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Berkman Family Papers, 1891-2003 (bulk 1970-2001) Rauh Jewish Archives Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania MSS#416 29 boxes and 3 shelf volumes; 15 linear feet

Biographical Sketch of the Berkman Family

Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman, who came to Pittsburgh in 1936 and 1938, respectively, made significant contributions to both the Jewish community and the wider community through their philanthropic gifts and their active participation in a wide variety of civic, cultural, and professional organizations.

Allen Hugh Berkman, the youngest of the four children of Hyman and Sarah (Helman) Berkman, was born in Canton, Ohio, on January 7, 1912. His parents had emigrated from Lithuania in 1907. Listed as a horse dealer at the time of Allen’s birth, Hyman Berkman was, by the time of his death in 1952, the president of Steel Trading Corporation. He and an older son, Louis, had founded the Louis Berkman Company of Steubenville, Ohio. Allen’s brother Jack was an attorney and an executive in the communications industry. The elder Berkmans resettled in Pittsburgh in 1936.

Allen attended public schools in Cadiz and Canton, Ohio; at age sixteen, he was valedictorian of his graduating class at Wells High School in Steubenville, Ohio. In 1933 he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, where he was a member of three honor societies, including Phi Beta Kappa. Allen continued his studies at Harvard Law School, where he was awarded the L.L.B. (J.D.) degree in 1936. He was admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar in 1936 and opened a law practice in the Frick Building in downtown Pittsburgh in 1937, in affiliation with attorneys Tinker, Henry, and Connelly.

Allen Berkman and Selma Wiener met on a blind date in August, 1936, became engaged in December, 1937, and were married in Dallas on March 20, 1938. They moved to Pittsburgh shortly after their honeymoon and lived the rest of their lives in Pittsburgh.

Selma Wiener’s paternal grandparents emigrated to the United States from Germany. before the Civil War and settled in Mississippi. Her maternal grandmother was born in the United States and raised in New York City, where she met her husband, who worked in the manufacture of artificial flowers. Selma’s father Eli Wiener moved to Texas alone at age fourteen and began working in the lumber business. Other business interests of his were in railroads, other building materials, and foundries. Eli married Selma Loewenstein in 1906. Selma Wiener, the youngest of Eli and Selma’s four children, was born in Keltys, Texas, on August 8, 1916. The family moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, and Selma attended public schools there until 1931, when the family moved to Dallas. She was graduated from Highland Park High School there in 1932, at age fifteen. She attended Sophie Newcomb College for two years and then transferred to Wellesley Berkman Family Papers, page 2

College, where she majored in psychology, graduating at age nineteen in 1936. She taught nursery school briefly in Dallas before her marriage.

Allen and Selma Berkman settled in the East End of Pittsburgh. They lived at 5411 Albemarle Avenue from 1943 to 1970. They moved to 803 Devonshire Street in 1970; this house was designed in 1929 by the architect Brandon Smith for William Larimer Jones, Jr., the son of the president of Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. The Berkmans moved to 5000 Fifth Avenue in 1985 and lived there until their deaths. Selma and Allen raised five children: Barbara B. Ackerman, Susan B. Rahm, Richard L. Berkman, Helen B. Habbert, and James S. Berkman.

Allen Berkman continued his law practice until shortly before his death. One of his early law partners was David Glick (1895-1964), a leader of the Pittsburgh legal and civic communities who, in 1936-1938, had served as an emissary from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to Nazi Germany and to South America to help in the relocation of thousands of Jews to safety from the Holocaust. In 1964 Allen was a founding member and senior partner in the firm Berkman Ruslander Pohl Lieber & Engel, which occupied offices on the 20th floor (and later also the 19th and 18th floors) of the Frick building, including the original private office quarters of Henry Clay Frick. By the 1980s the firm employed approximately 55 attorneys. After 1989, Allen Berkman was of counsel to the Kirkpatrick & Lockhart firm. . Both Allen and Selma Berkman were very active in civic and philanthropic affairs in the Jewish community and the wider Pittsburgh community. Selma served as president of the Sisterhood of Rodef Shalom Congregation and as a board member of the Visiting Nurses Association, the Rehabilitation Institute of Pittsburgh, and the Women’s Committee of Carnegie Institute, in addition to active membership in many other cultural institutions. Allen served on many boards, often in leadership positions, including those of the Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, American Jewish Committee, Montefiore Hospital, Rodef Shalom Congregation (president 1976-1982), Vocational Rehabilitation Center of Allegheny County, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, the National Conference for Community and Justice (formerly National Conference of Christians and Jews), and the Harvard- Yale-Princeton Club of Pittsburgh

