-March 13 LCCC: 1979 April-May 14 LCCC: 1979 Jan.-1980 May 15 LCCC: 1980 June-1998 16 LCCC -- Berrier Retirement Dinner: 1982 Dec.-1983 May 17 LCCC -- Berrier Retirement Dinner: 1983 June 1-24 18 LCCC -- Berrier Retirement Dinner: 1983 June 24 19 LCCC -- Berrier Retirement Dinner: 1983 June 25-1984
Folders 1 Lehigh County Community College (LCCC) Foundation: 1972-1975 Feb. 2 LCCC Foundation: 1975 March-Dec. 3 LCCC Foundation: 1976-1977 4 LCCC Foundation: 1980-1982
Philip I. Berman and Muriel M. Berman were for many years active members of the Jewish Publication Society, founded in 1888 in Philadelphia to provide high quality books of Jewish interest for the English speaking world. By 1976 the Bermans had established the Muriel and Philip Berman Book Editions Endowment Fund, through which college and university libraries received free copies of a variety of JPS publications. In 1977 Muriel Berman accepted election as Treasurer of JPS; from 1981 to 1984 she served as the organization's first woman President.
Both the Personal Files (1973-1999) and the Administrative Files (1974-1989) consist primarily of papers from the years of Muriel Berman's presidency (1981-1984), and contain a great deal of correspondence, together with a wide variety of other documents, such as texts of speeches, minutes of meetings, typescripts of books, printed JPS catalogs, and even a few photographs.
Of publication projects completed during Muriel Berman's tenure as president, the most outstanding was the new English translation of the Hebrew Bible, of which the third and final volume was published in 1982. A one-volume edition of the complete text was issued in 1983. Muriel Berman presented a copy of this one-volume edition to President Reagan in April of 1983, as photographs and other documents attest. Projects represented in the file by typescripts as well as by correspondence are The History of the Jewish Publication Society by Jonathan D. Sarna, and the Bible Commentary, to which several scholars contributed. In connection with these and other projects and events, the JPS files contain letters from e.g. John Cardinal Krol, Chaim Potok, Senator Henry M. Jackson, Vice President George Bush.
Folders 5 Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File A: 1973-1978 6 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1978 Jan.-Sept. 7 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1978 Oct.-Dec. 8 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1980-1981 June 9 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1981 Sept.-1982 March 10 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1982 March-April 11 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1982 May 12 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1982 June-Sept. 13 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1982 Oct.-Dec. 14 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1983 15 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1983 Jan.-April 16 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1983 May-1984 Feb. 17 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1984 May-June 18 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Muriel M. Berman TLS to Philip I. Berman: 1984 May 31 19 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1984 July-1985
Folders 1 Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File A: 1986 2 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1987 3 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Printed: 1986-1988 4 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1988-1995 5 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1996 Jan.-Sept. 6 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1996 Oct. 7 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1996 Nov. 8 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1996 Dec. 9 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1997 Jan.-Feb. 10 J.P.S. -- Personal File A: 1997 March-1999 11 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Sarna, Chapter 5: 1988 Jan.27 12 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Sarna, Chapter 9: 1988 Jan.27 13 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Sarna, Proof (a): [n.d.] 14 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Sarna, Proof (b): [n.d.] 15 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Sarna, Proof (c): [n.d.] 16 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Sarna, Proof (d): [n.d.] 17 J.P.S. -- Personal File A -- Sarna, Proof (e): [n.d.]
Folders 1 Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File B: 1975 2 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1976 3 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1977 4 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1978 5 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1979 6 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1980 7 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (a) 8 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (b) 9 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (c) 10 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (d) 11 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (e) 12 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (f) 13 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (g) 14 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (h) 15 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (i) 16 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (j) 17 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1981 (k) 18 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (a) 19 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (b) 20 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (c) 21 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (d) 22 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (e)
Folders Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File B: 1982 (f) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (g) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (h) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (i) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (b) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (c) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (d) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (b) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (c) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (d) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (e) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (f) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (b) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (c) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (d) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (b)
Folders 1 Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File B: 1986 (c) 2 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (d) 3 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (e) 4 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (f) 5 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (g) 6 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1987 (a) 7 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1987 (b) 8 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1987 (c) 9 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1987 (d) 10 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (a) 11 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (b) 12 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (c) 13 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (d) 14 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (e) 15 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (f) 16 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (g) 17 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1988 (h)
Folders Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File B: 1988 (i) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1989 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1989 (b) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1989 (c) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1990 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1990 (b) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1991 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1991 (b) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (b) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (c) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (d) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (e) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1993 (a) J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1993 (b)
Folders 1 Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File B: 1993 (c) 2 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1993 (d) 3 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1993 (e) 4 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1993 (f) 5 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1994 (a) 6 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1994 (b) 7 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1994 (c) 8 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1995 9 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1996 (a) 10 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1996 (b) 11 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1996 (c) 12 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1996 (d) 13 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1996 (e) 14 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1996 (f) 15 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1996 (g) 16 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1997 (a) 17 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1997 (b) 18 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1997 (c)
Folders 1 Administration Committee: [n.d.]-1981 2 Administration Committee: 1982-1984 3 Advertising /Promotion: [1980-1984] 4 The American Jewish Committee: 1982-1989 5 Annual Meeting: 1981-1982 Feb. 6 Annual Meeting: 1982 Feb.-Dec. 7 Annual Meeting: 1983 Jan.-May 8 Annual Meeting: 1983 May-Dec. 9 Annual Meeting: 1984 Jan.-June 10 Annual Meeting: 1984 June (a) 11 Annual Meeting: 1984 June (b) 12 Art on Loan: 1983 13 Authors' Contracts: 1983 14 Berman Fund: 1976-1982 15 Berman Fund: 1983-1984 Aug. 16 Berman Fund: 1984 Aug.-Dec. 17 Bible Translation: 1981-1982 Feb. 18 Bible Translation: 1982 March-Oct. 19 Bible Translation: 1982 Nov.-1983 April 20 Bible Translation: 1983 April-Sept. 21 Bios: [ca.1981-1983]
Folders 1 Board: 1975-1978 2 Board -- Lists of Members: 1981-1983 3 Board: 1981 4 Board: 1982 Jan.-April 5 Board: 1982 May-Dec. 6 Board: 1983 Jan.-March 7 Board: 1983 April-Sept. 8 Board: 1983 Oct.-Dec. 9 Board: 1984 10 Book Distribution: 1983 11 By-Laws of the Society: 1980-1982 12 By-Laws of the Society: 1983 13 By-Laws of the Society: 1984 14 California Committee: 1982 15 Catalogs: 1981-1982 16 Catalogs: 1982-1984 17 Catalogs: 1982-1986 18 Catalogs: 1986 19 Catalogs: 1986-1987 20 Children's Books: 1983 21 Commentary: 1975-1981 July
Folders 1 Commentary: 1981 Aug.-Dec. 2 Commentary: 1982-1983 June 3 Commentary: 1983 July-1985 4 Commentary -- Hebrew Text: 1981-1982 July 5 Commentary -- Hebrew Text: 1982 Aug.-1983 6 Commentary -- Genesis 1-2 (a): 1983 7 Commentary -- Genesis 1-2 (b): 1983 8 Commentary -- Genesis 3-4: 1983 9 Commentary -- Genesis 5-6: 1983 10 Commentary -- Genesis 7-9: 1983
11 Commentary -- Genesis 10-11: 1983 12 Committees: 1980-1982 13 Committees: 1982 14 Committees: 1983-1984 15 Congratulation Letters: 1981 June-July 16 Congratulation Letters: 1981 Aug.-Sept. 17 Editorial Operations: 1983 18 Employees: 1983 19 Executive Committee: 1975-1982 20 Executive Committee: 1983-1985
Box 148 Folders 1 Finance: 1979-1980 2 Finance: 1981-1982 March 3 Finance: 1982 April-Dec. 4 Finance: 1983-1984 5 Forthcoming: 1983-1984 6 Gala Dinner: 1982 Jan.-March 7 Gala Dinner: 1982 March-May 8 Gala Dinner: 1982 May-June 9 Gifts: 1978-1981 10 Dorothy Harman: 1982-1983 11 Heritage: 1983 Jan.-Aug. 12 Heritage: 1983 Sept.-Dec. 13 Heritage: 1984 Jan.-March 14 Heritage: 1984 April-May 15 Heritage: 1984 May-1985 16 Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg: 1983 17 Heshie: 1983-1984 18 History Project: 1982-1984 19 Human Relations Award: 1982-1983 20 Humanities: 1981 May 21 Investment Committee: 1978-1981 22 Investment Committee: 1981-1984
Folders 1 Legacy: 1984 May 2 Marketing Study: 1981 April 3 Marketing Study: 1981 May-1983 4 Medallion: 1967-1987 5 Membership: 1981-1982 Aug. 6 Membership: 1982 Sept.-1983 March 7 Membership: 1983 April
8 Membership: 1983 May-1985 9 Mendelson, Joseph L.: 1983 Dec. 10 Miscellaneous: 1975-1984 11 Miscellaneous: 1984-1987 12 Nancy's Ketubbot: 1984 13 Navon: 1982 14 Nominating Committee: 1980-1982 April 15 Nominating Committee: 1982 April 16 Nominating Committee: 1982 June 17 Nominating Committee: 1982 June-Dec. 18 Nominating Committee: 1983 Jan.-May 19 Nominating Committee: 1983 May-Dec. 20 Nominating Committee: 1984 21 Personnel: 1981
Folders 1 Personnel: 1982-1984 2 Philadelphia: 1982 3 Photos: 1978-1983 4 Pope: 1982-1983 5 Potok, Chaim: 1982-1984 6 Properties: 1981-1982 7 Publication Committee: 1978-1981 8 Publication Committee: 1982 9 Publication Committee: 1983 Jan.-Aug. 10 Publication Committee: 1983 Sept.-Dec. 11 Publication Committee: 1984-1985 12 Publicity: 1981 June 13 Publicity: 1981 July 14 Publicity: 1981 Aug.-Oct. 15 Publicity: 1982-1983 16 Real Estate: 1981-1982 17 Real Estate: 1982 18 Rosenberg, David: 1981-1984 19 Sarna, Jonathan: 1983-1984 20 Segal, Bernard G.: 1984-1985 21 Singer, Isaac B.: 1972-1982
Folders 1 Singer, Isaac B.: 1984 2 Singer, Isaac B. -- Stories (1): 1983 April 22 3 Singer, Isaac B. -- Stories (2): [n.d.] 4 Soyer, Raphael: 1979-1982 5 South Africa: 1982-1983 6 Speech Material: 1981 Jan.-April 7 Speech Material: 1981 May-Dec. 8 Speech Material: 1982 Jan.-May 9 Speech Material: 1982 June-Dec. 10 Speech Material: 1983-1987 11 TV and Radio: 1982-1984
Muriel M. Berman was energetically involved in several women's organizations at all levels, from local to international. Most important of all, throughout her life, was Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, whose principal mission was medical relief. The files on Hadassah extend from 1950 to 1999, and include records, for example, of her tenure as President of the Eastern Pennsylvania Region of Hadassah, 1959-1962; the Bermans= gift of the Hadassah Nurses= Residence at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (groundbreaking Feb. 10, 1971); their gift of the National Medical Library Building for the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School (cornerstone laid April 3, 1973); the Myrtle Wreath Award presented to them by Hadassah On March 1, 1977; their gift to Hadassah of the portrait of Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, for presentation to the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Much related information will be found in Series IV. E, Special Projects in Israel.
Muriel Berman participated also, as a delegate appointed by President Gerald Ford, in the World Conference of the International Women's Year sponsored by the United Nations in Mexico City, June 19 - July 2, 1975, and in related conferences such as the Hemispheric Conference for Women in August 1976, as well as in the work of the Pennsylvania Commission for Women.
Series III. G contains much correspondence and some photographs, besides a great variety of printed ephemera, some of which are relevant to the local history of the Lehigh Valley.
Folders 12 Hadassah: 1950-1959 13 Hadassah: 1960-1962 14 Hadassah: 1963-1966 15 Hadassah: 1967-1968 16 Hadassah: 1969 Jan.-June 17 Hadassah: 1969 July-Sept. 18 Hadassah: 1969 Oct.-Dec. 19 Hadassah: 1970 Jan.-April
Folders 1 Hadassah: 1970 May-Dec. 2 Hadassah: 1971 Jan. 3 Hadassah: 1971 Feb. 4 Hadassah: 1971 March-May 10 5 Hadassah: 1971 May 12 6 Hadassah: 1971 May 13-Dec. 7 Hadassah: 1972 8 Hadassah: 1973 March-Oct. 9 Hadassah: 1973 Oct.-1974 10 Hadassah: 1975 11 Hadassah: 1976-1977 12 Hadassah: 1978-1981 13 Hadassah: 1982 14 Hadassah: 1983-1985 15 Hadassah: 1985-1986 16 Hadassah: 1987 17 Hadassah: 1988 Jan.-May 18 Hadassah: 1989 Aug.-1996 19 Hadassah: 1997 Jan. 20 Hadassah: 1997 Feb.
