The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers: Collection I
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SERIES III.A Awards
Beginning with 1962, the Awards file records many of the awards and other honors bestowed on Philip I Berman and Muriel M. Berman in recognition of their talents, generosity, and achievements. Educational institutions figure prominently in these files, notably in the correspondence, photographs, and related documents concerning honorary degrees conferred by Ursinus College (Philip Berman 1967, Muriel Berman 1987), Lehigh University (Philip Berman 1969, Muriel Berman 1991) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Philip Berman 1979, Muriel Berman 1982). Active interest in education led Muriel Berman to join the Board of Trustees of Kutztown State Teachers College (1962), and of Lehigh County Community College (1966); in 1980 she was appointed to the Board of State College and University Directors, and in 1987 to the Board of Governors for the State System of Higher Education. Other awards which are well documented in these files include: Outstanding Civic Leader of America (Philip Berman 1968), Golden Plate Award (Philip Berman 1973). Hazlett Memorial Award for Excellence in the Arts (Philip Berman & Muriel Berman 1982), Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania (Muriel Berman 1982), Scopus Award of the American Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Philip Berman and Muriel Berman 1984), Henrietta Szold Award of the Jewish Publication Society (Muriel Berman 1988), and the Sheepskin Award of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities (Philip Berman & Muriel Berman 1993).
The Awards File includes records also of some, but not nearly all, of the core leadership activities which prompted the awards. Among the better documented are: a tour of South American cities on behalf of the American Jewish Committee and the World Jewish Congress (Philip Berman and Muriel Berman 1964); participation in a UNICEF Executive Board meeting in Bangkok on behalf of the World Jewish Congress (Muriel Berman 1965); participation as a U.S. delegate to a UN conference in Geneva (Philip Berman 1967); and support of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts (Philip Berman and Muriel Berman 1974, 1976, 1982). Many other activities are thoroughly documented in other files of Series III and IV, if not in the Awards File itself.
The Awards file has been kept as received in its basic chronological order. Chronological arrangement within each year has been refined, and a few stray records have been added from elsewhere in the collection.
Box 119
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1 Awards: 1962
2 Awards: 1963
3 Awards: 1964 (a)
4 Awards: 1964 (b)
5 Awards: 1964 (c)
6 Awards: 1964 (d)
7 Awards: 1964 (e)
8 Awards: 1964 (f)
9 Awards: 1965 (a)
10 Awards: 1965 (b)
11 Awards: 1965 (c)
12 Awards: 1965 (d)
13 Awards: 1965 (e)
14 Awards: 1965 (f)
15 Awards: 1966
16 Awards: 1967 (a)
17 Awards: 1967 (b)
18 Awards: 1967 (c)
19 Awards: 1967 (d)
20 Awards: 1967 (e)
Box 120
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1 Awards: 1968 (a)
2 Awards: 1968 (b)
3 Awards: 1968 (c)
4 Awards: 1968 (d)
5 Awards: 1969 (a)
6 Awards: 1969 (b)
7 Awards: 1973
8 Awards: 1974 (a)
9 Awards: 1974 (b)
10 Awards: 1974 (c)
11 Awards: 1974 (d)
12 Awards: 1975
13 Awards: 1976
14 Awards: 1977
15 Awards: 1978 (a)
16 Awards: 1978 (b)
17 Awards: 1979 (a)
18 Awards: 1979 (b)
19 Awards: 1979 (c)
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1 Awards: 1980-1981