In 1972 they established the Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust, which is currently administered by the Pittsburgh Foundation. In 1975 the Trust distributed approximately $8,000; by 2000, the assets of the Trust were above five million dollars and approximately $425,000 was distributed, with approximately twenty-five per cent going to Pittsburgh organizations. The Berkmans made significant financial contributions to the Carnegie Science Center, Heinz Hall, the Benedum Center, the Byham Theater, the restoration of the Rodef Shalom sanctuary, and the establishment of the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania (formerly the Western Pennsylvania Jewish Archives), among many other projects. In 1989, they funded a chair for scholarship in Jewish law and practice at the Hebrew Union College-

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Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati; the chair was named in honor of Solomon B. Freehof, Rabbi Emeritus of Rodef Shalom Congregation.

The Berkmans received many awards and honors from local and national organizations in recognition of their contributions. At the time of Selma’s death on November 30, 1995, the Berkmans had been married for 57 years. Allen Berkman endowed a violin chair at the Pittsburgh Symphony in her memory. Allen Berkman was 91 years old when he died on May 29, 2003.

Scope and Content Note

The Berkman Family Papers are housed in 29 archival boxes and 3 shelf volumes and are arranged in seven series. Series have been designated for the Wiener and Berkman families; Berkman family foundations and charitable trusts; Organizations; Properties; Law firms; David Glick; and Miscellaneous documents These papers include correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, notebooks, programs, and photocopies of articles, vital records, and obituaries. They provide information about members of the Berkman family and about their professional and community activities.

Series I: Wiener and Berkman Families This series contains genealogical and family history materials, personal mementos, and records of daily life for the Weiner and Berkman families and for the family of Allen and Selma Berkman. It has been divided into three subseries.

Subseries I: Wiener Family This subseries contains information about the history of the Wiener family in Louisiana and Texas and about Selma Wiener Berkman. It includes information about the varied business interests of Eli and Samson Wiener, primarily in lumber, oil, and railroads. Of note are scrapbooks Selma kept during her elementary and high school years. Included also are larger wrapped volumes of her scrapbook from Sophie Newcomb College (1932- 1934) and a later workbook on her family history. See also Weiner family tree in MSO#416, Box 1 Folder1. Selma’s check registers for the 1970s provide a glimpse of what was involved in running her large household as well as her philanthropic activities. Example of the poems Selma wrote on the occasions of birthdays and anniversaries of friends and family members are also included. This subseries also includes transcripts of oral history interviews of Selma Berkman (with some contributions by Allen Berkman) conducted by the National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Chapter, in 1988 and 1992.

Subseries II: Berkman Family This subseries contains biographical material on the Berkman family of Ohio and Pittsburgh, including Hyman, Sarah, Jack, and Louis Berkman and Celia Berkman Monheim. There are also clippings and mementos kept by Allen from his high school in Steubenville, the University of Michigan, and Harvard Law School. Included are a record book he kept of the fees received from his legal practice from 1937-1956 and

Berkman Family Papers, page 4 briefs from his early court cases. Rolodex cards, an address book and engagement calendars give an idea of the breadth of his personal and professional acquaintance. There are correspondence files, primarily cards and letters he received in 1995, when he sustained injuries in an accident and when his wife Selma and his brother Jack passed away. There are by no means sufficient examples of his correspondence to indicate the wide variety of his activities and interests. Included in this subseries are transcripts of oral history interviews of Allen Berkman conducted by the National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Chapter, in 1981 and 1982. Researchers may also be interested in the transcripts of oral history interviews of Allen Berkman conducted by the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania in 2003 (separately catalogued in the Library).

Subseries III: Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Family This subseries contains personal records of the Berkmans as a family. Of note are a scrapbook they kept for their engagement and wedding in 1937 and 1938, correspondence with their children and grandchildren, and a folder of family correspondence that includes examples of the poems Selma wrote for Allen on his birthdays and their anniversaries.