Folders 1 Hadassah: 1997 March (a) 2 Hadassah: 1997 March (b) 3 Hadassah: 1997 March-1999
4 Hadassah -- New York: 1962-1982 5 Hadassah -- New York: 1983 6 Hadassah -- New York: 1984-1988 July 7 Hadassah -- New York: 1988 Aug.-1989 8 Hadassah -- New York: 1990 9 Hadassah -- New York: 1991-1992 10 Hadassah -- New York: 1993-1994 11 Hadassah -- New York: 1995-1996 12 Hadassah -- New York: 1997-1999 13 Hadassah -- Computer Center: 1982 14 Hadassah -- Gift-A-Bond: 1982 15 Hadassah -- Orkin Fund: 1972-1973 16 Hadassah -- Episcopal Diocese Contribution: 1971-1973 17 Hadassah Magazine: 1984 18 UN Hadassah: 1973 19 UN Hadassah: 1974 20 Hemispheric Conference for Women: 1976-77 21 Hemispheric Conference for Women: 1976 22 International Women's Year (IWY): 1973-1975 May
Folders 1 International Women's Year (IWY): 1975 June 1-4 2 IWY: 1975 June 5-17 3 IWY: 1975 June 18-19 4 IWY: 1975 June 19 (a) 5 IWY: 1975 June 19 (b) 6 IWY: 1975 June 20-22 7 IWY: 1975 June 23-26 8 IWY: 1975 June 29 9 IWY: 1975 July 1 (a) 10 IWY: 1975 July 1 (b) 11 IWY: 1975 July 2 12 IWY: 1975 July 3-Aug. 13 IWY: 1975 Sept.-Dec. 14 IWY: 1976-1977 15 IWY: 1979 16 IWY: 1980-1982 17 IWY -- Pennsylvania Conference: 1975-1976 18 IWY -- Pennsylvania Conference: 1977 19 IWY -- Pennsylvania Conference: 1979-1980
Folders 1 International Women's Year (IWY) -- Pennsylvania Conference: 1980 Jan.-March 6 2 IWY -- Pennsylvania Conference: 1980 March 6-27 3 IWY -- Pennsylvania Conference: 1980 March 28 4 IWY -- Pennsylvania Conference: 1980 May-1981 5 Pennsylvania Commission for Women: 1988 6 Sisterhood: 1957-1966 7 Women's Club of Allentown: 1958-1964 8 Women's Club of Allentown: 1965-1969 Feb. 9 Women's Club of Allentown: 1969 March-Oct. 10 Women's Club of Allentown: 1969 Nov.-Dec. 11 Women's Club of Allentown: 1970-1981 12 Women's Council of the Lehigh Valley: 1976
The close and productive relationship which evolved between the Bermans and Ursinus College began in the academic year 1932-1933, when Philip Berman was enrolled as an undergraduate. In 1967, Ursinus awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws; in 1987 the College awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters to Muriel Berman. During the intervening half century, Philip and Muriel Berman were consistently major benefactors of the College, especially through their gifts of art. Beginning in the 1960's they presented many important gifts of books, paintings, prints, and sculptures. The crowning gift came in October of 1989, with the opening of the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art (for which occasion the principal speaker was the Berman's long time friend and fellow art collector James Michener) and the endowment of the Muriel M. Berman Directorship of the Museum.
Assistance from the Bermans enabled the Museum to host several outstanding exhibitions, as for example AThe City of David: Discoveries from the Excavations@ (1991) and AStone Echoes: Original Prints by Francoise Gilot" (1995). From the College's large collection of sculptures by Lynn Chadwick, an exhibition toured the world in 1990-1991.
Boxes 155-162 contain the files consisting primarily of correspondence between the Bermans and Ursinus College. Richard P. Richter (President through 1994), John Strassburger (President from 1995), John R. Van Ness (Vice President for College Relations), and Lisa Tremper Barnes (Muriel M. Berman Museum Director) are frequent correspondents. Copies of letters sent by the Bermans are present throughout. Among many letters written by persons not at the College may be mentioned those by Lynn Chadwick, Zigi Ben-Haim, Mary Ann Unger, Doris Richter Sams, Anthony Cardinal Bevilaqua, Francoise Gilot, Nancy Berman Bloch. Artists whose work is discussed or otherwise represented in these files but whose letters do not appear here include: Albert J. Adolphe, Harry Bertoia, Alexander Calder, Celestino Giampaoli, Dennis Gould, Michael Price, Albert Schroder, Ernest Shaw, Tom Sternal, Igael Tumarkin, Andrew Wyeth, and many others.
In the AChadwicks@ folders (Box 161, Folders 14-17) is some correspondence concerning the casting of Lynn Chadwick's sculptures by the Morris Singer Foundry, Basingstoke, England. In the ACity of David Dig@ folders (Boxes 161-162) is some correspondence with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In addition to the letters themselves, these files contain many related documents, such as: newspaper clippings, printed announcements and invitations, inventories of art work, reports of Museum activity, proposals for exhibitions, photographs of people and art work. Issues of the Ursinus College Bulletin have been filed together in Box 162, followed by miscellaneous printed items not directly connected to the correspondence.
Some further materials relating to Ursinus College may be found in Series I.F (Art Correspondence) Box 85 Folders 4-9, and Series VI.A (Photographic Prints) Binder 7 Section 6.
13 Correspondence: 1965-1984 14 Correspondence: 1985-1986 Sept. 15 Correspondence: 1986 Oct.-Dec. 16 Correspondence: 1987 Jan.-Feb. 17 Correspondence: 1987 March-April 18 Correspondence: 1987 May-July 19 Correspondence: 1987 Aug. 20 Correspondence: 1987 Sept. 21 Correspondence: 1987 Oct.
Folders 1 Correspondence: 1987 Nov.-Dec. 2 Correspondence: 1988 Jan. 3 Correspondence: 1988 Feb. 4 Correspondence: 1988 March 5 Correspondence: 1988 May-June 6 Correspondence: 1988 July 7 Correspondence: 1988 Aug.-Sept. 8 Correspondence: 1988 Oct. 9 Correspondence: 1988 Nov.-Dec. 10 Correspondence: 1989 Jan. 11 Correspondence: 1989 Feb. 12 Correspondence: 1989 March 13 Correspondence: 1989 April 14 Correspondence: 1989 May 1-16 15 Correspondence: 1989 May 17-26 16 Correspondence: 1989 May 27-June 17 Correspondence: 1989 July 18 Correspondence: 1989 Aug. 1-8 19 Correspondence: 1989 Aug. 9-31 20 Correspondence: 1989 Sept.-Oct. 9 21 Correspondence: 1989 Oct.
Folders 1 Correspondence: 1989 Nov. 1-20 2 Correspondence: 1989 Nov. 28 3 Correspondence: 1989 Dec. 4 Correspondence: 1990 Jan.-Feb. 9 5 Correspondence: 1990 Feb. 9 (a) 6 Correspondence: 1990 Feb. 9 (b) 7 Correspondence: 1990 Feb. 9 (c) 8 Correspondence: 1990 Feb. 10-March 9 Correspondence: 1990 April-May 10 Correspondence: 1990 June-Oct. 11 Correspondence: 1990 Oct. 12 Correspondence: 1990 Oct.-Dec. 13 Correspondence: 1991 Jan.-June 14 Correspondence: 1991 July-Aug. 15 Correspondence: 1991 Sept.-Oct. 16 Correspondence: 1991 Nov. 17 Correspondence: 1991 Nov.-Dec. 18 Correspondence: 1992 Jan. (a) 19 Correspondence: 1992 Jan. (b)
Folders 1 Correspondence: 1992 Feb.-March 2 Correspondence: 1992 April 1-14 3 Correspondence: 1992 April 14-May 4 Correspondence: 1992 June 5 Correspondence: 1992 Aug.-Sept. 6 Correspondence: 1992 Oct.-Dec. 7 Correspondence: 1993 Jan.-Feb. 8 Correspondence: 1993 March-April 9 Correspondence: 1993 May 10 Correspondence: 1993 June 11 Correspondence: 1993 July 12 Correspondence: 1993 Aug. 13 Correspondence: 1993 Sept. 14 Correspondence: 1993 Oct.-Nov. 10 15 Correspondence: 1993 Nov. 16 Correspondence: 1993 Dec.(a) 17 Correspondence: 1993 Dec. (b) 18 Correspondence: 1994 Jan.-Feb. 19 Correspondence: 1994 Feb. 8 20 Correspondence: 1994 Feb. 9-28
Folders 1 Correspondence: 1994 March-April 2 Correspondence: 1994 April-May 3 Correspondence: 1994 June (a) 4 Correspondence: 1994 June (b) 5 Correspondence: 1994 June (c) 6 Correspondence: 1994 July 7 Correspondence: 1994 Aug. 8 Correspondence: 1994 Sept.-Oct. 9 Correspondence: 1994 Nov.-Dec. 10 Correspondence: 1995 Jan.-Feb. 11 Correspondence: 1995 Feb. 12 Correspondence: 1995 March 1-21 13 Correspondence: 1995 March 22-31 14 Correspondence: 1995 April-June 1 15 Correspondence: 1995 June 2-July 16 Correspondence: 1995 Aug.-Oct. 17 Correspondence: 1995 Nov.-Dec. 18 Correspondence: 1996 Jan.-Feb. 19 Correspondence: 1996 March-Aug. 20 Correspondence: 1996 Sept.-Dec.
Folders 1 Correspondence: 1997-1998 2 Museum: 1986 3 Museum: 1987-1988 July 4 Museum: 1988 Aug.-Sept. 5 Museum: 1988 Oct.
6 Museum Opening: 1989 (a) 7 Museum Opening: 1989 (b) 8 Museum Opening -- Congratulation Letters: 1989 July-Oct. 21 9 Museum Opening -- Congratulation Letters: 1989 Oct. 22-23 10 Museum Opening -- Congratulation Letters: 1989 Oct. 24-31 11 Museum Opening -- Congratulation Letters: 1989 Nov.-Dec. 12 Museum -- Curator: 1978-1991 13 Museum Expansion: 1993-1994 14 Museum Expansion: 1994 15 Museum -- Sculptures: 1986-1987 16 Museum -- Sculptures: 1987-1990 17 Museum -- Sculptures: 1992-1994 18 Museum -- Painting: 1987-1988 June 19 Museum -- Painting: 1988 July-1989 20 Museum -- Painting: 1990
Folders 1 Museum -- Painting: 1991(a) 2 Museum -- Painting: 1991 (b) 3 Museum -- Painting: 1992 4 Museum -- Painting: 1993-1995 5 Museum -- Photos: [n.d.] 6 Museum -- Inventories (a): [n.d.] 7 Museum -- Inventories (b): [1971?] 8 Museum -- Inventories (c): 1977 9 Museum -- Inventories (d): [n.d.] 10 Museum -- Chadwick Traveling Exhibition: 1988 11 Museum -- Chadwick Traveling Exhibition: 1989 Jan.-Nov. 12 Museum -- Chadwick Traveling Exhibition: 1989 Dec.-1991 13 Museum -- Chadwick, Lynn -- Correspondence: 1986-1987 14 Museum -- Chadwicks: 1988 June-July 15 Museum -- Chadwicks: 1988 Aug.-Dec. 16 Museum -- Chadwicks: 1989 Jan.-July 17 Museum -- Chadwicks: 1989 Aug.-1991 18 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1989-1990 April 19 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1990 May-July 20 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1990 Aug.-1991 March
Folders 1 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1991 March (a) 2 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1991 March (b) 3 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1991 March (c) 4 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1991 March (d) 5 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1991 April 6 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1991 May-Dec. 7 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1992-1993 8 Museum -- City of David Dig: 1994 9 Printed Bulletins: 1980, 1987 10 Printed Bulletins: 1987-1988 11 Printed Bulletins: 1989-1990 12 Printed Bulletins: 1991-1995 13 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1967-1983 14 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1984-1986 15 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1986 (a)
Folders 1 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1986 (b) 2 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1986 (c) 3 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1987 4 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1988 (a) 5 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1988 (b) 6 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1989 Jan.-Oct 13 7 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1989 Oct. 14-22 8 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1989 Oct. 22 9 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1989 Oct. (a) 10 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1989 Oct. (b) 11 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1990 12 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1991 13 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1992 (a) 14 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1992 (b) 15 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1993-1994 16 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1995 17 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1996 (a)
Folders 1 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1996 (b) 2 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1996-1999
The enduring partnership between the Bermans and Lehigh University began at least as early as 1960, when Lehigh's Professor of Fine Arts Francis J. Quirk arranged for an exhibition at the University of some 72 works of art from the Bermans' collections. A major gift of Japanese prints followed in 1980, and throughout the eighties several gifts of sculpture. In 1984, as a result of discussion with President Peter Likins, the Bermans established at Lehigh the Jewish Studies Center, renamed in 1989 the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies. The relatively small file which constitutes Series IV. B provides limited documentation of the Bermans' long involvement with Lehigh, but it is supplemented by the larger files in Series IV. C (Jewish Studies Center) and in Series I.F. (Art Correspondence) Boxes 59-60, as well as by others such as Series III. A (Awards), Box 120 Folder 5, which records the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters awarded to Philip Berman by Lehigh University in 1969.
