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
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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.
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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 HarvardYale-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 (19321934) 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 LoewensteinWeiner 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
Berkman Family Papers, page 6
the shared ownership of the building by the Berkmans and Carnegie Mellon University in
the 1980s.
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
Restrictions: None
Gift of Richard L. Berkman, for the Estate of Allen H. Berkman.
Berkman Family Papers, page 7
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
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Box 2 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Shelf Volume
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Box 3 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Wiener family genealogy
Wiener, Eli (1876-1957) and Selma (1881-1953)
Wiener, Samson (1907-1986)
Other Wiener family members
Wiener family business interests
Berkman, Selma Wiener (1916-1995)
Biographical information
Scrapbooks
Elementary school
High school
Highland Park High School report cards
H. Sophie Newcomb College
1933-1936
Scrapbook
Wellesley College
Wellesley College alumnae activities
Check registers
8/1971-5/1973
5/1973-1/1974
1/1974-10/1974
11/1974-7/1975
8/1975-5/1976
5/1976-2/1977
2/1977-12/1977
1975-1989
1891-1981
1941-1986
1968-2002
1949-1990
1988-1995
1922-1928
1929-1932
1931-1932
1932-1934
1934-1936
1966-1980
Berkman Family Papers, page 8
Box 4 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Shelf Volume
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
12/1977-1-1978
1/1979-6/1979
Correspondence
Family history scrapbook
Poems
Oral history transcripts (National Council
Of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Chapter)
Memorials
1935-1995
n.d.
1962-1989
1988, 1992
1995-1997
Subseries II: Berkman family
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Folder 17
Box 5 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Box 6 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folders 5 & 6
Berkman family genealogy
n.d.
Berkman, Hyman L. (1887-1952) and Sarah
Helman (1884-1960)
1952-1889
Berkman, Jack (1905-1995) and family
1922-1995
Berkman, Louis (1909- ) and family
1949-1970
Monheim, Celia Berkman (1906-1990) and family 1987-1993
Berkman, Allen Hugh (1912-2003)
Biographical information
1978-2003
Birth certificate
1963-1973
Wells High School, Steubenville, Ohio 1928, 1958, 1978
University of Michigan
ca. 1929-1933
Harvard University Law School exams
1934-1935
Practice of law
PA State Bar
1936-1937
Legal fees record book
1937-1956
Court admissions
Court cases
Unatin 7-Up Co.
Other
1937-1997
Honors
Address book
Rolodex cards
A-N
1937, 1943-1944
1937-1951
1986-2002
n.d.
n.d.
O-Z
Engagement calendars
Correspondence
General
1937-1990
1991-2002
Accident
Sympathy
1994, 1996
1995
Berkman Family Papers, page 9
Folder 7
Box 7 Folders 1-6
Box 8 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Death of Jack Berkman
1995
Death of Selma W. Berkman
1995-1996
Death of Selma W. Berkman
Political contributions
Oral history transcripts (National Council
Of Jewish Women, Pittsburgh Chapter)
Miscellaneous
1995-1996
1969-1997
1981, 1982
1933-1984
Subseries III: Berkman, Allen H. and Selma W.
Shelf Volume
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Box 9 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Scrapbook of engagement and wedding
1937-1938
Address book and inserted material
ca. 1975-2000
Children and grandchildren
Ackerman, Barbara B. and family
ca. 1960s-1997
Rahm, Susan B. and family
1973-1997
Berkman, Richard L.
Biographical information
1946-1989
Correspondence
Richard and Judy Berkman to
Allen and Selma Berkman 1964-1989
Allen H. Berkman to Richard
and Judy Berkman
1968-1990
Allen H. Berkman about Richard L.
Berkman
1962-2001
General
1959-1989
Family
Legal briefs
Newsclippings
Publications
1970-1974
1976-1978
Habbert, Helen B. and family
Berkman, James S. and family
Correspondence
Family
General
Entertainment expenses
Personal property
Miscellaneous
1968-1995
1972-1974
1970-1997
1972-1995
1977-1998
1954-1990
1954-1995
1977-1978
1969-1987
1943-2003
Berkman Family Papers, page 10
Series II: Berkman family foundations and charitable trusts
Box 10
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman Charitable
Trust administration
1974-1983
1984-2000
H.L. and Louis Berkman Foundation
1969-1975
Series III: Organizations
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Box 11 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
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Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Folder 17
Folder 18
Folder 19
Folder 20
Folder 21
Allegheny Club
Allegheny College
Allegheny County Bar Association
Centennial Committee
David Glick Memorial Committee
1964-1989
1990
John H. Sorg Fund
General
American Cancer Society
American Israeli Public Affairs Committee
American Jewish Committee
1969-1983
1984-2001
American Judicature Society
American Law Institute
American Technion Society
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Bicentennial Committee of the Court of
Common Pleas, Allegheny County
Big Brothers & Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc.
B’nai B’rith
Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania
CARE
The Carnegie
Carnegie Mellon University
Children’s Hospital
Congregation Beth Shalom
Duquesne Club
East Harlem Tutorial Program
Easter Seal Society
Equal Justice Under Law
Extra Mile Education Foundation
Fight for Sight, Inc.