Series II: Family foundations and charitable trusts This series contains correspondence and reports for the Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust and for the H.L. and Louis Berkman Foundation. While these reports are not complete, they do give an idea of the types of organizations supported by the Berkmans over the years and of the family decision-making process involved in the selection of organizations to receive the grants. See also Pittsburgh Foundation folders in the Organizations Series.

Series III: Organizations This series, arranged in alphabetical order, contains correspondence, reports, clippings, certificates, and other materials that document the Berkmans’ philanthropic and hands-on involvement in a wide variety of civic, cultural, and religious institutions in Western Pennsylvania, nationally, and internationally. Many of these folders include honors and awards presented to the Berkmans to recognize their participation. Of particular note are organizations which Selma and/or Allen Berkman served in leadership positions. These include the Allegheny County Bar Association, where Allen established the David Glick Memorial Committee and also served on the Centennial Committee and the John H. Sorg Fund; the American Jewish Committee, which honored Allen with its Human Relations Award in 1981 and 2001; the Bicentennial Committee of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County; the Carnegie Museum, where Selma served on the Women’s Committee; Harvard Law School; and the Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club of Pittsburgh, of which Allen was President in 1981, during a major renovation project.

Allen served on the Board of Governors and the Board of Overseers of Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion for more than thirty years and was awarded an honorary doctorate there in 1993; Allen and Selma together established the Loewenstein- Weiner Fellowships and the Solomon B. Freehof Chair in Jewish Law and Practice at the College. The Berkmans gave a major gift to establish the Western Pennsylvania Jewish

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Archives (later the Rauh Jewish Archives) at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania; Allen was active with the National Conference of Christians and Jews; Selma worked on the National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Chapter’s oral history project. The Berkmans contributed substantially to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust and to one of its most important constituent organizations, the Pittsburgh Symphony Society. Other organizations which benefited from both hands-on and financial contributions by the Berkmans included the Rehabilitation Institute of Pittsburgh, the Visiting Nurse Association, the Vocational Rehabilitation Center of Allegheny County (Life’s Work of Western Pennsylvania), and the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. There is extensive documentation of Allen Berkman’s presidency of Rodef Shalom Congregation, from 1976-1982. Additional information about Allen and Selma Berkman’s involvement with Rodef Shalom may be obtained from the Rodef Shalom Congregation Archives, 4905 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (http://rodefshalom.org/who/history/).

In addition to organizations with which the Berkmans had personal involvement, there are also files for many local and national organizations to which they made monetary donations, including a Miscellaneous folder, arranged alphabetically, of one-time donations. Two folders document Allen’s membership in Investment Club 50, a club initiated in 1950 by eight charter members, most of whom were members of Rodef Shalom Congregation; the club was active until 1996, when its assets were distributed to the members.

The documents in the Organizations Series provide not only a view of the breadth of Allen and Selma’s community involvement but also an understanding of the development and extent of the philanthropic community of Western Pennsylvania.

Series IV: Properties This series is divided into four subseries, one for each of the three residences of the Berkman family in Pittsburgh and one for a collection of catalogues relating to the Berkmans’ architectural renovations of these properties. Additional documentation, in the form of architectural sketches and drawings, may be found in the Berkman Family Oversize Materials (MSO#416).

Subseries I: 5411 Albemarle Avenue This subseries, which consists of only one folder, contains a relatively small amount of documentation, including appraisals, title documents, sale agreements, correspondence, receipts for renovations and repairs, newsclippings, and other documents relating to the Berkmans’ ownership of this residence from 1943-1970.

Subseries II: 803 Devonshire Street This subseries provides, through appraisals, mortgage and title documents, sale agreements, correspondence, engineering reports, invoices for renovations and repairs, newsclippings, and other materials, extensive documentation of the Berkmans’ purchase, renovations, and sale of this residence (1969-1989). Included are documents related to

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Subseries III: 5000 Fifth Avenue Documentation of the condominium purchased by the Berkmans in 1983 includes correspondence with architects and building management and invoices for renovations and repairs, as well as condominium association newsletters and minutes of council meetings.

Subseries IV: Catalogues These catalogues, for the most part undated, are for appliances, architectural and decorative elements, furniture, floor and wall coverings, and bathroom fixtures; they were used by the Berkmans in renovating the Devonshire Street and Fifth Avenue residences.