Folders 3 Lehigh University (LU) -- Correspondence: 1960-1984 4 LU -- Correspondence: 1986 5 LU -- Correspondence: 1987 Jan.-June 6 LU -- Correspondence: 1987 July Sept. 11 7 LU -- Correspondence: 1987 Sept. 12 (a) 8 LU -- Correspondence: 1987 Sept. 12 (b) 9 LU -- Correspondence: 1987 Sept. 13-15 10 LU -- Correspondence: 1987 Sept. 16-Dec. 11 LU -- Correspondence: 1988 Jan.-Sept. 12 LU -- Correspondence: 1988 Oct.-Dec. 13 LU -- Correspondence: 1989 14 LU -- Correspondence: 1990 15 LU -- Correspondence: 1991 (a) 16 LU -- Correspondence: 1991 (b) 17 LU -- Correspondence: 1992 18 LU -- Correspondence: 1993-1994 May 19 LU -- Correspondence: 1994 June-1997
The Jewish Studies Center, renamed in 1989 the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies, was established at Lehigh University by the Bermans in 1984. In January 1985 Laurence J. Silberstein was installed as the Center's first Director. At the same time the Bermans promoted the teaching of Jewish Studies on other Lehigh Valley campuses. Series IV. C thus contains correspondence and printed items relating to Lafayette College, Moravian College and Muhlenberg College, as well as to Lehigh University. Correspondents include Laurence J. Silberstein, Lehigh University President Peter Likins, Lafayette College Presidents David W. Ellis and Arthur Rothkopf, Lafayette College Professor Robert Cohn, Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek. Extending from 1983 to 1989, this file also contains some of the ephemeral publications of the center, such as its Newsletter, and information on its Visiting Scholars and conferences.
Folders 1 Jewish Studies Center (JSC) -- Printed: [n.d.] 2 JSC -- Printed: 1985-1993 3 JSC -- Printed: 1995 4 JSC -- Printed -- Newsletter: 1986-1990 5 JSC -- Printed -- Newsletter: 1991-1997 6 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1984 7 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1985 Jan.-Feb. 8 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1985 March-Dec. 9 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1986 10 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1987-1989 11 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1990-1992 12 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1993 13 JSC -- Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1994-1998 14 JSC -- Printed -- Other than Lehigh University: 1983-1985 15 JSC -- Printed -- Other than Lehigh University: 1986-1995 16 JSC -- Manuscripts (a): [n.d.] 17 JSC -- Manuscripts (b): [n.d.] 18 JSC -- Correspondence: 1983-1984 Jan. 19 JSC -- Correspondence: 1984 Feb. 20 JSC -- Correspondence: 1984 March-Sept.
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1 Jewish Studies Center (JSC) -- Correspondence: 1984 Oct. 2 JSC -- Correspondence: 1984 [Nov.?] 3 JSC -- Correspondence: 1984 Nov. 1 4 JSC -- Correspondence: 1984 Nov. 2-30 5 JSC -- Correspondence: 1984 Dec. 6 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 Jan. 1-10 7 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 Jan. 11-16 8 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 Jan. 16 9 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 Jan. 17-Feb. 10 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 March-July 11 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 Aug. 12 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 Sept. 13 JSC -- Correspondence: 1985 Oct.-Dec. 14 JSC -- Correspondence: 1986 Jan.-May 15 JSC -- Correspondence: 1986 June 16 JSC -- Correspondence: 1986 July 1-15 17 JSC -- Correspondence: 1986 July 16-31 18 JSC -- Correspondence: 1986 Aug.-Sept. 19 JSC -- Correspondence: 1986 Oct.-Dec. 20 JSC -- Correspondence: 1987 Jan.-July
Folders 1 Jewish Studies Center (JSC) -- Correspondence: 1987 Aug.-Oct. 2 JSC -- Correspondence: 1987 Dec. 3 JSC -- Correspondence: 1988 4 JSC -- Correspondence: 1989-1990 5 JSC -- Correspondence: 1991 6 JSC -- Correspondence: 1992 7 JSC -- Correspondence: 1993 8 JSC -- Correspondence: 1994 Jan.-April 9 JSC -- Correspondence: 1994 May (a) 10 JSC -- Correspondence: 1994 May (b) 11 JSC -- Correspondence: 1994 June 12 JSC -- Correspondence: 1994 July-Oct. 13 JSC -- Correspondence: 1994 Nov.-Dec. 14 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 Jan. 15 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 Feb. 16 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 March 17 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 April 18 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 May 19 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 June 20 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 July
Folders 1 Jewish Studies Center (JSC) -- Correspondence: 1995 Aug.-Sept. 2 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 Oct. 3 JSC -- Correspondence: 1995 Nov.-Dec. 4 JSC -- Correspondence: 1996 Jan.-May 5 JSC -- Correspondence: 1996 June 6 JSC -- Correspondence: 1996 July-Aug. 7 JSC -- Correspondence: 1996 Sept.-Dec. 8 JSC -- Correspondence: 1997 Jan. 9 JSC -- Correspondence: 1997 Feb.-1999
In 1993 and 1994 the Bermans established contacts with the Gregorian University in Rome. Series IV. D records some of the negotiations, involving also the American Jewish Committee, which led to an exchange of scholars and students between the Gregorian and the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies at Lehigh University. In 1995 Laurence J. Silberstein, Director of the Center, became the first Visiting Professor from Lehigh to the Gregorian.
Folders 10 Gregorian University -- Miscellaneous Printed: [1987?] 11 Gregorian University -- Correspondence: 1993 12 Gregorian University -- Correspondence: 1994 Jan.-Feb. 13 Gregorian University -- Correspondence: 1994 March-July 14 Gregorian University -- Correspondence: 1995-1996 March 15 Gregorian University -- Correspondence: 1996 April-June
A glance at the following list will immediately suggest the broad range of the Bermans' interests in Israel. Earliest of the projects recorded here is the construction of the Muriel and Philip I. Berman National Medical Library, dedicated in October 1975. The files on this project, extending from 1970 to 1998, include correspondence, printed ephemera, and photographs. Like several other projects, the National Medical Library was designed to further the work of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem as well as Hadassah.
The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, an early project (1976-1980) which the Bermans expected to support, was not in fact realized, but the files contain some detailed plans for it, including technical drawings.
Two programs which the Bermans began to support in the early eighties through the American Friends of the Hebrew University were a series of scholarships and fellowships paid for by the Muriel and Philip Berman Scholarship and Fellowship Endowment Fund (established 1981), and the International Center for Teaching of Jewish Civilization. The Bermans' involvement began in 1982.
In 1982-1983 the Bermans created an exchange program for students and faculty in Nursing at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Pennsylvania. The files on this program extend from 1982 to 1997.
Of all the special projects, that which generated the largest files was the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology, established in 1990. Correspondence, printed ephemera, and photographs are included in the files, including letters from Trude Dothan, Director of the Center.
Folders 1 Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology (Archaeology): 1982-1984 2 Archaeology: 1984-1986 3 Archaeology: 1986 4 Archaeology: 1987-1988 5 Archaeology: 1989 6 Archaeology: 1990 7 Archaeology: 1991 8 Archaeology: 1992 (a) 9 Archaeology: 1992 (b) 10 Archaeology: 1993 (a) 11 Archaeology: 1993 (b) 12 Archaeology: 1993 (c) 13 Archaeology: 1993 (d) 14 Archaeology: 1993 (e) 15 Archaeology: 1994 (a) 16 Archaeology: 1994 (b)
Folders 1 Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology (Archaeology): 1994 (c) 2 Archaeology: 1994 (d) 3 Archaeology: 1994 (e) 4 Archaeology: 1994 (f) 5 Archaeology: 1994 (g) 6 Archaeology: 1994 (h) 7 Archaeology: 1995 (a) 8 Archaeology: 1995 (b) 9 Archaeology: 1995 (c) 10 Archaeology: 1995 (d) 11 Archaeology: 1995 (e) 12 Archaeology: 1996 (a) 13 Archaeology: 1996 (b) 14 Archaeology: 1996 (c)-1998 15 Nurses' Program: 1982 16 Nurses' Program: 1983 (a) 17 Nurses' Program: 1983 (b)
Folders 1 Nurses' Program: 1984-1986 2 Nurses' Program: 1987-1988 3 Nurses' Program: 1989-1990 (a) 4 Nurses' Program: 1990 (b) 5 Nurses' Program: 1990 (c) 6 Nurses' Program: 1991-1992 7 Nurses' Program: 1993 8 Nurses' Program: 1994 9 Nurses' Program: 1995 (a) 10 Nurses' Program: 1995 (b) 11 Nurses' Program: 1995 (c)-1997 12 Berman National Medical Library (BNML): 1970 13 BNML: 1971-1972 14 BNML: 1973 (a) 15 BNML: 1973 (b) 16 BNML: 1975 17 BNML: 1976-1977 18 BNML: 1979 19 BNML: 1980 20 BNML: 1982 21 BNML: 1983-1984
Folders 1 Berman National Medical Library (BNML): 1985-1986 2 BNML: 1987-1988 3 BNML: 1989-1990 4 BNML: 1990-1991 5 BNML: 1992 6 BNML: 1993 (a) 7 BNML: 1993 (b) 8 BNML: 1994 (a) 9 BNML: 1994 (b) 10 BNML: 1995 11 BNML: 1996, 1998 12 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1981-1982 13 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1982 14 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1984 (a) 15 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1984 (b) 16 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1984 (c) 17 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1984 (d) 18 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1985 19 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Program: 1985-1986 20 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Pledge: 1981-1983
Folders 1 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Pledge: 1984 2 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Pledge: 1985 3 Berman Scholarship / Fellowship -- Pledge: 1986-1990 4 Allen Organ: 1979-1995 5 Jewish Art Computer: 1982-1985 6 Jewish Art Computer: 1985 7 Jewish Art Computer: 1986 8 Jewish Art Computer: 1987 9 Jewish Art Computer: 1988 (a) 10 Jewish Art Computer: 1988 (b) 11 Jewish Art Computer: 1989-1994 12 The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo: 1976-1978 13 The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo: 1979-1980 14 The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo -- Drawings (a) 15 The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo -- Drawings (b) 16 The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo -- Drawings (c)
17 International Center: 1980-1982 18 International Center: 1982 19 International Center: 1983 (a)
Folders 1 International Center: 1983 (b) 2 International Center: 1984 (a) 3 International Center: 1984 (b) 4 International Center: 1984 (c) 5 International Center: 1984 (d) 6 International Center: 1985-1986 7 International Center: 1987 8 International Center: 1988-1989 9 International Center: 1990 (a) 10 International Center: 1990 (b) 11 International Center: 1992 12 International Center: 1993 13 International Center -- Binah Vol. I: 1994 14 International Center: 1994 (a) 15 International Center: 1994 (b) 16 International Center: 1995 17 International Center -- $35,000 Pledge: 1985-1989 18 International Center -- $35,000 Pledge: 1990-1991
A gift of $500,000 in 1981 from the Bermans made possible the establishment at the Allentown Hospital of the Muriel M. and Philip I. Berman Radiation Therapy Center. Series IV. F includes the relevant correspondence as well as the printed reports.
Folders 19 Allentown Hospital: 1980 20 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (a)
Folders 1 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (b) 2 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (c) 3 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (d) 4 Allentown Hospital: 1982-1986
This small file documents the meeting on February 6, 1995, of American Jewish Committee delegates with Pope John Paul II. Photocopies of the Pope's autograph on a book which he inscribed on that occasion for Muriel Berman are included. Some of the correspondence and printed items also relate to the Gregorian University (see Series IV. D), and to an exchange of students sponsored by the Bermans in 1996-1997 between the Gregorian and California University of Pennsylvania.
Folders 5 Interreligious Affairs: 1994-1995 6 Interreligious Affairs: 1995-1997
So consuming a passion for Philip and Muriel Berman was the collecting and giving of art that every Series in the Berman Collection is in some way related to art. Series IV. H is in this respect one of the most important, as it records many of the Bermans= gifts of art to a great variety of recipients from 1956 to 1995. Arranged in so far as practicable in chronological order, this file contains correspondence between the Bermans and many institutions, especially schools, colleges, universities, and museums. There is information on numerous artists, and there are photographs of many of the art works. There are formal appraisals of some of the gifts, and extensive records of payment. Among the diverse materials to be found here are correspondence and printed ephemera on the Bermans= gifts of outdoor sculpture to the City of Allentown, and the records of gifts to the various State Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania.