2 Awards: 1982 (a)
3 Awards: 1982 (b)
4 Awards: 1982 (c)
5 Awards: 1982 (d)
6 Awards: 1982 (e)
7 Awards: 1982 (f)
8 Awards: 1982 (g)
9 Awards: 1982 (h)
10 Awards: 1982 (i)
11 Awards: 1982 (j)
12 Awards: 1982 (k)
13 Awards: 1982 (l)
14 Awards: 1982 (m)
15 Awards: 1982 (n)
16 Awards: 1982 (o)
17 Awards: 1982 (p)
18 Awards: 1982 (q)
19 Awards: 1982 (r)
20 Awards: 1982 (s)
21 Awards: 1982 (t)
Box 122
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1 Awards: 1982 (u)
2 Awards: 1982 (v)
3 Awards: 1982 (w)
4 Awards: 1982 (x)
5 Awards: 1982 (y)
6 Awards: 1982 (z)
7 Awards: 1982 (aa)
8 Awards: 1982 (bb)
9 Awards: 1982 (cc)
10 Awards: 1982 (dd)
11 Awards: 1983 (a)
12 Awards: 1983 (b)
13 Awards: 1983 (c)
14 Awards: 1983 (d)
15 Awards: 1983 (e)
16 Awards: 1983 (f)
17 Awards: 1983 (g)
18 Awards: 1983 (h)
19 Awards: 1984 (a)
20 Awards: 1984 (b)
21 Awards: 1984 (c)
22 Awards: 1984 (d)
23 Awards: 1984 (e)
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1 Awards: 1984 (f)
2 Awards: 1984 (g)
3 Awards: 1984 (h)
4 Awards: 1984 (i)
5 Awards; 1984 (j)
6 Awards: 1985 (a)
7 Awards: 1985 (b)
8 Awards: 1985 (c)
9 Awards: 1985 (d)
10 Awards: 1986 (a)
11 Awards: 1986 (b)
12 Awards: 1987 (a)
13 Awards: 1987 (b)
14 Awards: 1987 (c)
15 Awards: 1987 (d)
16 Awards: 1987 (e)
17 Awards: 1987 (f)
18 Awards: 1987 (g)
19 Awards: 1988 (a)
20 Awards: 1998 (b)
21 Awards: 1988 (c)
22 Awards: 1988 (d)
23 Awards: 1988 (e)
24 Awards: 1988 (f)
Box 124
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1 Awards: 1989 (a)
2 Awards: 1989 (b)
3 Awards: 1989 (c)
4 Awards: 1989 (d)
5 Awards: 1989 (e)
6 Awards: 1989 (f)
7 Awards: 1989 (g)
8 Awards: 1990 (a)
9 Awards: 1990 (b)
10 Awards: 1990 (c)
11 Awards: 1990 (d)
12 Awards: 1991 (a)
13 Awards: 1991 (b)
14 Awards: 1993 (a)
15 Awards: 1993 (b)
16 Awards: 1993 (c)
17 Awards: 1994 (a)
18 Awards: 1994 (b)
19 Awards: 1995
20 Awards: 1996 (a)
21 Awards: 1996 (b)
22 Awards: 1996 (c)
23 Awards: 1997
24 Awards: 1998
SERIES III.B
Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission (PPTN) and WLVT-TV
Philip I. Berman served on the Governor=s Advisory Committee on Public Television (Pennsylvania) in 1967-1968. He attended President Lyndon B. Johnson=s signing of the Public Television Broadcasting Act on Nov. 7, 1967, and Governor Raymond P. Shafer=s signing of Act 329 establishing the Pennsylvania Public Television Network. He was appointed by Governor Shafer in 1968 to be Chairman of the PPTN Commission, and continued in this post until his retirement in 1995. On November 6, 1995 a special tribute was held for him, with welcome by Governor Tom Ridge and remarks by Fred Rogers (of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood). Through most of these years, Philip Berman was also very active on the Board of WLVT-TV Channel 39.
The records kept by Philip Berman on his work with PPTN and WLVT constituted a single file and have been kept together; the arrangement has been made strictly chronological, except for the largest documents and photographs, which are in Boxes 201, 202 and 204.
The PPTN files contain extensive correspondence by Philip Berman and others, frequent financial statements, many news clippings and other miscellaneous printed items (including publications of the Aspen Institute). Correspondence from U.S. Congressmen, Governors, and other major public figures has been included. Approximately three quarters of this file is from the years 1993-1994 and includes much correspondence with Sheldon P. Siegel and others plus related material concerning the management crisis at WLVT.