Series V: Law firms This series includes reports, correspondence, newsclippings, etc., of a general nature, regarding the two law firms with which Allen Berkman was associated: Berkman Ruslander Pohl Lieber & Engel and Kirkpatrick & Lockhart. Four Berkman Ruslander Pohl Lieber & Engel folders contain extensive documentation of the firm’s occupancy of offices in the Frick Building in downtown Pittsburgh, including leases, union agreements, reports on renovations, and floor plans.

Series VI: Glick, David This series consists primarily of secondary biographical materials about David Glick, who was a law partner of Allen Berkman’s, specifically about his 1936-1939 work as an emissary from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee to Nazi Germany to help in the relocation of German Jews. These include an article Glick wrote for the Harvard Law Review; correspondence with members of the Glick family; and an extensive research report by Allen Hepner which contains copies of archival documents from the German government, translated correspondence, and internal reports of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.

Series VII: Miscellaneous This series contains material about two friends of the Berkman family, Alexander Lowenthal and Lucile Johnson Rosenbloom, and about Anna Tomko, who was for many years employed as a housekeeper by the Berkmans. After Tomko’s retirement, Selma Berkman actively assisted in the management of her day-to-day affairs.

Provenance: These materials came in two accessions and were combined into one body of papers in 2005.

Acc#2004.0001 Gift of Richard L. Berkman, for the Estate of Allen H. Berkman.

Restrictions: None

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Separations: one box (.5 linear feet) of photographs has been separated and described as MSP#416.

One folder of oversize photographs has been separated and described as MSR#416.

Two corrugated enclosures and one box containing oversize materials have been separated and described as MSO#416.

Approximately seventy books and publications have been separately catalogued in the Library; for a complete listing, see the donor file.

Processor: August 16, 2005; Papers arranged and inventory written by Martha L. Berg.

Container List:

Series I: Wiener and Berkman families

Subseries I: Wiener family

Box 1 Folder 1 Wiener family genealogy 1975-1989 Folder 2 Wiener, Eli (1876-1957) and Selma (1881-1953) 1891-1981 Folder 3 Wiener, Samson (1907-1986) 1941-1986 Folder 4 Other Wiener family members 1968-2002 Folder 5 Wiener family business interests 1949-1990 Berkman, Selma Wiener (1916-1995) Folder 6 Biographical information 1988-1995 Scrapbooks Folder 7 Elementary school 1922-1928

Box 2 Folder 1 High school 1929-1932 Folder 2 Highland Park High School report cards 1931-1932 H. Sophie Newcomb College Folder 3 1933-1936 Shelf Volume Scrapbook 1932-1934 Folder 4 Wellesley College 1934-1936 Folder 5 Wellesley College alumnae activities 1966-1980 Check registers Folder 6 8/1971-5/1973

Box 3 Folder 1 5/1973-1/1974 Folder 2 1/1974-10/1974 Folder 3 11/1974-7/1975 Folder 4 8/1975-5/1976 Folder 5 5/1976-2/1977 Folder 6 2/1977-12/1977

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Box 4 Folder 1 12/1977-1-1978 Folder 2 1/1979-6/1979 Folder 3 Correspondence 1935-1995 Shelf Volume Family history scrapbook n.d. Folder 4 Poems 1962-1989 Folder 5 Oral history transcripts (National Council Of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Chapter) 1988, 1992 Folder 6 Memorials 1995-1997

Subseries II: Berkman family

Folder 7 Berkman family genealogy n.d. Folder 8 Berkman, Hyman L. (1887-1952) and Sarah Helman (1884-1960) 1952-1889 Folder 9 Berkman, Jack (1905-1995) and family 1922-1995 Folder 10 Berkman, Louis (1909- ) and family 1949-1970 Folder 11 Monheim, Celia Berkman (1906-1990) and family 1987-1993 Berkman, Allen Hugh (1912-2003) Folder 12 Biographical information 1978-2003 Folder 13 Birth certificate 1963-1973 Folder 14 Wells High School, Steubenville, Ohio 1928, 1958, 1978 Folder 15 University of Michigan ca. 1929-1933 Folder 16 Harvard University Law School exams 1934-1935 Practice of law Folder 17 PA State Bar 1936-1937