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1956: 1956 2 Art Gifts -- 1957: 1957 3 Art Gifts -- 1958 (a): 1958 4 Art Gifts -- 1958 (b): 1958 5 Art Gifts -- 1959 (a): 1959 6 Art Gifts -- 1959 (b): 1959 7 Art Gifts -- 1960-1961 (a): 1960-1961 8 Art Gifts -- 1960-1961 (b): 1960-1961 9 Art Gifts -- 1962: 1962 Jan.-April 10 Art Gifts -- 1962: 1962 April-June 11 Art Gifts -- 1962: 1962 July-Dec. 12 Art Gifts -- 1963: 1963 Jan.-June 13 Art Gifts -- 1963: 1963 July-Dec. 14 Art Gifts -- 1964: 1964 15 Art Gifts -- 1965: 1965 Jan.-May 16 Art Gifts -- 1965: 1965 June-Dec. 17 Art Gifts -- 1966: 1966 Jan.-May 18 Art Gifts -- 1966: 1966 June-July 19 Art Gifts -- 1966: 1966 Aug. 20 Art Gifts -- 1966: 1966 Sept.-Dec. 21 Art Gifts -- 1967: 1967 22 Art Gifts -- 1968: 1968 23 Art Gifts -- 1969 (a): 1969 24 Art Gifts -- 1969 (b): 1969
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1970-1971: 1970-1971 2 Art Gifts -- 1972-1973 (a): 1972-1973 3 Art Gifts -- 1973 (b): 1973 4 Art Gifts -- 1974: 1974 5 Art Gifts -- 1975: 1975 6 Art Gifts -- 1976: 1976 7 Art Gifts -- 1977: 1977 8 Art Gifts -- 1979 (a): 1979-1980 9 Art Gifts -- 1979 (a): 1979-1981 10 Art Gifts -- 1979 (b): 1979 11 Art Gifts -- 1979 (c): 1979 12 Art Gifts -- 1979 (d) -- Photos -- Stephens College, etc. 13 Art Gifts -- 1979 (e) -- Gift to Tantur: [1979?] 14 Art Gifts -- 1979 (f): 1979 March-May 15 Art Gifts -- 1979 (f): 1979 June-Oct. 16 Art Gifts -- 1979 (f): 1979 Oct.-Nov. 17 Art Gifts -- 1980 (a): 1980 Jan.-June 18 Art Gifts -- 1980 (a): 1980 July-Dec. 19 Art Gifts -- 1980 (b): 1980-1981
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1980 (c): 1980-1991 2 Art Gifts -- 1980 (d): 1980 3 Art Gifts -- 1981 (a): 1981 4 Art Gifts -- 1981 (b): 1981 5 Art Gifts -- 1982: 1982 Jan.-June 6 Art Gifts -- 1982: 1982 July-Nov. 7 Art Gifts -- 1982: 1982 Dec. 8 Art Gifts -- 1983: 1983 9 Art Gifts -- 1984 (a): 1984 10 Art Gifts -- 1984 (a): 1984 Jan.-Aug. 11 Art Gifts -- 1984 (a): 1984 Oct. 12 Art Gifts -- 1984 (a): 1984 Nov. 13 Art Gifts -- 1984 (a): 1984 Nov.-Dec. 14 Art Gifts -- 1984 (b): 1984 15 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 Jan.-April 16 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 May-July 17 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 Aug.-Dec. 18 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 Sept. 19 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 Nov. 20 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 Dec. (1)
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 Dec. (2) 2 Art Gifts -- 1985 (a): 1985 Dec. (3) 3 Art Gifts -- 1985 (b): 1985 Nov. 4 Art Gifts -- 1985 (b): 1985 Nov.-Dec. 5 Art Gifts -- 1985 (c) -- Keneseth Israel -- Photos 6 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Clippings: 1980-1986 Oct.13 7 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Clippings: 1986 Oct. 14-31 8 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Clippings: 1986 Nov.-Dec. 9 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Clippings: 1987 Jan.-July 10 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Clippings: 1987 Sept.-1988 Nov. 11 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Clippings: 1988 Dec.-1994 12 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1979-1984 13 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1986 Jan.-Aug. 14 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1986 Sept.-Oct.20 15 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1986 Oct.21-Nov. 16 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1986 Dec.-1987 March 17 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1987 April-1988 18 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1989 19 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1990-1992 20 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Correspondence: 1997
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Artist Information: 1985 2 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Photos (1) 3 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Photos (2) 4 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Photos (3) 5 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Photos (4) -- Dan Kainz -- Dixon University Center 6 Art Gifts -- 1985 (d) -- Allentown -- Sculpture: 1985 7 Art Gifts -- 1986 (a): 1986 Jan.-Feb. 8 Art Gifts -- 1986 (a): 1986 May 9 Art Gifts -- 1986 (a): 1986 July-Nov. 10 Art Gifts -- 1986 (a): 1986 Dec. 11 Art Gifts -- 1986 (b): 1986 Jan.-May 12 Art Gifts -- 1986 (b): 1986 May-Oct. 13 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Commissions 14 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Dickinson 15 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Gross Towers 16 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Jewish Publication Society 17 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Baum and Stark 18 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Schofield 19 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Stephen Porter (1)
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Stephen Porter (2) 2 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Stephen Porter (3) 3 Art Gifts -- 1986 (c) -- Photos -- Stephen Porter (4) 4 Art Gifts -- 1987 (a) -- Netanyahu Memorial: 1986-1995 5 Art Gifts -- 1987 (a): 1987 Jan.-June 6 Art Gifts -- 1987 (a): 1987 July-Nov. 7 Art Gifts -- 1987 (b) -- Photos -- Moravian College 8 Art Gifts -- 1988 (a): 1988 Jan.-June 9 Art Gifts -- 1988 (a): 1988 July 10 Art Gifts -- 1988 (a): 1988 Sept.-Dec. 11 Art Gifts -- 1988 (a) -- Tumarkin at Penn State: 1988 12 Art Gifts -- 1988 (b) -- Photos -- Tumarkin at Penn State 13 Art Gifts -- 1989: 1989 Jan.-May 14 Art Gifts -- 1989: 1989 June 15 Art Gifts -- 1989: 1989 Aug. 16 Art Gifts -- 1989: 1989 Oct.-Dec. 17 Art Gifts -- 1990 (a): 1990 Jan.-June 18 Art Gifts -- 1990 (a): 1990 Sept.
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1990 (a): 1990 Oct.-Dec.17 2 Art Gifts -- 1990 (a): 1990 Dec.26 3 Art Gifts -- 1990 (b) -- Photos -- Homecare 4 Art Gifts -- 1990 (b) -- Photos -- Widener 5 Art Gifts -- 1991 (a): 1991 6 Art Gifts -- 1991 (b) -- Photos -- Marines 7 Art Gifts -- 1992 (a) -- Drexel University: 1992-1993 8 Art Gifts -- 1992 (a): 1992 Jan.-March 9 Art Gifts -- 1992 (a) -- Pope John Paul II: 1992 March -1993 10 Art Gifts -- 1992 (a) -- Mitchell Museum: 1992 Sept.-1993 11 Art Gifts -- 1992 (b) -- Photos -- Pope John Paul II 12 Art Gifts -- 1992 (b) -- Photos -- Mitchell Museum
13 Art Gifts -- 1993 (a): 1993 Jan.-May 14 Art Gifts -- 1993 (a): 1993 June-July 15 Art Gifts -- 1993 (a): 1993 July-Sept. 16 Art Gifts -- 1993 (a): 1993 Oct.-Nov. 17 Art Gifts -- 1993 (b) -- Photos -- Lincoln 18 Art Gifts -- 1993 (b) -- Photos -- Albright 19 Art Gifts -- 1993 (b) -- Photos -- Widener 20 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- Jewish National and University Library: 1982-1993 Nov. 21 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- Jewish National and University Library: 1993 Dec. 22 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- Jewish National and University Library: 1994
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- Hadassah: 1993 2 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- Hadassah: 1994 3 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- State Museum of Pennsylvania: 1994-1995 4 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- Various Correspondence: 1993-1994 5 Art Gifts -- 1994 (a) -- Various Correspondence: 1994-1995 6 Art Gifts -- 1994 (b) -- Photos -- California University 7 Art Gifts -- 1994 (b) -- Photos -- State Museum of Pennsylvania 8 Art Gifts -- 1995 (a): 1995 Feb.-March 9 Art Gifts -- 1995 (a): 1995 March-Sept.. 10 Art Gifts -- 1995 (a) -- Gratz College: 1993-1995 11 Art Gifts -- 1995 (b) -- Photos -- Perkiomen School 12 Art Gifts -- 1995 (b) -- Photos -- Gratz College: 1995 13 Art Gifts -- 1996 (a) -- Dixon University Center: 1993-1997 14 Art Gifts -- 1996 (a) -- Various Correspondence: 1996 Feb.-Oct. 15 Art Gifts -- 1996 (b) -- Photos -- Dixon University Center 16 Art Gifts -- 1997: 1997 17 Art Gifts -- 1998: 1998 18 Art Gifts -- State System: 1989-1991 19 Art Gifts -- State System -- Bloomsburg University: 1985-1988 20 Art Gifts -- State System -- Bloomsburg University: 1989-1992 21 Art Gifts -- State System -- Bloomsburg University -- Photos 22 Art Gifts -- State System -- California University: 1990-1997 23 Art Gifts - -State System -- California University -- Photos 24 Art Gifts -- State System -- Cheyney University: 1990-1995 25 Art Gifts -- State System -- Cheyney University -- Photos 26 Art Gifts -- State System -- Clarion University: 1989-1991
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- State System -- Clarion University -- Photos 2 Art Gifts -- State System -- East Stroudsburg University: 1979-1988 3 Art Gifts -- State System -- East Stroudsburg University: 1989-1990 4 Art Gifts -- State System -- East Stroudsburg University: 1991-1993 5 Art Gifts -- State System -- East Stroudsburg University -- Photos 6 Art Gifts -- State System -- Edinboro University: 1989-1991 7 Art Gifts -- State System -- Edinboro University -- Photos 8 Art Gifts -- State System -- Indiana University: 1990-1994 9 Art Gifts -- State System -- Indiana University -- Photos 10 Art Gifts -- State System -- Kutztown University: 1989-1990 11 Art Gifts -- State System -- Kutztown University: 1991-1992 12 Art Gifts -- State System -- Kutztown University -- Photos 13 Art Gifts -- State System -- Lock Haven University: 1989-1990 14 Art Gifts -- State System -- Lock Haven University -- Photos
15 Art Gifts -- State System -- Mansfield University: 1989-1991 16 Art Gifts -- State System -- Mansfield University -- Photos 17 Art Gifts -- State System -- Millersville University: 1967-1990 May 18 Art Gifts -- State System -- Millersville University: 1990 June-1992 19 Art Gifts -- State System -- Millersville University -- Photos 20 Art Gifts -- State System -- Shippensburg University: 1989-1992 21 Art Gifts -- State System -- Shippensburg University -- Photos 22 Art Gifts -- State System -- Slippery Rock University: 1989 Jan.-Oct. 23 Art Gifts -- State System -- Slippery Rock University: 1989 Nov.-Dec. 24 Art Gifts -- State System -- Slippery Rock University: 1990-1993
Folders 1 Art Gifts -- State System -- Slippery Rock University -- Photos Art Gifts -- State System -- West Chester University: 1989-1991 3 Art Gifts -- State System -- West Chester University: 1992-1995 4 Art Gifts -- State System -- West Chester University -- Photos (a) 5 Art Gifts -- State System -- West Chester University -- Photos (b) 6 Art Gifts -- Lehigh Valley Hospital: 1993-1994 June 7 Art Gifts -- Lehigh Valley Hospital: 1994 July-1995 8 Art Gifts -- Lehigh Valley Hospital -- Photos
A variety of files kept by Muriel M. Berman and Philip I. Berman on their extensive travels has been combined here into a single chronological sequence. Much printed material is included, such as travel brochures, picture postcards, museum guidebooks, theater programs, and newspaper clippings; there are occasional photographs, notably the 1966 photo of Muriel Berman with Imelda Marcos; there are documents such as receipts and itineraries; and there is correspondence with people whom Philip and Muriel Berman met on their travels, as well as a fine series of letters home by Muriel Berman in 1957-1958. The first major trip represented here is the trip through Africa in 1957-1958. The round-the-world trips in 1959 and 1964 are well represented, as are the visits to Ethopia in 1966 and Iran in 1974. Because of the Bermans= wide ranging interests, these travel files are not simply vacationers= mementoes; they contain, for example, information on art, on religion, and on Jewish affairs. Some of the travel files are therefore closely related to others in the Collection, as for example the papers on travel in Ethopia (1966) complement the World Jewish Congress file for 1966 (Service IV. G), since in that year Muriel Berman was the WJC representative to the UNICEF Board Meeting in Addis Ababa. Similarly the papers on the Bermans' visit to Tahiti in 1964 are related to the Gauguin material in the Art Correspondence (Series I.D).
Folders 9 Travel -- Around The World (a): [n.d.] 10 Travel -- Around The World (b): [n.d.] 11 Travel -- Photos: [n.d.] 12 Travel -- Postcards (a): [n.d.] 13 Travel -- Postcards (b): [n.d.] 14 Travel -- Africa -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1949-1953 15 Travel: 1955 16 Travel -- Africa -- Correspondence and Documents: 1956-1957 17 Travel -- Africa -- Printed Brochures: [1957?] 18 Travel -- Africa -- Letters of Muriel M. Berman: 1957-1958 19 Travel -- Africa -- Photos: 1957-1958 20 Travel -- Africa -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1957-1958 21 Travel -- Africa -- Postcards -- Africa and Israel: 1958
Folders 1 Travel -- Correspondence: 1958-1959 2 Travel -- Alaska (a): 1959 3 Travel -- Alaska (b): 1959 4 Travel -- Japan (a): 1959 5 Travel -- Japan (b): 1959 6 Travel -- Japan (c): 1959 7 Travel -- Japan (d): 1959 8 Travel -- Japan (e): 1959 9 Travel -- Japan (f): 1959 10 Travel -- Japan (g): 1959 11 Travel -- Japan (h): 1959 12 Travel -- Japan (i): 1959 13 Travel -- Japan (j): 1959 14 Travel -- Japan (k): 1959 15 Travel -- Japan (l): 1959 16 Travel -- Japan (m): 1959
Folders 1 Travel -- Hong Kong: 1959 2 Travel -- Thailand: 1959 3 Travel -- India (a): 1959 4 Travel -- India (b): 1959 5 Travel -- India (c): 1959 6 Travel -- India (d): 1959 7 Travel -- India (e): 1959 8 Travel -- India (f): 1959 9 Travel -- India (g): 1959 10 Travel -- Pakistan: 1959 11 Travel -- Samarkand: 1959 12 Travel -- Russia (a): 1959 13 Travel -- Russia (b): 1959 14 Travel -- Russia (c): 1959 15 Travel -- Finland and Sweden: 1959 16 Travel -- Miscellaneous: 1959 17 Travel -- Correspondence: 1959 Jan.-June 18 Travel -- Correspondence: 1959 July-Aug.20 19 Travel -- Correspondence: 1959 Aug.27-Dec.
