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Archives related to: Berman, Philip, 1915-1997
| title | The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers [manuscript]: Collection I, 1915-1999.(SC MS 095) |
| repository | Lehigh University |
| description | Correspondence, photographs, audio-visual materials, books, posters, certificates, art work, etc. Biographical and Historical Note Entrepreneur, philanthropist and art collector Philip I. Berman (1915-1997) married to Muriel M. (1914-2004) in September 1942. They lived in Allentown, PA, and had three children. Bermans travelled around the world, collected art and owned businesses (Fleetways Trucking Co., Allen Electric, Hess's Department Store), and were involved with several civic and cultural non-profit organizations such as Allentown Art Museum, Philadelphia Art Museum, Lehigh University, Ursinus College, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah, Leader Nursing Homes, Jewish Publication Society. |
| extent | 206 boxes ; 32 x 17 x 13 cm |
| formats | Correspondence Financial Records Business Papers Photographs Ephemera |
| access | Lehigh University maintains the collection now known as The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers: Collection I primarily for the purpose of making it available for scholarly research. Restrictions on access are therefore kept to a minimum. Nevertheless access to some parts of the collection will be restricted until January 1, 2030, for reasons of privacy. Contact repository for further information. |
| record link | http://www.lehigh.edu/library/speccoll/berman.html |
| record source | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/920078 |
| finding aid | In repository and on repository's Web site: http://www.lehigh.edu/library/speccoll/berman.html |
| acquisition information | (08/29/2005 Nancy M. Berman) gift. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Artist file: Berman, Philip; miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
| repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet file: The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number BERMAN, PHILIP I. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011764439707141 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:29 |
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| title | Anne d'Harnoncourt Records, 1973-2008, n.d. |
| repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | The Anne d'Harnoncourt Records correspond to the quarter of a century that Anne d'Harnoncourt (1943-2008) served as the George D. Widener Director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA), assuming the additional responsibilities of Chief Executive Officer in 1997. During her tenure, d'Harnoncourt led the Museum through milestones that transformed its collections, exhibitions, curatorial and educational missions, and physical environment. The records she compiled during that time provide the framework for those transformations and underscore the attention to detail, encyclopedic intellect and interests, community commitment and contagious enthusiasm for the arts that characterized d'Harnoncourt's styles of leadership and life. D'Harnoncourt maintained most of her files in large groups of alphabetically arranged names and subjects. Her exhibition records, however, were kept separate, implying an affinity for a subject she learned well during her earlier curatorial years. Other topics for which she held on to her records for extended time periods were the artist Marcel Duchamp, the Museum's Board of Trustees, and a few major projects concerning PMA and other institutions. Documentation consists primarily of correspondence, notes, press clippings, ephemera, reference materials, reports and draft writings. Photographs, phone logs, appointment calendars, floor plans and other drawings are also included. |
| extent | 206 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Writings Reports Legal Papers |
| access | The collection is open for research as follows. Records created before 1997 are open, with exceptions noted at the subseries or folder level. Folders containing some items requiring further restriction are noted as "permanently restricted in part" or "restricted in part." Access to the latter is at the discretion of the archivist. All press clippings, photographs, and transcripts of remarks and lectures are open for research. Records created after 1996 will be subject to a 15-year closure calculated on the last year of designated date spans. Accordingly, 1997-1999 records will become available Jan. 1, 2015; 2000-2003 on Jan. 1, 2019; and 2004-2008 on Jan. 1, 2024. |
| record link | http://www.philamuseum.org/pma_archives/ead.php?c=ADH&p=ifr |
| record source | http://www.philamuseum.org/archives/findingaids.html |
| finding aid | Available online |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:48 |
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| title | Anne d'Harnoncourt Papers, ca. 1927-2009, n.d. (bulk 1951-2008) |
| repository | Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| description | Art to Anne d'Harnoncourt (1943-2008) was both a professional and personal passion. Best recognized for her 25 year tenure as director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, d'Harnoncourt involved herself with local, national and international people and organizations, to keep art--and all the arts--relevant and essential in building and bridging communities. Most of the material comprising the Anne d'Harnoncourt Papers traces her professional development in and away from the Museum and consists primarily of correspondence, press clippings, photographs of works of art and events, draft lectures, notes, ephemera and a number of certificates, citations and object awards. Several files of photos and papers pertaining to her husband and Museum colleague, Joseph J. Rishel, are also included, as are the numerous condolence letters sent to the Museum after d'Harnoncourt's unexpected death on June 1, 2008. Family papers and photographs and school records comprise her personal papers. Her father, René d'Harnoncourt, is most prevalent in the family material, primarily as the subject of third-party correspondence and author of a few personal writings. Notebooks, term papers, school bulletins and other materials document her studies from grade to graduate school. Most of that material pertains to her undergraduate years at Radcliffe College. In a separate subgroup, a few poems and drawings by d'Harnoncourt, as well as a children's book printed in German, give an idea to the musings of a young mind. |
| extent | 29,5 linear feet |
| formats | Correspondence Clippings Photographs Writings Awards |
| access | The collection is open for research as follows. Records created before 1997 are open as are all press clippings, photographs, and transcripts of remarks and lectures. Records created after 1996 will be subject to a 15-year closure based on the last year of designated date spans. Accordingly, 1997-1999 records will become available Jan. 1, 2015; 2000-2003 on Jan. 1, 2019; and 2004-2008 on Jan. 1, 2024. Certain "Professional Affiliation" files are subject to longer closings. |
| record link | http://www.philamuseum.org/pma_archives/ead.php?c=ADP&p=ifr |
| record source | http://www.philamuseum.org/archives/findingaids.html |
| finding aid | Available online |
| acquisition information | Gift of Joseph J. Rishel, 2011 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:48 |
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| title | The Philip I. and Muriel M. Berman Papers : Collection II (SC MS 0115) |
| repository | Lehigh University |
| access | Limited access. Deed of gift not received. |
| record link | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/944420 |
| record source | https://asa.lib.lehigh.edu/Record/944420 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:52 |
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