Box 5 Folder 1 Legal fees record book 1937-1956

Folder 2 Court admissions 1937-1997 Court cases Folder 3 Unatin 7-Up Co. 1937, 1943-1944 Folder 4 Other 1937-1951 Folder 5 Honors 1986-2002 Folder 6 Address book n.d. Rolodex cards n.d. Folder 7 A-N

Box 6 Folder 1 O-Z

Folder 2 Engagement calendars 1994, 1996 Correspondence General Folder 3 1937-1990 Folder 4 1991-2002 Folders 5 & 6 Accident 1995 Sympathy

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Folder 7 Death of Jack Berkman 1995

Box 7 Folders 1-6 Death of Selma W. Berkman 1995-1996

Box 8 Folder 1 Death of Selma W. Berkman 1995-1996 Folder 2 Political contributions 1969-1997 Folder 3 Oral history transcripts (National Council Of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Chapter) 1981, 1982 Folder 4 Miscellaneous 1933-1984

Subseries III: Berkman, Allen H. and Selma W.

Shelf Volume Scrapbook of engagement and wedding 1937-1938 Folder 5 Address book and inserted material ca. 1975-2000 Children and grandchildren Folder 6 Ackerman, Barbara B. and family ca. 1960s-1997 Folder 7 Rahm, Susan B. and family 1973-1997 Berkman, Richard L. Folder 8 Biographical information 1946-1989 Correspondence Folder 9 Richard and Judy Berkman to Allen and Selma Berkman 1964-1989 Folder 10 Allen H. Berkman to Richard and Judy Berkman 1968-1990 Folder 11 Allen H. Berkman about Richard L. Berkman 1962-2001 Folder 12 General 1959-1989

Box 9 Folder 1 Family 1968-1995 Folder 2 Legal briefs 1972-1974 Folder 3 Newsclippings 1970-1997 Publications Folder 4 1970-1974 Folder 5 1976-1978 Folder 6 Habbert, Helen B. and family 1972-1995 Folder 7 Berkman, James S. and family 1977-1998 Correspondence Folder 8 Family 1954-1990 Folder 9 General 1954-1995 Folder 10 Entertainment expenses 1977-1978 Folder 11 Personal property 1969-1987 Folder 12 Miscellaneous 1943-2003

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Series II: Berkman family foundations and charitable trusts

Box 10 Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust administration Folder 1 1974-1983 Folder 2 1984-2000 Folder 3 H.L. and Louis Berkman Foundation 1969-1975

Series III: Organizations

Folder 4 Allegheny Club 1969-1983 Folder 5 Allegheny College 1989, 1996 Allegheny County Bar Association Folder 6 Centennial Committee 1969-1970 David Glick Memorial Committee Folder 7 1964-1989 Folder 8 1990 Folder 9 John H. Sorg Fund 1980-1986 Folder 10 General 1958-1998 Folder 11 American Cancer Society 1991-1994 Folder 12 American Israeli Public Affairs Committee 1991-1994 American Jewish Committee Folder 13 1969-1983 Box 11 Folder 1 1984-2001 Folder 2 American Judicature Society 1983-1997 Folder 3 American Law Institute 1986-1998 Folder 4 American Technion Society 1981-1982 Folder 5 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 1995-1996 Folder 6 Bicentennial Committee of the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County 1983-1988 Folder 7 Big Brothers & Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. 1993-1994 ` Folder 8 B’nai B’rith 1975, 1994 Folder 9 Boy Scouts of America 1991-1994 Folder 10 Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania 1995, 1997 Folder 11 CARE 1978-1994 Folder 12 The Carnegie 1973-1997 Folder 13 Carnegie Mellon University 1981-2000 Folder 14 Children’s Hospital 1982-1997 Folder 15 Congregation Beth Shalom 1994-1997 Folder 16 Duquesne Club 1981-1996 Folder 17 East Harlem Tutorial Program 1994-1997 Folder 18 Easter Seal Society 1997 Folder 19 Equal Justice Under Law 1991-1997 Folder 20 Extra Mile Education Foundation 1994 Folder 21 Fight for Sight, Inc. 1993-1998

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Folder 22 Friends of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel 1981-1995