Folders 1 Travel -- Correspondence: [1960 ?] 2 Travel -- Correspondence: 1960 3 Travel -- Correspondence: 1961-1962 4 Travel -- Program: 1961 5 Travel: 1963 March (a) 6 Travel: 1963 March (b) 7 Travel -- Miscellaneous: [1963 ?] 8 Travel -- Correspondence: 1963 9 Travel -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1963-1966 10 Travel -- Thailand: [1964 ?] 11 Travel -- Australia (a): [1964 ?] 12 Travel -- Australia (b): [1964 ?] 13 Travel -- New Zealand (a): [1964 ?] 14 Travel -- New Zealand (b): [1964 ?] 15 Travel -- Fiji: [1964 ?] 16 Travel -- Tahiti: [1964 ?] 17 Travel -- South Pacific: [1964 ?] 18 Travel -- Hawaii: [1964 ?] 19 Travel -- Miscellaneous: [1964 ?] 20 Travel -- Correspondence and Photos: 1964-1965 21 Travel -- Cote d'Azur -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1966
Folders 1 Travel -- Europe -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1966 2 Travel -- Postcards and Catalogs: 1966 3 Travel -- Art Catalogs (a): 1966 4 Travel -- Art Catalogs (b): 1966 5 Travel -- Ethiopia (a): 1966 6 Travel -- Ethiopia (b): 1966 7 Travel -- Ethiopia (c): 1966 8 Travel -- Ethiopia -- Lalibela (d): 1966 9 Travel -- Ethiopia (e): 1966 10 Travel -- Ethiopia (f): 1966 11 Travel -- Ethiopia and Miscellaneous (g): 1966 12 Travel -- Japan: 1966 Oct. 13 Travel -- Manila (a): 1966 Oct. 14 Travel -- Manila (b): 1966 Oct. 15 Travel -- Manila (c): 1966 Oct. 16 Travel -- Correspondence: 1967-1968 May 17 Travel: 1968 June-July 18 Travel: 1968 July 4-Dec. 19 Travel: 1969 Jan.1-22 20 Travel: 1969 Jan.23-31 21 Travel: 1969 Feb.-Dec.
Folders 1 Travel: 1970 2 Travel -- China: 1972 3 Travel: 1974 (a) 4 Travel: 1974 (b) 5 Travel: 1974 (c) 6 Travel: 1974 (d) 7 Travel: 1974 (e) 8 Travel: 1974 (f) 9 Travel: 1974 (g) 10 Travel: 1974 (h) 11 Travel -- China -- Program: 1975-1977 12 Travel -- New York City -- Program: 1979 13 Travel -- Italy -- Program: 1983 14 Travel -- Miscellaneous Printed: [199-?] 15 Travel -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1994-1995 16 Travel -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1995 17 Travel -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1997 (a) 18 Travel -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1997 (b)
An extensive file of Marine Corps papers (1942-1947) documents primarily Philip Berman's years of active duty as a Marine Gunner, December 1942 to September 1945. Based in San Diego, California, Philip Berman served more than 15 months overseas, returning November 30, 1944. For photographs of him in this period, see Series VI.
Folders 14-20 in Box 191 contain a file of widely diverse memorabilia which have been arranged in chronological order but otherwise kept as received, with nothing removed or added. These items appear to have been collected into this file by Philip Berman himself, and include a copy of his birth certificate, a copy of his high school graduation program, correspondence (1966) and other papers concerning his serving as a delegate to the UN Economic and Social Council, a copy of a telegram from Hubert Humphrey (May 7, 1968), a photograph of Muriel Berman (1969) with Francoise Gilot and Paloma Picasso, a letter (April 24, 1979) from the Vatican Secretariat of State, and numerous newspaper and magazine articles. Folders 29-31 in Box 191 and Folders 1-4 in Box 192 also contain an undisturbed collection of clippings saved by Philip Berman.
The memorabilia of Muriel Berman also include a file, Folders 10-12 in Box 192, collected by her and kept as received except for arrangement in chronological order. This file includes some photographs, apparently of the1950's.
For further photographs of Philip Berman, Muriel Berman, and their family members, see Series VI.
The Mallin family file, Folders 13-15 in Box 193, concerns primarily a piece of real estate in Israel inherited jointly by Muriel Berman and her brother from their father Solomon Mallin and subsequently given to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Folders 1 Philip I. Berman (PIB) -- Marine Corps: 1942 May-Nov. 2 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1942 Dec. 3 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1943 Jan. 4 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1943 Feb.-April 5 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1943 May-Aug. 6 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1943 Sept.-Nov. 7 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1944 8 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1945 Jan.-Feb. 9 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1945 March-June 10 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1945 July-Sept. 11 PIB -- Marine Corps: 1945 Oct.-1947 12 PIB -- Marine Corps -- ID Cards 13 PIB -- Marine Corps -- Photos 14 PIB -- Personal Mementos: [n.d.]-1966 15 PIB -- Personal Mementos: 1967 16 PIB -- Personal Mementos: 1968 17 PIB -- Personal Mementos: 1969-1970 May 18 PIB -- Personal Mementos: 1970 June 19 PIB -- Personal Mementos: 1971-1973 20 PIB -- Personal Mementos: 1974-1994 21 PIB -- Letterhead, Invoices, Business Cards PIB -- High School Graduation Program: 1928 PIB -- Passports (a) PIB -- Passports (b) PIB -- Passports (c) PIB -- Passports (d) 27 PIB -- Vaccination Certificates 28 PIB -- Resumes: 1975-1994 PIB -- Clippings (a) PIB -- Clippings (b) PIB -- Clippings (c)
Folders Philip I. Berman (PIB) – Clippings (d) PIB -- Clippings (e) PIB -- Clippings (f) PIB -- Clippings (g) 5 PIB -- Will of Dora F. Berman: 1961 6 PIB -- Book of Memories: 1997 Nov.30 7 PIB -- Book of Condolences: 1997 Dec.5 8 PIB -- Tributes: 1997-1998 9 PIB and Muriel M. Berman (MMB) -- Miscellaneous 10 MMB -- Personal Mementos: [n.d.]-1956 11 MMB -- Personal Mementos: 1957 12 MMB -- Personal Mementos: 1958-1961 13 MMB -- Photos: [1922] 14 MMB -- Documents and Certificates 15 MMB -- Resumes: [n.d.]-1965 16 MMB -- Resumes: 1967-1968 17 MMB -- Resumes: 1969-1988 18 MMB -- Resumes: [199-] 19 Berman, Nancy: 1945-1955 20 Berman, Nancy: [1958 ?] 21 Berman, Nancy: 1958 Aug.5 22 Berman, Nancy: 1965-1971
Folders 1 Berman, Nancy: 1972 Jan.-June 2 Berman, Nancy: 1972 July-Dec. 3 Berman, Nancy: 1973 4 Berman, Nancy: 1974-1978 5 Berman, Nancy: 1979-1981 6 Berman, Nancy: 1983-1984 7 Berman, Nancy: 1985-1996 8 Berman, Nancy -- Printed: 1957-1973 9 Berman, Nancy -- Printed: 1974-1994 10 Berman, Nina: [n.d.]-1970 11 Berman, Nina: 1974-1976 12 Berman, Steven: 1973 13 Mallin: 1963-1972 14 Mallin: 1973 15 Mallin: 1974-1989 16 Cards (a) Cards (b) Cards (c) Cards (d) Cards (e) Cards (f) Cards (g) Cards (h) Cards (i)
Sections Unidentified (1) Armitage, Kenneth (19) Bermani (19) Cartier [?] (12) Cassidy, Shaun (2) Caswell, Dick (2) Chadwick, Lynn (66) Cognet, Roland (7) Consagra (23) Cunningham, Linda (2)
Binder 2 Sections di Suvero, Mark (14) Doyle, Tom (21) Epstein, Jacob (5) Ernst, Max (5) Flanagan, Barry (8) Foster, John (2) Freudenthal, Robinson (8) Garofalo, Mark (1) Gerst, Leon (102) Giampaoli, Celestino (23) Gibian, Mark (2) Gottlieb, Richard (10) Guatemala, Joyce de (8)
Binder 3 Sections Hadany, Israel (30) Ben Haim, Zigi (10) Hefetz, Yaacov (15) Hide, Peter (1) Hock, John (1) Johnson, J. Seward (Grounds for Sculpture) (99) Kadishman, Menashe (21) Kainz, Dan (8) Kuckuck, Henner (4) Lawless, Billie (2) Le Corbeau (2) Liberman, Alexander (22) Macklin, Ken (2) Miro, Joan (4) Noguchi, Isamo (2)
Binder 4 Sections Peleg, Ephraim (17) Pomodero, Arnoldo (5) Porter, Stephen (13) Potin, Jacques (3) Price, Michael (14) Sablosky, Jill (3) Schwartz, Buky (11) Seiler, Herb (2) Severenson (3) Sewell, Leo (17) Shaffer, Mary (1) Shaw, Ernest (44) Shemi, Yehiel (4) Sisko, Paul (26) Sternal, Tom (33) Stirner, Karl (2) Tobin, Steve (3) Tumarkin, Igael (9) Unger, Mary Ann (1) Zweygardt, Glenn (17)
Binder 5 Sections Manzu – Home (53) Manzu – Vatican (25) Manzu – Italy (38) Pietra Santa (21) Cardinal Cassidy (28) Visit with the Pope – 1984 (84) The Pope at St. Peter's – 1993 (15) Visit to the Pope with Rebecca – 1993 (28) Gregorian University – 1995 (14)
Binder 6 Sections France. Vasereli (38) France. St. Paul de Vence. Fondation Maeght (74) France. Paris. Cezanne show (18) France. Paris. Brancusi show (32) Portugal. Evora (35) American paintings (54) Montreal exhibition (38) [Sculpture show? – 1995] (16)
Binder 7 Sections Eastern European Art. Show. Harrisburg (30) Eastern European Art. Show. Harrisburg (29) Various art shows (11) Various artists (4) Various art works (28) Art gifts to Ursinus College (10) Various art gifts (7)
Binder 8 Sections Art at the house (24) Agam, Yaacov (4) Sculpture and painting, various (64) Alaska trip (75) Parents of Muriel M. Berman (7) Muriel M. Berman (31) Family of Muriel M. Berman (22)
Binder 9 Sections Philip I. Berman (64) Muriel M. Berman and Philip I. Berman (16) Family of Muriel M. Berman and Philip I. Berman (49)
Binder 10 Sections Japanese party (21) African party (5) Party preparations (7) House: 2000 Nottingham Road (18) House: 2000 Nottingham Road – art work (15) Chaine des Rotisseurs (7) Party for Birch Bayh (31)
Binder 11 Sections Party for Yogo Sensei (13) Party with Chinese art (33) Israel party (6) India party (10) Party for Jonas Salk (12) Salk-Picasso party (21) Clam bake (21) Various parties (19)
Binder 12 Sections Whitney Museum party (95)
Binder 13 Sections Philip I. Berman's Bar Mitzvah (10) Tel Aviv (3) Tiberias (13) Berman National Medical Library (11) Berman Hadassah Nurses' Residence (18) Chagall synagogue (9) Israel – miscellaneous (9) American Friends of Hebrew University (1) American Friends of Hebrew University and American Jewish Committee (20) American Jewish Committee (7) Hadassah (10) Jewish Publication Society (7)
Binder 14 Sections Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology (23) Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology and Hadassah Hospital (27) Archaeology in Jerusalem, and visit with Moshe Zabari, and Calder sculpture (40) Hadassah Hospital Medical Information Center (19) Holocaust Memorial in Israel, and Calder sculpture (23) Jewish Studies Center inaugural (13) Lehigh conference trip to Israel, and Chadwick sculpture, and Liberman sculpture (15) Jewish Studies Center, and Berman National Medical Library, and Liberman sculpture, and Miro sculpture, and Hadassah Hospital, and Berman Center for Biblical Archaeology, and Hadany sculpture (36) Jewish Studies Center (9) Hadassah School of Nursing (5) Chadwick sculpture and Miro sculpture (5) Jewish Publication Society and Isaac Bashevis Singer (50)
Binder 15 Sections Honorary Degrees at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Teddy Kollek, and David Ben-Gurion (9) Yitzhak Rabin, and Avraham Harman, and Ephraim Katzir (8) Yitzhak Rabin, and Ephraim Katzir, and Sinai[?] (15) Anwar Sadat and Sinai (15) State of Israel Bonds – 1961 (2) State of Israel Bonds – 1964 (31) State of Israel Bonds and Fred Waring (25)
Binder 16 Sections Awards (101)
Binder 17 Sections South Pacific, and World War II, and family photos (75) S.S. America – 1963 (4) S.S. United States – 1967 (3) Morocco – Dec. 1982 (143) Japan – [1958?] (52) [Hong Kong?] – [1958?] (18) [India] – [1958?] (15)
Binder 18 Sections Mongolia, China, Japan – 1977 (84)
Binder 19 Sections 1 Poland and Treblinka (385)
Binder 20 Sections United Nations, and Lord Caradon, and King Hussein (21) Tiki Kaul (India) (2) White House (22) U.S. Congress (26) Pennsylvania officials (32) Francoise Gilot and Salk Institute (2) Tenzing Norgay and Nawang Gomphu (22)
Binder 21 Sections AHEAD campaign (3) Allentown Redevelopment (6) Bicentennial (Allentown) (1) Hilton Hotel (3) Woman's Club of Allentown (4) Lehigh University Economics Lectures (12) Ed Martin at Hotel Bethlehem James Michener at Ursinus College Philadelphia Museum of Art (5) Metropolitan Opera (2) Aspen, Colorado (7) Tastevin and Rotisseurs (9) 13 Lloyd's of London (9)
Binder 22 Sections 1 Unidentified / Miscellaneous (44) 2 Partially identified (17)
Binder 23 Sections 1 Philip I. Berman at Hess's (21) 2 Philip I. Berman and staff at Hess's (19) 3 Hess's and First National Bank (2) 4 Hess's and New York Stock Exchange (4) 5 Staff appreciation Hess's (8) 6 Acquisition and expansion of Hess's (18) 7 Window displays at Hess's (11)
Binder 24 Sections Hess's Gallery (12) Philip I. Berman with paintings by Binder at Hess's (23) State of Israel Bonds at Hess's, and Zenon Hansen (15) Tiberias visit to Hess's (27) Waterbed promotion at Hess's (4) Hess's buying trip to Greece (16)
Binder 25 Sections Angie Brooks at Hess's [1982?] (47)
Binder 26 Sections Henry M. Jackson and Fred Rooney (24) Hubert H. Humphrey (22) Wilbur D. Mills (17) Philip I. Berman and Joseph S. Daddona at Hess's (24) Jimmy Carter's mother at Hess's (6) Various special events, visitors, and groups at Hess's (43)
Binder 27 Sections Hess's Flower Show, including: Barbara Eden, 1968; Virginia Graham, 1972; Yvonne Braithwaite Burke, 1973; Helen Gurly Brown; and others (52) Miss America and Miss U.S.A. at Hess's (23) Visitors to Hess's, including: Gina Lollobrigida; Sophia Loren; Bert Bachrach; Eddie Albert; Bugs Bunny and Porky (12)
Most of the approximately 4,388 slides in the Berman Collection are 2x2 color transparencies made ca. 1955-1984 during the Bermans' travels to all parts of the world. Some 3,603 such slides have been housed in archival polypropylene storage pages and arranged in seven loose leaf binders numbered 28 through 34. In so far as possible, slides developed from one roll of film have been kept together as a set and arranged in the order in which they were made; the many sets of slides from different rolls of film have, in so far as possible, been arranged in chronological order.