Box 125
Folders
1 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission (PPTN): 1967-1980
2 PPTN: 1981-1986
3 PPTN: 1987-1988 Aug.
4 PPTN: 1988 Sept.-1989
5 PPTN: 1990 Jan.-June
6 PPTN: 1990 July-1991
7 PPTN: 1992 (a)
8 PPTN: 1992 (b)
9 PPTN: 1992 Jan.-March
10 PPTN: 1992 April
11 PPTN: 1992 July
12 PPTN: 1992 Aug.-Dec.
13 PPTN: 1993 Jan.
14 PPTN: 1993 Feb.-May
15 PPTN: 1993 June 1-24
16 PPTN: 1993 June 25
17 PPTN: 1993 June 28
18 PPTN: 1993 June 29
Box 126
Folders
1 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission (PPTN): 1993 June 30
2 PPTN: 1993 July 1-6
3 PPTN: 1993 July 7
4 PPTN: 1993 July 8-16
5 PPTN: 1993 July 16-19
6 PPTN: 1993 July 20
7 PPTN: 1993 July 21 (a)
8 PPTN: 1993 July 21 (b)
9 PPTN: 1993 July 23-30
10 PPTN: 1993 Aug. 1-5
11 PPTN: 1993 Aug. 8 (a)
12 PPTN: 1993 Aug. 8 (b)
13 PPTN: 1993 Aug. 10-15
14 PPTN: 1993 Aug. 16-30
15 PPTN: 1993 Sept. 1-15
16 PPTN: 1993 Sept. 16-20
17 PPTN: 1993 Sept. 21-23
18 PPTN: 1993 Sept. 24
Box 127
Folders
1 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission (PPTN): 1993 Sept. 25-29
2 PPTN: 1993 Sept. 30
3 PPTN: 1993 Oct. 1-4
4 PPTN: 1993 Oct. 5
5 PPTN: 1993 Oct. 6-8
6 PPTN: 1993 Oct. 10-18
7 PPTN: 1993 Oct. 19
8 PPTN: 1993 Oct. 20-31
9 PPTN: 1993 Nov. 1-4
10 PPTN: 1993 Nov. 7-16
11 PPTN: 1993 Nov. 17-30
12 PPTN: 1993 Dec. 1-7
13 PPTN: 1993 Dec. 8 (a)
14 PPTN: 1993 Dec. 8 (b)
15 PPTN: 1993 Dec. 10-23
16 PPTN: 1993 Dec. 28-31
17 PPTN: 1994 (a)
18 PPTN: 1994 (b)
19 PPTN: 1994 (c)
Box 128
Folders
1 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission ( PPTN): 1994 Jan. 1-6
2 PPTN: 1994 Jan.6-9
3 PPTN: 1994 Jan. 10-20
4 PPTN: 1994 Jan. 21-30
5 PPTN: 1994 Jan. 31
6 PPTN: 1994 Feb.
7 PPTN: 1994 March 1-15
8 PPTN: 1994 March 16-23
9 PPTN: 1994 March 24-31
10 PPTN: 1994 April (a)
11 PPTN: 1994 April (b)
12 PPTN: 1994 May (a)
13 PPTN: 1994 May (b)
14 PPTN: 1994 June (a)
15 PPTN: 1994 June (b)
16 PPTN: 1994 June (c)
17 PPTN: 1994 July-Aug.
18 PPTN: 1994 Sept.
Box 129
Folders
1 Pennsylvania Public Television Network Commission (PPTN): 1994 Oct. (a)
2 PPTN: 1994 Oct. (b)
3 PPTN: 1994 Nov.
4 PPTN: 1994 Nov.-Dec.
5 PPTN: 1995 Jan.-Feb.
6 PPTN: 1995 March
7 PPTN: 1995 April-June
8 PPTN: 1995 June (a)
9 PPTN: 1995 June (b)
10 PPTN: 1995 July-Aug.
11 PPTN: 1995 Sept.-Nov.
12 PPTN: 1995 Nov.
13 PPTN: 1996 Jan.
14 PPTN: 1996 Feb.-1997
15 PPTN -- Photos
SERIES III.C Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA)
Friendly relations between the Bermans and the Philadelphia Museum of Art began as early as 1958, when the Bermans offered to give to the Museum some of their recently acquired Albert Jean Adolphe paintings. Correspondence and visits continued; in 1982 a gift from the Bermans enabled the Museum to acquire the wall relief Hackenheim by Frank Stella; in 1985, thanks to a major gift from the Bermans, the Museum acquired from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts a collection of some 2400 European Old Master prints and drawings; in 1988 the Bermans established the Muriel and Philip Berman Curatorship of Twentieth Century Art. In 1989, Philip Berman, already a Museum Trustee, was elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and led the Museum through a financially difficult period, in which also were mounted some of the Museum=s most spectacular and successful shows, including the Barnes Foundation exhibition 1995 and the Cezanne exhibition in 1996. This file contains much correspondence, notably with Anne d=Harnoncourt, the Museum's Director; there are numerous internal documents, especially concerning finances during Philip Berman=s chairmanship; in September 1996 there is A Study of Visitors to the Cezanne Exhibition prepared by the Museum; and in April and May there is a self-study of the Museum as a whole prepared for the American Association of Museums. Supplementing the correspondence and documents are 16 folders of miscellaneous printed items for the years 1981-1998; these help a good deal to supply context for the documentation of the Berman=s involvement with the Museum, one of the most sustained and productive enterprises of their lives.