Box 12 Folder 1 Gateway to Music and the Performing Arts 1992-1996 Folder 2 Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania 1994-1995 Folder 3 Girls Clubs of America, Inc. 1987-1988 Folder 4 Girls Inc. 1991-1995 Folder 5 Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Beth Joanna Habbert Memorial Fund 1985-1997 Folder 6 Habitat for Humanity 1994-1997 Harvard Folder 7 Center for Jewish Studies 1979 Folder 8 Club of New York 1995-1998 Folder 9 Club of Western Pennsylvania 1979, 1996 Folder 10 Law School 1960-1997 Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club of Pittsburgh Folder 11 Board Minutes 1980-1993 Folder 12 Brochures and Yearbooks 1974, 1981 Folder 13 Construction 1980-1982 Folder 14 Correspondence 1981-1992

Box 13 Folder 1 Financial Statements 1980-1982 Folder 2 House Committee 1980 Folder 3 Lists of members and officers 1979-2003 Folder 4 Loans 1981-1993 Folder 5 Mailings to members 1980-1995 Folder 6 Membership 1980-1994 Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Folder 7 American Judaism Award 1990 Folder 8 American Jewish Archives, Loewenstein- Wiener Fellowship 1976-2000 Folder 9 Board of Governors 1978-1997 Folder 10 Board of Overseers 1975-1982 Folder 11 Center for the Study of the American Jewish Experience 1984-1985 Folder 12 HUC-JIR Project Teamwork 1989 Pittsburgh Chapter of Associates Folder 13 1981 Folder 14 1982-1995

Box 14 Folder 1 Solomon B. Freehof Chair in Jewish Law and Practice 1989-1993 Folder 2 General 1974-2001 Folder 3 Hill House Association 1969-1973 Folder 4 Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh 1995-1997 Folder 5 Hillel Foundation of Pittsburgh 1991-1997

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Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania Jewish Archives (Rauh Jewish Archives) Folder 6 1969-1987 Folder 7 1988 Folder 8 1/1989-6/1989 Folder 9 7/1989-12/1989

Box 15 Folder 1 1990 Folder 2 1991 Folder 3 1992-2003 Investment Club 50 Folder 4 1956-1976 Folder 5 1977-1996 Folder 6 Israel Bonds 1978-1996 Folder 7 Jewish Commission on Aging “Eight Over Eighty” 2002 Folder 8 Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh 1983-1997 Folder 9 Jewish Family Assistance Fund 1995-1997 Folder 10 Jewish Healthcare Foundation 1992-2002

Box 16 Folder 1 Jewish National Fund 1987-1997 Folder 2 Jewish Residential Services, Inc. 1992-1995 Folder 3 Junior Achievement 1993-1997 Folder 4 Leukemia Society of America 1995, 1997 Folder 5 Manhattan School of Music, Berkman-Rahm Scholarship Fund 1992-1995 Folder 6 March of Dimes 1995-1997 Folder 7 Masonic Temple, Steubenville, Ohio 1990-1997 Folder 8 The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh 1994-1996 Folder 9 Montefiore Hospital 1969-1996 Folder 10 National Catholic Educational Association 1995 Folder 11 National Conference of Christians and Jews 1980-1997 Folder 12 National Council of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Section 1971-1995 Folder 13 Oakmont’s Boulevard Project 1993-1994 Folder 14 Opera Theater of Pittsburgh 1994-1997 Folder 15 Peace Links 1991-1997 Folder 16 Penn’s Southwest Association 1993-1996 Folder 17 Pennsylvania Bar Association 1969-1996 Folder 18 The Pennsylvania Society 1975-1988 Folder 19 Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts 1987-1988 Folder 20 Philadelphia Committee for the Homeless 1983-1988 Folder 21 Phipps Conservatory 1995-1997 Folder 22 Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre 1981-1997 Folder 23 Pittsburgh Children’s Museum 1982, 1991 Folder 24 Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (Pittsburgh Trust for Cultural Resources) 1984-2003

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Box 17 The Pittsburgh Foundation Folder 1 Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Family Fund 1995-2000 Folder 2 Hyman L. and Sarah Berkman Memorial Fund 1986-2000 Folder 3 David Glick Memorial Fund 1960-2001 Folder 4 General 1986-2000 Folder 5 Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation 1990-1994 Folder 6 Pittsburgh Index of Judaica and Jewish Art 1991 Folder 7 Pittsburgh Public Theater 1981-1992 Pittsburgh Symphony Society Folder 8 Ann Arbor May Festival 1985 Folder 9 European Tour 1978 Folder 10 Bedford International Festival Foundation 1990-1996 Folder 11 Maestro’s Circle 1987-1991 General Folder 12 1974-1989 Folder 13 1990-2002 Folder 14 Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia 1981-1982 Folder 15 QED Communications (WQED) 1994-1995 Folder 16 Regional Resources, Inc. 1997 Folder 17 The Rehabilitation Institute of Pittsburgh 1981-1997 Folder 18 Rivers Club 1984-1986

