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The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers: Collection I

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SERIES IV. A Ursinus College

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.

Box 155

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.

Box 156

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.

Box 157

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)

Box 158

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

Box 159

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.

Box 160

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

Box 161

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

Box 162

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)

Box 163

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)

Box 164

Folders

1 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1996 (b)

2 Printed -- Miscellaneous: 1996-1999

SERIES IV. B Lehigh University

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.

Box 164

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

SERIES IV. C Jewish Studies Center

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.

Box 165

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.

Box 166

Folders

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

Box 167

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

Box 168

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

SERIES IV. D Gregorian University

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.

Box 168

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

SERIES IV. E Special Projects in Israel

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.

Box 169

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)

Box 170

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)

Box 171

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

Box 172

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

Box 173

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)

Box 174

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

SERIES IV. F Allentown Hospital

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.

Box 174

Folders

19 Allentown Hospital: 1980

20 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (a)

Box 175

Folders

1 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (b)

2 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (c)

3 Allentown Hospital: 1981 (d)

4 Allentown Hospital: 1982-1986

SERIES IV. G American Jewish Committee

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.

Box 175

Folders

5 Interreligious Affairs: 1994-1995

6 Interreligious Affairs: 1995-1997

SERIES IV. H Art Gifts

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.

Box 176

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

Box 177

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

Box 178

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)

Box 179

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

Box 180

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)

Box 181

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.

Box 182

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

Box 183

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

Box 184

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

Box 185

Folders

1 Art Gifts -- State System -- Slippery Rock University -- Photos

2 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

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