To facilitate research on art, the sets of slides which show art work have been removed from the above sequence and placed together in Binder 28, in their own separate chronological order. Within these sets, some slides show art works while others do not; the sets have nevertheless been kept together for the sake of context. The slides in Binders 29-34 therefore show mostly people, buildings, and scenery; one exception is the Jerusalem stabile of Alexander Calder in Binder 33.
The approximately 785 slides not housed in Binders 28-34 are stored in Boxes 207-209. Most of these slides are stereoptic slides, of which many were commercially produced (in France, Russia, and the Vatican) and include a variety of art works. The stereoptic slides taken by the Bermans themselves seem to date mostly from the 1950's and reflect their world-wide travels; some slides of art work will be found here.
Because of the large number of slides and the variety of subjects, the following list is necessarily selective in naming the places represented, not comprehensive. It is hoped that the researcher interested primarily in, for example, Spain or Israel will find here the clues she or he needs.
Binder 28 1960-1984 and undated 527 slides, including some sculpture and other artwork photographed in Holland, Brazil, Thailand, the Virgin Islands, France, Japan, Israel, Mexico, and Austria. Slides of Eastern European art and of Israeli art are included. Artists represented include, among manyothers, Alexander Calder, Menashe Kadishman, and R. Freudenthal.
Binder 29 1957-1972 and undated 391 slides, representing a variety of family trips and parties; construction of the Bermans' house in 1966; and the award of an honorary degree by Cedar Crest College to Muriel Berman in 1972.
Binder 30 1957-1966 595 slides, including scenes from travels in Israel, Japan, Africa, South America, Tahiti, Fiji, East Germany, Greece, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, Ethiopia, Romania, Belgium; there are also pictures from the 1962 Allentown Bicentennial Parade and the 1964 Democratic National Convention.
Binder 31 1966 546 slides, including scenes from travels in Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Bulgaria, Israel, Greece, and Ethiopia; there are also pictures from the Manila Conference attended by Lyndon Baines Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson.
Binder 32 1966-1977 472 slides, including scenes from travels in Ethiopia, Japan, Israel, Greece, Iran, Kashmir.
Binder 33 1977-1978 and undated 516 slides, including scenes from travels in Mongolia, China, Israel, Africa, Japan, India, South America, the Vatican, and Portugal; under the date 1977 are included some pictures of the stabile of Alexander Calder in Jerusalem.
Binder 34 undated 556 slides, including scenes from travels in Japan, Pakistan, Russia, Hong Kong, Israel, Alaska, India, and Nepal; included are pictures of Tenzing Norgay and Nawang Gomphu.
[Note: All the slides in Box 207 are commercially produced. The French and Vatican slides are stereoptic; the Russian slides are 2x2. The French slides in Box 207 total 77 slides, the Vatican slides total 70, the Russian slides total 96.] Sections Versailles (boxes 6001, 6002, 6003, 6005) Versailles (boxes 6007, 6008, 6009, 6011) Versailles (box 6012); Montmartre (box 5468); Chateau de la Malmaison (boxes 6017, 6018) Champs-Elysees – Etoile (box 5453); Musei Vaticani (boxes 1, 2) Musei Vaticani (boxes 3, 4); Russian Architecture; Russian Winter Scenes Musei Vaticani (boxes 5, 6); Pushkin Palace; Pavlovsk Great Palace
Box 208 - Commercial Slides [Note: The Russian and Japanese slides in Box 208 (Sections 1-3) are commercially produced. All the slides in Box 208 are stereoptic except the Japanese slides (Sections 2-3), which are 2x2. The Russian slides in this box total 72 slides, the Japanese slides total 53 and are dated 1954-1958.] Sections Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (Gold Room, Applied Art, Flemish Painting) Japan (Japanese Foods, Nara, Kyoto, Seasonal Observance) Japan (Home Life, Geisha Girl) Travel 1955 (72 slides from Switzerland; France: Paris, Versailles; Italy: Rome, Venice, Florence; S.S. Independence and Gibraltar) Travel and personal 1955-1956 (44 slides from Spain; Israel; S.S. Independence; Paris; Palm Springs; Portugal; and miscellaneous including some art; there is also an empty container from 1958.) Travel, undated (60 slides from Spain: Madrid, Majorca, Seville, Toledo, Granada; Belgium; London.)
Box 209 - Commercial Slides [Note: None of the slides in Box 209 are commercially produced. All are stereoptic except for the five listed in Section 5, which are 2x2.] Sections Travel, undated (61 slides from Portugal: Lisbon; Italy: Capri, Naples, Pompeii, Genoa; England; Denmark; Germany; Labrador) 2 Travel, undated (36 slides from Belgium; Holland; England; Israel; Turkey; and from a party at the Bermans' house) Travel [1970's?] (57 slides from Spain; Israel; Turkey; Greece; etc.) Travel, undated (68 slides from Israel) Travel, undated (19 slides, of which five are 2x2 slides from Israel, and the rest are from a family party of Aug. 1955) [Travel scenes?] undated (four rolls of developed black and white film)
Motion picture films, video cassettes, and audio tapes are included in Boxes 210-214. All of the motion picture film appears to be "home movies" rather than commercially produced; some is 16mm film and some 8mm. Most reels are undated, but the identifiable dates range from 1939 to 1954. The 16mm film is all kept in Boxes 210-211, together with a VHS videocassette copy made in May 2000 of all the 16mm film. The individual films in Box 210 are numbered 1-13, and those in Box 211 are numbered 14-23; these numbers represent the order in which the films were copied on the videocassette.
[1] 7-inch reel of 16mm motion picture film in can, unlabeled. Twelve 3-inch reels of 16mm motion picture films in boxes, all having the address 915 N. 30th St., Allentown
[10] 3-inch reels of 16mm motion picture film, of which seven are in boxes having the address 915 N. 30th St., Allentown; two are in boxes having the address Pennsburg, PA; one has neither box nor label.
[17] 3-inch reels of 8mm motion picture film, of which three are in boxes having the address 915 N. 30th St., Allentown; three are in boxes having the address Pennsburg, PA; two are in boxes having the address El Centro, CA; one has neither box nor label; two are in boxes having the address Coronado, CA; three are in boxes having the address Pottstown, PA; three are in boxes having the address Pittsburgh, PA.
Five 5-inch reels of 8mm motion picture film, of which one is labeled: Nassau 1940; one is labeled: 9 & 12 / M.M. / 1941 Fla. / 1940 Scavoon / A. City / Phil M. / 1939 Labrador; one is labeled: 4 & 8 / Hawaii / Phil J. Mallin / World's Fair / Calif; one is labeled: 1 & 3; one is unlabelled.
Six audio tapes, as folllows: one 7-inch reel, reel to reel, undated, labeled: Beatles songs; two 5-inch reels, reel to reel, dated Dec. 26, 1973, and Jan. 3, 1974, labeled: WFLN "Know Your Art"; One cassette tape labeled: Judith Epstein: Myrtle Wreath 1981; One cassette tape labeled: Amer. Friends of Hebrew Univ.: Warwick Hotel 11-20-84; One cassette tape labeled: Presidential Strategy Series 1984, Volume III; One cassette tape labeled: Silent No More: Benefactor – 1983; One cassette tape unlabeled.
[2] videocassettes, labeled: Muhlenberg / Dedication / Center for / the Arts / 1977; Upheaval 10 / Glen Zweygardt Sculptor / 1984 Dub.
Nearly all of the Series in the Berman Collection have newspaper clippings and other miscellaneous printed items which were included with the files as received. In Series VII have been gathered the many printed items, mostly newspaper and magazine articles, which were not received as part of other files. All have been arranged in chronological order, regardless of subject, with the following exceptions: the obituaries for Philip Berman have been separately placed in Folder 15 of Box 195; items primarily concerning Jewish Affairs beginning in 1973 have been separately placed in Box 195 Folder 16 through Box 196 Folder 5; items primarily concerning Jewish-Christian relations beginning in 1985 have been separately placed in Box 196 Folders 6-10; and items concerned primarily with art beginning in 1980 have been separately placed in Box 196 Folder 11 through Box 198 Folder 16.
Folders 1 General: 1955-1961 2 General: 1962-1963 3 General: 1964 Jan.-Aug. 4 General: 1964 Aug.-Dec. 5 General: 1965 Jan.-April 6 General: 1965 May-Dec. 7 General: 1966 Jan.-July 8 General: 1966 Aug.-Dec. 9 General: 1967 10 General: 1968 11 General: 1969 12 General: 1970 13 General: 1971 14 General: 1972 15 General: 1973 16 General: 1974 17 General: 1975 18 General: 1976 19 General: 1976 Jan.-April 20 General: 1977 May 21 General: 1977 June-Dec. 22 General: 1978
Folders 1 General: 1979 Jan.-March 2 General: 1979 April-July 3 General: 1979 Aug.-Dec. 4 General: 1980 5 General: 1981-1983 6 General: 1984-1987 7 General: 1987 Jan.-March 8 General: 1987 April-Dec. 9 General: 1988-1989 10 General: 1990-1994 11 General: 1995 (a) 12 General: 1995 (b) 13 General: 1996-1998 14 General: 1999-2000
15 Obituaries: 1997-1998 16 Jewish Affairs: 1973-1975 17 Jewish Affairs: 1984-1985 18 Jewish Affairs: 1986 19 Jewish Affairs: 1987 20 Jewish Affairs: 1988-1990 21 Jewish Affairs: 1991-1992 22 Jewish Affairs: 1993 23 Jewish Affairs: 1994 Jan.-Feb.