Rodef Shalom Congregation Berkman family Box 18 Folder 1 Honors 1980-1993 Folder 2 Monetary contributions 1972-1998 Speeches, prayers, etc. Folder 3 Allen H. Berkman 1977-2001 Folder 4 Selma W. Berkman 1958-1988 Board of Trustees Folder 5 Annual Report summaries 1972-1988 Folder 6 Committee work 1976-1984 Folder 7 President’s remarks at Annual Meetings 1976-1982 Correspondence Folder 8 Presidency of Allen H. Berkman 1976 Folder 9 General 1966-1997 Folder 10 Events, programs, and services 1973-1991 Folder 11 Newsclippings 1976-1994 Folder 12 Physical Plant 1976-1993 Publications Folder 13 Bulletins 1976-1989 Folder 14 Other publications 1976-1990

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Folder 15 Religious School 1976-1989 Staff Rabbis Folder 16 Freehof, Solomon B. 1976-1990 Folder 17 Jacob, Walter 1965-2001 Folder 18 Staitman, Mark N. 1976-1986 Folder 19 Other staff members 1976-1988

Box 19 Folder 1 Salvation Army 1979-1993 Folder 2 The Salzburg Seminar in American Studies 1970-1988 Folder 3 Sculptural Heritage Society of Pittsburgh 1983-1984 Folder 4 Shady Side Academy 1981-1997 Folder 5 Simon Wiesenthal Center 1993-1995 Folder 6 Southern Poverty Law Center 1994-1998 Folder 7 Temple Beth Israel, Steubenville, Ohio 1995-1997 Folder 8 Three Rivers Arts Festival 1991-1994 Folder 9 Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra 1993-1998 Folder 10 Union of America Hebrew Congregations 1973-1998 Folder 11 United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh 1970-1999 Folder 12 United Negro College Fund 1981-1994 Folder 13 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1991-1997 Folder 14 United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania 1982-1997 Folder 15 University of Michigan 1975-1996 Folder 16 University of Michigan Club of Pittsburgh 1982-1988 Folder 17 University of Pennsylvania, Ackerman-Berkman Scholarship Fund 1993-1996 Folder 18 University of Pittsburgh 1967-1996 Folder 19 Visiting Nurse Association 1960-1994 Vocational Rehabilitation Center of Allegheny County (Life’s Work of Western Pennsylvania) Folder 20 Ad Hoc TRI Committee 1987 Folder 21 Deferred Compensation Plan 1985-1986 Folder 22 Mulach Award Committee 1982-1997 Folder 23 General 1980-2003 Folder 24 Wellesley College 1981-1997

Box 20 Folder 1 Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children 1981, 1984 Folder 2 The Whale’s Tale 1994 Folder 3 Winchester Thurston School 1969-1982 Folder 4 Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh 1995 World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh China trip, October, 1978 Folder 5 12/1977-10/1978 Folder 6 11/1978-5/1979 Folder 7 David Glick Award 1960-1997 Folder 8 General 1972-2002

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Folder 9 World Jewish Congress 1995-1997 Folder 10 World Union for Progressive Judaism 1991-1998 Folder 11 Miscellaneous 1965-2003

