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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