Folders 1 Jewish Affairs: 1994 March-Dec. 2 Jewish Affairs: 1995 Jan.-March 3 Jewish Affairs: 1995 March-Dec. 4 Jewish Affairs: 1996 Jan.-Oct. 5 Jewish Affairs: 1996 Nov.-1998 6 Jewish Christian Relations: 1985-1993 7 Jewish Christian Relations: 1994 Jan.-Nov. 8 Jewish Christian Relations: 1994 Dec.11 9 Jewish Christian Relations: 1994 Dec.26 10 Jewish Christian Relations: 1995 11 Art: 1980 Jan.-May 12 Art: 1980 May-Dec. 13 Art: 1981 14 Art: 1982 15 Art: 1983 Jan.-Feb. 16 Art: 1983 Feb.-Dec. 17 Art: 1984 18 Art: 1985 19 Art: 1986 20 Art: [1987?] Art: 1987 Jan.-March
Folders 1 Art: 1987 April-July 2 Art: 1987 Aug. 3 Art: 1987 Aug.-Dec. 4 Art: [1988 ?] 5 Art: 1988 Jan.-June 6 Art: 1988 July-Nov. 7 Art: 1988 Nov. 8 Art: 1988 Dec. 9 Art: [1989 ?] 10 Art: 1989 March-May 11 Art: 1989 June-Dec. 12 Art: 1990 Jan.-June 13 Art: 1990 June-Aug. 14 Art: 1990 Sept.-Dec. 15 Art: 1991-1992 16 Art: 1993 Jan.-Feb. 17 Art: 1993 May-June 18 Art: 1993 July-1994 Jan. 19 Art: 1994 Feb.-June 20 Art: 1994 July-Dec.
Folders 1 Art: [1995 ?] 2 Art: 1995 Jan.-Feb. 3 Art: 1995 March-April 4 Art: 1995 May-July 5 Art: 1995 Aug.-Sept. 6 Art: 1995 Oct.-Dec. 7 Art: 1996 Jan.-Feb. 8 Art: 1996 March (a) 9 Art: 1996 March (b) 10 Art: 1996 April 11 Art: 1996 May-June 12 Art: 1996 July-Aug. 13 Art: 1996 Aug.-Sept. 14 Art: 1996 Oct.-Dec. 15 Art: 1997 Jan.-March 16 Art: 1997 April-Sept.
The Bermans collected art, gave art away, and also lent works of art for exhibition. Series VIII. A is an extremely valuable file of exhibition catalogs which list works of art lent by the Bermans. Most of the catalogs included here represent exhibitions which in fact consisted entirely of works belonging to the Bermans. Some of the catalogs were compiled by Muriel Berman herself.
Information supplementing most of the catalogs will be found in other Series, especially Series I.F (Art Correspondence).
Folders 1958-1959. Exhibition of Albert Jean Adolphe Paintings (2 copies) Allentown Art Museum: Oct. 12-31, 1958 Reading Museum: May 31-June 21, 1959 1959. Exhibition of African Paintings and Sculpture (2 copies) Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery: April 5-19, 1959 1960. The Berman Collection (2 copies) Lehigh University: Feb. 2-March 23, 1960 1960. The Berman Collection of Modern French and American Art (2 copies) Kutztown State College: Oct. 19-Nov. 24, 1960 1962. Japanese Prints (2 copies and 1 offprint) Moravian College: [May 1962] [See Box 63 Folder 14] 1962. [Berman Art Collection] (2 copies) First National Bank of Allentown: [May 1962] 1963. Japanese Prints Lehigh University: [1963] [See Box 59 Folder 12] 1964. French Impressionists Moravian College: Sept. 13-Nov. 15, 1964 1964-1965. Albert Jean Adolphe Perkiomen School: Nov. 7, 1964-April 15, 1965 1965. French Impressionists (2 copies) Perkiomen School: Jan. 4-June 16, 1965 1965. South American Painters (3 copies) Lehigh University: Feb. 7-28, 1965 1965. First Annual Art Exhibition Louis E. Dieruff High School: [May 17, 1965] [See Box 43 Folder 13] 1965-1966. French Impressionists (3 copies) Ursinus College: Sept. 28, 1965-Jan. 20, 1966 1965-1966. South American Painters Perkiomen School: Oct. 1965-March 1966 1966. French Impressionists (4 copies) Germantown Academy: Feb. 13-June 15, 1966 1966. Drawings for the Bible by Marc Chagall (2 copies) Cedar Crest College: April 24-30, 1966 1966. Pop-Op Art (3 copies) Lehigh University: July 24-Sept. 11, 1966 1966. Pop and Op Art (3 copies) Cosmopolitan Club of Philadelphia: Oct. 10 [1966] 1966-1967. An Exhibition of Art (2 copies) Franklin and Marshall College: Nov. 5, 1966-Jan. 7, 1967 1966-1967. The Eight and Contemporaries (3 copies, 2 offprints) Lehigh University: Dec. 4, 1966-Jan. 30, 1967 21 [1968] Oriental Scrolls (6 copies) Lehigh University: [June-Aug. 1968] [See Box 59 Folder 14] 1969. Art Internationale (2 copies) Coatesville Chapter of Hadassah: April 19, 1969 1969-1970. An Exhibition of Original Woodcuts by Toshi Yoshida (5 copies) Lehigh University: Dec. 7, 1969-Jan. 5, 1970 1970. An Exhibition of Eastern European Art (4 copies) Provident National Bank: Feb. 2-April 3, 1970 25 [1970?] An Exhibition of Eastern European Art (3 copies) [n.p.] [1970?] 26 1971. Creativity in Crisis (2 copies) Lehigh University [and others] April 24-July 24, 1971 1972. Art Israel (3 copies) Moravian College: Sept. 10-Oct. 23, 1972
28 [1972?] Art In Israel (2 copies) [Moravian College?] [1972?] [See Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, Jan. 20, 1974 in Box 194 Folder 16] 29 [1974?] "Art In Israel" (3 copies) [n.p.] [1974?] 30 [1974] "Art In Israel" (2 copies) Philadelphia Art Alliance: Jan. 6-Feb. 3, 1974 [See Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin, Jan. 20, 1974 in Box 194 Folder 16] 31 1977. Calder Festival (3 copies) Muhlenberg College: April 19-May 5, 1977 32 [1979] [Art In Israel] (2 copies) Philadelphia Museum of Judaica: [1979] 33 1981. America's Best: 1820-1920 (2 copies and invitation) Sunrise Art Gallery: July 1-Sept. 13, 1981 34 [1982?] A Collection from Muriel & Phil Berman (3 copies) Ecumenical Institute for Theological Research, Tantur, Jerusalem: [1982?] [See Box 12 Folder 4] 1988. W. Elmer Schofield: Proud Painter of Modest Lands (2 copies) Moravian College: Nov. 3-Dec. 11, 1988
Folders 1990. The Berman Touch (4 copies) Woodmere Art Museum: Sept. 9-Oct. 14, 1990 1990. Walter Elmer Schofield: Proud Painter of Modest Lands (2 copies) Ursinus College: Oct. 19-Nov. 25, 1990 3 [1991?] Sculpture in the Park City of Allentown: [1991?] 4 1991. The Berman Collection The State System of Higher Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Oct.1, 1991 5 [1991] Stepping Stones Into the Past by Myra Yellin Goldfarb (2 copies) City of Allentown: [1991] 6 [1991?] Stepping Stones Into the Past by Myra Yellin Goldfarb [proof copy] City of Allentown: [1991?] 7 1994. Art In Israel Jewish Museum of Eastern Pennsylvania: April 11-June 17, 1994 1998. Henry Moore: An Exhibition in Celebration of Philip I. Berman Philadelphia Museum of Art: July 30-Nov. 29, 1998
When Nancy Kefauver established the Art in the Embassies Program for the U.S. Department of State in 1965, Philip and Muriel Berman were among the first to lend their art works, and they continued to participate in the program for many years. Series VIII. B is a collection of catalogs which include notices of art works lent to the embassies by the Bermans.
Folders 9 Art in the Embassies -- Introductory Brochure: 1966 10 Boston: 1966 11 El Salvador: 1967 12 Valletta: 1968 13 Guatemala: [ ca.1970 ?] 14 Moscow: 1974 15 Bucarest: [1976 ?] 16 Santiago: [ca.1977 ?] 17 Luxembourg: [ca.1977 ?] 18 Bolivia: [1979 ?] 19 Paris: 1978 20 Dublin: [ca.1983 ?] 21 Brazil: [1983] 22 Dhaka: 1985 23 La Paz: 1986 24 Kuala Lumpur: [1989 ?]
Included with the archival records transferred by Muriel Berman to Lehigh University in 1999-2000 were a variety of published books. These have been kept with the Berman Papers and are listed here in two groups. The first group is art catalogs. The second group consists of books removed from other series and brought together here. For each of these books the subseries from which it was taken is indicated in square brackets. All of the books in this second group have been individually listed in Lehigh University's online catalog.
Property from the collection of Helen W. Benjamin, Sotheby's, 1996 Impressionist and Modern Art, Part I, Sotheby's, 1996 American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, Christie's, 1996 Triangle Artists= Workshop, 1995, Marseille, France The Tel Aviv Museum, 1981 Calendar of Events, January-July, 1996, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame Bulletin, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Winter 1995, African American Artists Sculpture Tour, >92-93, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Sculpture Tour, >90-91, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Sculptures in the Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, 1981 Sapporo Sculpture Garden, 1986 Sapporo Sculpture Garden 2, 1991 Museum-gids Riksmuseum Kroller-Muller Pro-nature Anti-nature, the III sculpture biennale , presented by Parliament Arts, 1994 Laumeier Sculpture Park, first decade, 1976-1986 Kroller-Muller Museum, 1985 In the Sculptor's Landscape, celebrating 25 years of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles Sculpture at Goodwood Fondazione Umberto Sereri, scultura contemporanea Les Chanps de la Sculpture, Connaissance des Arts Biennale de Sculpture, Monte-Carlo >89 The Artist's Studio in American painting, 1840-1983, Allentown Art Museum, 1984 Altered sites, an exhibition of Large-scale Outdoor Works, Fairmount Park, 1988 Frank Lloyd Wright, the seat of genius chairs: 1895-1955 Painted Sun Trails, by Merrill Wagner In the Centre of the Margins, Turmarkin Steve Tobin at Retretti, 1993 Yehiel Shemi sculpture, Adam Baruch Edward Redfield, first master of the 20th century landscape, by Thomas Folk, Allentown Art Museum The Sculpture of Phillip King, Tim Hilton: Henry Moore Foundation Hermes, of the Philosophy of the Island of Hombroich Barry Flanagan, Waddington Galleries, 1994 Igael Tumarkin, Rails and Pieta, 1984-87 Kadishman paintings, 1978-1980 Charles Ginnever large scale sculpture, 1983 Jet, Mud, Owl, Car; Hamish Fulton How to look at sculpture, David Finn Jean Fautrier, , Neuss, 1987
Blake Edwards, a diversity of expression: James A. Michener Arts Center, 1990 Uri Dotan, Labyrinths of Love, Z Gallery, Central Fine Arts, Inc. New York Christo, Lawrence Alloway Lynn Chadwick sculpture, (loose pages in folder) Lynn Chadwick, recent work, Veranneman, 1980 Lynn Chadwick, recent sculpture, 1988 Lynn Chadwick, new work, 1989 Lynn Chadwick, sculpture, 1951-1991 Chadwick, the artist and his work, by Paul Levine Patrick Caulfield, new paintings; Waddington Galleries, 1997 Aspects of Anthony Caro, recent sculpture 1981-89: London Anthony Caro, new sculptures - a survey: Annely Juda Fine Arts Anthony Caro, by William Rubin: Museum of Fine Art, New York City Anthony Caro, the Greek Series: Andre Emmerich Gallery, 1988: New York City Anthony Caro. Galerie Lelong, Paris Al Capp Paintings, 1975. New York Cultural Center, and Fairleigh Dickinson Unin. Calder: The Jerusalem Stabile: Israel Museum, Jerusalem Berrocal. Armitage, Paul Rosenberg & Co. Compassionate Spirit: Sculpture and Fresco by George R. Anthonisen
What I know about retailing, by Philip I. Berman (blank book) [from Series II B] Lloyd's of London, an illustrated History, by Raymond Flower, and Michael Wynn Jones, London:1974 [from Series II C] Lloyd's of London, by Anthony Brown: New York, Stein & Day, 1973. [from Series II C] The Israel Honorarium, 1968 [from Series III A] The Archaelology of Israel, constructing the past, interpreting the future, edited by Neil Asher Silberman & David Small. Journal for the study of the Old Testament, Supplement Series 237 [from Series IV C] Interpreting Judaism in a postmodern age, edited by Steven Kepnes. N.Y. University Press, 1996. [from Series IV C] The Other in Jewish thought and history; constructions of Jewish culture and identity, edited by Laurence J. Silberstein and Robert L. Cohn. N.Y. University Press, 1994. [from Series IV C] Jewish fundamentalism in comparative perspective, religion, ideology and the crisis of modernity, edited by Laurence J. Silberstein. N.Y. University Press, 1993. [from Series IV C] New Perspectives on Israeli history; the early years of the state, edited by Laurence J. Silberstein. N. Y. University Press, 1991. [from Series IV C] Mediterranean peoples in transition, in honor of Trude Dothan.Israel Exploration Society, Jerusalem, 1998. [from Series IV E] People of the Sea, the search for the Philistines. By Trude Dothan and Moshe Dothan. Macmillan, 1992. [from Series IV E] Bud Tamblyn, cartoons and caricatures, 1937-1985. [from Series VII]
Brit Am, a covenant of the people. Proposed policy guidelines for the National Institutions of the Jewish people. 1995 [from Series VII] The Shakespearian Theatre, Folger Shakespeare Library Prints. [from Series VII] Myths and Facts: a concise record of the Arab-Israeli conflict, by Mitchell G. Bard and Joel Himelfarb. New East Report, 1992. [from Series VII]
The items included in Series IX have all been removed from their places in other Series solely because of their size or format. For that reason, each item has been individually listed, with a note indicating the place in the Collection from which it has been removed. Series IX.A (Boxes 201-202) contain items stored in vertical boxes; Series IX.B (Boxes 203-206) contain items stored in flat boxes; Series IX. C contains items large enough to be stored flat in a map case drawer. In general, to assist the researcher, the items within each subseries have been listed in Series order, but there are a few exceptions (e.g. Folder 14 of Box 203 would have been expected to follow Folder 4 of Box 201 and the contents of Box 205 might have been expected to follow Folder 12 of Box 204.) The dates in this series range from 1930 to 1998.