Series IV: Properties

Box 21

Subseries I: 5411 Albemarle Avenue

Folder 1 5411 Albemarle Avenue 1943-1981

Subseries II: 803 Devonshire Street

Appraisals Folder 2 Charles A. Weisberg 1984-1985 Folder 3 Mark Christy Associates 1986 Folder 4 Architect: Hoover, William E., Jr. 1969-1982 Carnegie Mellon University Folder 5 1/1980-9/1985 Folder 6 10/1985-12/1985 Folder 7 1/1986-10/1988 Folder 8 Engineering report – Parros & Cost 1969-1971 Box 22 Folder 1 Expenditures Invoices Folder 2 Brandl, Wilbert H. 1969-1974 Folder 3 Eckstein Co. 1970 Folder 4 Equitable Gas Co. 1969-1970 Folder 5 Gantner, William H., roofing contractor 1969-1972 Folder 6 Harco Electrical Supply Co. 1970 Folder 7 Hudak, John M. 1969-1980 Folder 8 Kimicata Brothers, landscape contractors 1969-1977 Folder 9 McDonald Heating & Air Conditioning Co. 1970-1975 Folder 10 A.G. Mauro Company 1970 Folder 11 Myers, Howard E., general contractor 1970-1979 Folder 12 Painting contractors and laborers 1969-1972 Folder 13 Perzak, Michael, tackless carpet installation 1970-1971 Folder 14 Pittsburgh Plumbing & Heating Supply Corp/Sherle Wagner 1970-1973 Folder 15 Rampa Marble & Tile Co. 1970-1974 Folder 16 Shehady’s Oriental Rugs 1970-1973

Box 23 Folder 1 West Deer Cabinets 1970 Folder 2 Miscellaneous 1969-1978 Folder 3 Mortgage 1969-1989 Folder 4 Neighborhood issues 1981-1987

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Folder 5 Phillips Hall, Butler, Pa. 1971-1984 Folder 6 Renovations 1970-1974 Sale Folder 7 1984-1986 Folder 8 1987 Folder 9 1988-1989 Folder 10 University of Pittsburgh 1969-1974

Subseries III: 5000 Fifth Avenue

Architects Box 24 Folder 1 Hoover, William E., Jr. 1983-1985 Folder 2 Kranich, Joel E. 1983-1984 Folder 3 Balcony enclosure dispute 1983-1984 Council meetings, annual meetings, newsletters Folder 4 1982-1984 Folder 5 1985 Folder 6 1986 Folder 7 1987 Folder 8 1988-1990 Invoices Folder 9 Calabrese, Paul 1984-1985 Folder 10 Ciotti, Emidio 1984-1985

Box 25 Folder 1 Detar, Don 1984-1985 Folder 2 DiDiano Construction, Inc. 1983 Folder 3 Fischer & Jirouch Co. 1984-1985 Folder 4 International Tile & Clay 1984-1985 Folder 5 John Hobart Miller, Inc. 1983-1985 Folder 6 Miloser, Gerald 1984 Folder 7 Myers, Charles D., contractor 1984-1986 Folder 8 Pittsburgh Marble Co. 1983-1985 Folder 9 Riberich & Sons 1985-1986 Folder 10 Solari Electric 1983-1985 Folder 11 Miscellaneous 1983-1985 Management Folder 12 1982-1986

Box 26 Folder 1 1987-1990 Folder 2 Promotional materials n.d. Folder 3 Purchase 1918-1983 Folder 4 Renovations 1983-1988 Folder 5 Rules and regulations 1983-1986

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Subseries IV: Catalogues

Folder 6 A-C Folder 7-8 D Folder 9 E-L

Box 27 Folder 1 M-O Folder 2 P Folder 3 P-R Folder 4 S Folder 5 S-Z

Series V: Law Firms

Berkman Ruslander Pohl Lieber & Engel Box 28 Folder 1 General Frick Building Folder 2 1919-1978 Folder 3 1979-3/1980 Folder 4 3/1980-3/1981 Folder 5 4/1981-1984 Folder 6 One Oxford Centre Folder 7 Kirkpatrick & Lockhart 1989-2003

Series VI: David Glick

Box 29 Folder 1 Biographical information 1937-1997 Folder 2 Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 3/1926 Folder 3 Letters (in German with English translations) 1937 Hepner, Allen S. Folder 4 “Rescue and resettlement: thousands saved from Nazi Germany” 1999 Folder 5 Research proposal 1999-2000 Folder 6 Harvard Law School Class of 1924 Eighth Quinquennial 1964 Materials owned by David Glick Folder 7 Articles 1946-1961 Folder 8 Books: by Solomon B. Freehof and Max Ascoli, each inscribed by the author 1951, 1963

Series VII: Miscellaneous

Folder 9 Lowenthal, Alexander 1978, 1983 Folder 10 Rosenbloom, Lucile 1992 Folder 11 Tomko, Anna 1976-1990