Box 130
Folders
1 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA): 1981-1983
2 PMA: 1983 May (a)
3 PMA: 1983 May (b)
4 PMA: 1983 Oct.-1984 Feb.
5 PMA: 1984 Feb.7-15
6 PMA: 1984 Feb.16-May
7 PMA: 1984 Aug.-Dec.
8 PMA: 1985 Jan.-May
9 PMA: 1985 July
10 PMA: 1985 Aug.1-5
11 PMA: 1985 Aug.6-30
12 PMA: 1985 Sept.1-20
13 PMA: 1985 Sept.21-30
14 PMA: 1985 Oct.-Dec.
15 PMA: 1986 Jan.
16 PMA: 1986 Feb.-1987
17 PMA: 1988
18 PMA: 1989
19 PMA: 1990 Jan.-March
Box 131
Folders
1 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA): 1990 April-Dec.
2 PMA: 1991-1992
3 PMA: [1992 Sept.?]
4 PMA: 1993
5 PMA -- Parties -- Original: 1993
6 PMA -- Parties -- Photocopies: 1993
7 PMA: 1994 Jan.-Nov.
8 PMA: 1994 Dec.
9 PMA: 1995 Jan.-April 5
10 PMA: 1995 Feb.15 (a)
11 PMA: 1995 Feb.15 (b)
12 PMA: 1995 April 5-10
Box 132
Folders
1 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA): 1995 April 11-12
2 PMA: 1995 April 12-May
3 PMA: 1995 June
4 PMA: 1995 July
5 PMA: 1995 Aug.
6 PMA: 1995 Sept.-Oct.
7 PMA: 1995 Nov.
8 PMA: 1995 Nov.-Dec.
9 PMA: 1996 (a)
10 PMA: 1996 (b)
11 PMA: 1996 Jan. (a)
12 PMA: 1996 Jan. (b)
13 PMA: 1996 Jan. (c)
14 PMA: 1996 Jan. (d)
15 PMA: 1996 Feb. (a)
16 PMA: 1996 Feb. (b)
Box 133
Folders
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)
Box 134
Folders
1 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA): 1997 May (b)
2 PMA: 1997 May (c)
3 PMA: 1997 May (d)
4 PMA: 1997 May (e)
5 PMA: 1997 May (f)
6 PMA: 1997 June (a)
7 PMA: 1997 June (b)
8 PMA: 1997 July
9 PMA: 1997 Aug. (a)
10 PMA: 1997 Aug. (b)
11 PMA: 1997 Aug. (c)
12 PMA: 1997 Aug. (d)
13 PMA: 1997 Sept.-Nov.
Box 135
Folders
1 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA): 1997 Nov. (a)
2 PMA: 1997 Nov. (b)
3 PMA: 1997 Nov. (c)
4 PMA: 1997 Nov. (d)
5 PMA: 1997 Dec.
6 PMA: 1998 (a)
7 PMA: 1998 (b)
8 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1981-1984 Oct.
9 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1984 Nov.
10 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1985 (a)
11 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1985 (b)
12 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1986
13 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1987-1988
14 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1989
15 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1990 (a)
16 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1990 (b)
17 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1992-1993
18 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1994
19 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1995 (a)
20 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1995 (b)
Box 136
Folders
1 Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1996 (a)
2 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1996 (b)
3 PMA -- Miscellaneous Printed: 1998
SERIES III.D College Speak-In
In 1967 Muriel Berman initiated a new television series designed to appeal to students of area colleges and to involve them as participants in the programs. Aired during the academic year from fall 1967 through spring 1975 by WLVT-TV Channel 39, the series featured a wide variety of topics including abortion, astrology, acupuncture, exorcism, the draft, drugs, the U.N., student power, and women in the church. Guests were sometimes local experts, but often were international celebrities such as Jane Fonda, Congressman Wilbur D. Mills, film star Gina Lollobrigida, Ambassador T.N. Kaul of India, astronaut William Anders. Muriel Berman was both producer and hostess of the show. The file includes much correspondence and related documents concerning planning and scheduling the progams and some of the handwritten notes made by Muriel Berman in preparation for taping. The preliminary name of the series was ATell It Like It Is@, changed by fall 1967 to ACollege Speak-In", and later to ASpeak-Out@ and then AGuest Spot@.
Box 136
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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
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