The items included in Series IX have all been removed from their places in other Series solely because of their size or format. For that reason, each item has been individually listed, with a note indicating the place in the Collection from which it has been removed. Series IX.A (Boxes 201-202) contain items stored in vertical boxes; Series IX.B (Boxes 203-206) contain items stored in flat boxes; Series IX. C contains items large enough to be stored flat in a map case drawer. In general, to assist the researcher, the items within each subseries have been listed in Series order, but there are a few exceptions (e.g. Folder 14 of Box 203 would have been expected to follow Folder 4 of Box 201 and the contents of Box 205 might have been expected to follow Folder 12 of Box 204.) The dates in this series range from 1930 to 1998.
Folders 1 Photo of Philip I. Berman, Muriel M. Berman, and Pope: [1993 Dec.?] (from Series I.D Box 7 Folders 5-12: American Jewish Committee) 2 L'Osservatore Romano: 1995 Feb. 6-7 (from Series I.D Box 7 Folders 5-12: American Jewish Committee) 3 William Anders Autograph: 1973 May 11 (from Series I.D Box 12 Folder 3: Explorers Club) 4 Calligraphic Greeting: 1995 May (from Series I.D Box 16 Folder 15: "J" Miscellaneous) 5 Maimonides Society List: [1992 ?] (from Series I.D Box 20 Folder 6: "M" Miscellaneous) 6 Document Honoring the Bermans: 1988 April 30 (from Series I.D Box 21 Folder 5: Pennsylvania Commonwealth) 7 Will of Leonard Pool: 1994 March 25 (from Series I.D Box 22 Folder 18: "P" Miscellaneous) 8 Will of Harry C. Trexler: 1930 (from Series I.D Box 25 Folder 4: Trexler Trust) 9 Dinner at the White House: 1965 April (from Series I.D Box 26 Folder 19: White House) 10 White House Folder: [1970 ?] (from Series I.D Box 27 Folder 8: White House) 11 Shalom of Safed Catalog: 1972 (from Series I.F Box 35 Folder 6: Art In Israel – Artists' Catalogs) 12 Eyeglass Designs: [1988 ?] (from Series I.F Box 38 Folder 15: Bermani) 13 Bicentennial Tapestries: [1976 ?] (from Series I.F Box 40 Folder 11: Calder, Alexander) 14 Calder Festival at Hess's: 1977 (from Series I.F Box 40 Folder 11: Calder, Alexander) 15 Yossi Rosenstein: [1976 ?] (from Series I.F Box 52 Folder 8: Israeli Art) 16 Nesher Brochure: [n.d.] (from Series I.F Box 62 Folder 5: Merhav, Dina) 17 New Art Centre Announcement: 1995 (from Series I.F Box 67 Folder 1: "N" Miscellaneous) 18 Sculpture by Seiler: 1973 (from Series I.F Box 77 Folder 5: Seiler, Herbert) 19 Shalom of Safed Brochure: 1972 (from Series I.F Box 78 Folder 4: Shalom of Safed) 20 Inventories and Appraisals: 1979-1986 (from Series I.F Box 81 Folders 1-3: Stark, Melville F.) 21 Drawings for Sculpture: 1986 (from Series I.F Box 81 Folder 9: Sternal, Thomas) 22 Catalogs: 1977 (from Series I.F Box 83 Folder 22: Tumarkin, Igael) 23 Wenz Sculptures: [1995 ?] (from Series I.G Box 90 Folder 19: Photos) 24 Bonsco Documents: 1989 (from Series II.A Box 103 Folder 16: Fleetways -- Philadelphia) 25 Calder Festival Announcement: 1977 (from Series II.B Box 107 Folder 17: Hess's -- Gallery Announcements) 26 Philadelphia Inquirer Rackcard: [197-?] (from Series II.B Box 108 Folder 10: Hess's -- Miscellaneous Printed) 27 Contracts: 1968 (from Series II.C Box 110 Folder 2: Lloyd's of London) 28 UN ECOSOC Statement of Fred Mulley: 1967 (from Series III.A Box 119 Folder 18: Awards) 29 UN ECOSOC Statement of Philip Berman: 1967 (from Series III.A Box 119 Folder 18: Awards) 30 Pennsylvania Humanities Council Appointment: 1986 (from Series III.A Box 123 Folder 11: Awards) 31 Commendation of Governor Tom Ridge: [1993] (from Series III.B Box 127 Folder 12: Pennsylvania Public Television Network) 32 Deloitte and Touche Brochure: 1994 (from Series III.B Box 127 Folder 18: Pennsylvania Public Television Network)
Folders 1 Citation of Pennsylvania Representatives: 1995 (from Series III.B Box 129 Folder 11: Pennsylvania Public Television Network) 2 Citation of Pennsylvania Senate: 1995 (from Series III.B Box 129 Folder 11: Pennsylvania Public Television Network) 3 Art Center Board Meeting File: 1989 (from Series IV.A Box 156 Folder 11: Ursinus College -- Correspondence) 4 Mediterranean Peoples in Transition -- Conference Packet: 1995 (from Series IV.E Box 170 Folder 8: Biblical Archaeology) 5 National Medical Library Report: 1994 (from Series IV.E Box 172 Folder 8: Berman National Medical Library) 6 Berman Scholarship Dedication -- Photo: [1981 ?] (from Series IV.E Box 172 Folder 20: AFHU -- Berman Scholarship -- Pledge) 7 Jambo by John H. Leh: 1954 (from Series V.A Box 185 Folder 14: Travel -- Africa) 8 Legal Correspondence: 1972 (from Series V.B Box 193 Folder 13: Mallin) Sculpture at House, with Philip I. Berman and Muriel M. Berman (from Series VI.A Binder 8 Section 1: Art at House)
Folders 1 Photo Album -- Muriel M. Berman's Cruise to Cuba: 1939 (from Series VI.A Binder 8 Section 6: Muriel M. Berman) 2 Photos of Cousins of Muriel M. Berman: [n.d.] (from Series VI.A Binder 8 Section 7: Family of Muriel M. Berman) 3 Photos of Philip I. Berman in Uniform: [1942 ?] (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I. Berman) 4 Photos of Philip I. Berman in Suit: [1942 ?] (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I. Berman) 5 Color Photos of Philip I. Berman: [ca. 1990 ?] (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I. Berman) 6 Color Slides of Philip I. Berman for Business Week: 1970 (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I. Berman) 7 Portrait Photo of Bernard Berman: [ca. 1943 ?] (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I. Berman) 8 Photo of Steven and Nina Berman: 1969 (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 3: Family of Philip I. Berman and Muriel M. Berman) 9 Photos of Tenzing Norgay and Everest: [1973 ?] (from Series VI.A Binder 20 Section 7: Tenzing Norgay) 10 Photo of Philip I. Berman in Hess's: [ca.1970 ?] (from Series VI.A Binder 23 Section 1: Philip I. Berman at Hess's) 11 Photos of Hess's Building in Allentown: [1969-1971] (from Series VI.A Binder 23 Section 6: Acquisition and Expansion of Hess's) 12 Jewish Survivors Report: 1945 (from Series VII Box 195 Folder 16: Jewish Affairs) 13 Artcurial Catalog: 1996 (from Series VII Box 198 Folder 7: Art)
14 Acquisition of Leader Healthcare: 1981 (from Series I.D Box 17 Folders 14-15: Leader Nursing Centers)
Folders 1 Citation to Philip I. Berman: 1986 (from Series I.D Box 20 Folder 11: National Retail Merchants Association) 2 Laguna Gloria Art Museum Newsletter: 1994 (from Series I.F Box 41 Folder 17: Chicago, Judy) 3 Photos of Tete: 1985 (from Series I.F Box 62 Folder 17: Miro, Joan) 4 Color Photos of Sculpture: 1976 (from Series I.F Box 74 Folder 20: "R" Miscellaneous) 5 Drawings of Sculpture: 1979 (from Series I.F Box 78 Folder 7: Shaw, Ernest) Photo of Philip I. Berman and Sculpture: [n.d.] (from Series I.F Box 90 Folder 4: Zweygardt, Glenn) 7 Photo of Berman Industrial Park Site: [1980 ?] (from Series II.A Box 100 Folder 14: Fleetways -- Miscellaneous) 8 Hess's Envelope: [n.d.] (from Series II.B Box 110 Folder 4: Hess's -- Miscellaneous Printed) 9 Philip I. Berman and Lyndon B. Johnson -- Photos: 1967 (from Series III.B Box 129 Folder 15: Pennsylvania Public Television Network) 10 A Dog's Life Calendar: 1998 (from Series III.C Box 136 Folder 3: Philadelphia Museum of Art) Catalog of Berman Fellowship and Scholarship Program: 1985 (from Series IV.E Box 172 Folder 18: American Friends of Hebrew University) 12 Trees for Israel: [1997 ?] (from Series V.B Box 192 Folder 8: Philip I. Berman -- Tributes) 13 Portrait Photo of Philip I. Berman in Uniform: [1942 ?] (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I. Berman) 14 Portrait Photo of Saul Berman: [ca. 1950?] (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I Berman) 15 Portrait Photo of Dora Berman: 1944 (from Series VI.A Binder 9 Section 1: Philip I Berman) 16 Photos of French and African Parties: [ca. 1958] (from Series VI.A Binder 10 Section 2: African Party)
Paperweights: American Jewish Committee Bank Hapoalim [Israel] Hess's Medals: Chaine des Rotisseurs:
American Academy of Achievement -- Banquet of the Golden Plate Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- Society of the Founders Explorers Club Republican National Convention -- Finance Committee Pins: Art in City Hall [Chaine des Rotisseurs] -- Commandeur XX Annees Badges: Deputy Sheriff -- Lehigh County [with two ID cards] Allentown Fire Department [Marine Corps] The First Defenders Trowel: Keneseth Israel Corner-Stone Laying: May 23, 1954
(All items in Box 205 are from Series V.B Box 191 Folders 14-20: Philip I. Berman -- Personal Mementos)
Framed Photo -- Advertiser of The Year Award: 1977 (from Series VI.A Binder 23 Section 2: Philip I. Berman and Staff at Hess's)
Drawer A Folders 1 Poster -- What Now for the New Economics: [1971] Feb. 25 (from Series I.D. Box 18 Folder 8: Lehigh University Lecture Series) 2 Architect's Drawings -- Views of Library: 1971 (from Series IV.E Box 171 Folder 13: Berman National Medical Library)
Proposal, Announcements, Hilton Hotel Reception, 1984-1986
2 Installation: Documents related to Laurence Silberstein's installation as the Berman Professor of Judaica.
Correspondence with various higher educational institutions related to Jewish Studies. Documents related to Laurence (Larry) Silberstein
Report from L. Silberstein; documents related to courses taught in Lehigh Valley Center for Jewish Studies, and brochure (2 copies)
Funding; List of contributors; "A proposal to The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation"; L. Silberstein's thank you letters to the contributors.
Board of associates
Documents related to Dr. Trude Dothan's two talks at Lehigh University and Cedar Crest College. Dothan was Co-Director of Tel Miqne-Ekron: A Joint Excavation and Publication Project.
Pledge: Purchase of Apple Macintosh Computer for the Judaica Center; newsletter publication costs, etc.
Documents related to proposals for Jewish centers in other LVAIC (Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges) such as Moravian and Lafayette Collge.
Dana Foundation: Documents and correspondence related to applying for an award from Charles A. Dana Foundation the 1985-1986.
Contracts between Bermans and Lehigh University – Installation
Lehigh University – agreement
LVAIC Berman Scholar
Lehigh University Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies 15A – Lehigh University Berman Center financial documents RESTRICTED
Lafayette College 16A – Lafayette College financial documents RESTRICTED
Bloomsburg University – clippings, documents and photographs, 1998
Clarion, East Stroudsburg, Edinboro Universities – clippings, documents and photographs, 1998
Indiana, Kutztown, Lock Haven Universities – clippings, documents and photographs, 1998
Mansfield, Millersville, Shippensburg, Slippery Rock – clippings, documents and photographs, 1998
Susquehanna, West Chester Universities – clippings, documents and photographs, 1998
Boy Scout children's letters to Muriel Berman, 2000-2003
Boy Scout letter (continued)
Great Valley Girl Scouts, 1982-2001
Nov. 2004 – Jan. 2005 Feb. 2005 – May 2005 June 2005 – Dec. 2005 Jan. 2006 – July 2006
Sep. 2006 – May 2007