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

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SERIES III.E Lehigh County Community College (LCCC)

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.

Box 137

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

Box 138

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

SERIES III. F Jewish Publication Society (JPS)

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.

Box 138

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

Box 139

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.]

Box 140

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)

Box 141

Folders

1 Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File B: 1982 (f)

2 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (g)

3 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (h)

4 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1982 (i)

5 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (a)

6 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (b)

7 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (c)

8 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1983 (d)

9 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (a)

10 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (b)

11 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (c)

12 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (d)

13 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (e)

14 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1984 (f)

15 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (a)

16 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (b)

17 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (c)

18 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1985 (d)

19 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (a)

20 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1986 (b)

Box 142

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)

Box 143

Folders

1 Jewish Publication Society (J.P.S.) -- Personal File B: 1988 (i)

2 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1989 (a)

3 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1989 (b)

4 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1989 (c)

5 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1990 (a)

6 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1990 (b)

7 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1991 (a)

8 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1991 (b)

9 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (a)

10 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (b)

11 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (c)

12 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (d)

13 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1992 (e)

14 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1993 (a)

15 J.P.S. -- Personal File B: 1993 (b)

Box 144

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)

Box 145

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]

Box 146

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

Box 147

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

Box 149

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

Box 150

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

Box 151

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

SERIES III. G Women's Organizations

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.

Box 151

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

Box 152

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.

Box 153

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

Box 154

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

Box 155

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

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