1969-1983
1989, 1996
1969-1970
1980-1986
1958-1998
1991-1994
1991-1994
1983-1997
1986-1998
1981-1982
1995-1996
1983-1988
1993-1994
1975, 1994
1991-1994
1995, 1997
1978-1994
1973-1997
1981-2000
1982-1997
1994-1997
1981-1996
1994-1997
1997
1991-1997
1994
1993-1998
Berkman Family Papers, page 11
Folder 22
Box 12 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Box 13 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Box 14 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Friends of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel
1981-1995
Gateway to Music and the Performing Arts
Girl Scouts of Southwestern Pennsylvania
Girls Clubs of America, Inc.
Girls Inc.
Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Beth Joanna
Habbert Memorial Fund
Habitat for Humanity
Harvard
Center for Jewish Studies
Club of New York
Club of Western Pennsylvania
Law School
Harvard-Yale-Princeton Club of Pittsburgh
Board Minutes
Brochures and Yearbooks
Construction
Correspondence
1992-1996
1994-1995
1987-1988
1991-1995
Financial Statements
House Committee
Lists of members and officers
Loans
Mailings to members
Membership
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
American Judaism Award
American Jewish Archives, LoewensteinWiener Fellowship
Board of Governors
Board of Overseers
Center for the Study of the American
Jewish Experience
HUC-JIR Project Teamwork
Pittsburgh Chapter of Associates
1981
1982-1995
1980-1982
1980
1979-2003
1981-1993
1980-1995
1980-1994
Solomon B. Freehof Chair in Jewish Law
and Practice
General
Hill House Association
Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh
Hillel Foundation of Pittsburgh
1985-1997
1994-1997
1979
1995-1998
1979, 1996
1960-1997
1980-1993
1974, 1981
1980-1982
1981-1992
1990
1976-2000
1978-1997
1975-1982
1984-1985
1989
1989-1993
1974-2001
1969-1973
1995-1997
1991-1997
Berkman Family Papers, page 12
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Box 15 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Box 16 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Folder 17
Folder 18
Folder 19
Folder 20
Folder 21
Folder 22
Folder 23
Folder 24
Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Western Pennsylvania
Jewish Archives (Rauh Jewish Archives)
1969-1987
1988
1/1989-6/1989
7/1989-12/1989
1990
1991
1992-2003
Investment Club 50
1956-1976
1977-1996
Israel Bonds
Jewish Commission on Aging “Eight Over Eighty”
Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh
Jewish Family Assistance Fund
Jewish Healthcare Foundation
Jewish National Fund
Jewish Residential Services, Inc.
Junior Achievement
Leukemia Society of America
Manhattan School of Music, Berkman-Rahm
Scholarship Fund
March of Dimes
Masonic Temple, Steubenville, Ohio
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Montefiore Hospital
National Catholic Educational Association
National Conference of Christians and Jews
National Council of Jewish Women,
Pittsburgh Section
Oakmont’s Boulevard Project
Opera Theater of Pittsburgh
Peace Links
Penn’s Southwest Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
The Pennsylvania Society
Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts
Philadelphia Committee for the Homeless
Phipps Conservatory
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
Pittsburgh Children’s Museum
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (Pittsburgh Trust
for Cultural Resources)
1978-1996
2002
1983-1997
1995-1997
1992-2002
1987-1997
1992-1995
1993-1997
1995, 1997
1992-1995
1995-1997
1990-1997
1994-1996
1969-1996
1995
1980-1997
1971-1995
1993-1994
1994-1997
1991-1997
1993-1996
1969-1996
1975-1988
1987-1988
1983-1988
1995-1997
1981-1997
1982, 1991
1984-2003
Berkman Family Papers, page 13
Box 17
Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Folder 17
Folder 18
Box 18 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
The Pittsburgh Foundation
Allen H. and Selma W. Berkman
Family Fund
Hyman L. and Sarah Berkman
Memorial Fund
David Glick Memorial Fund
General
Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation
Pittsburgh Index of Judaica and Jewish Art
Pittsburgh Public Theater
Pittsburgh Symphony Society
Ann Arbor May Festival
European Tour
Bedford International Festival Foundation
Maestro’s Circle
General
1974-1989
1990-2002
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
QED Communications (WQED)
Regional Resources, Inc.
The Rehabilitation Institute of Pittsburgh
Rivers Club
Rodef Shalom Congregation
Berkman family
Honors
Monetary contributions
Speeches, prayers, etc.
Allen H. Berkman
Selma W. Berkman
Board of Trustees
Annual Report summaries
Committee work
President’s remarks at Annual
Meetings
Correspondence
Presidency of Allen H. Berkman
General
Events, programs, and services
Newsclippings
Physical Plant
Publications
Bulletins
Other publications
1995-2000
1986-2000
1960-2001
1986-2000
1990-1994
1991
1981-1992
1985
1978
1990-1996
1987-1991
1981-1982
1994-1995
1997
1981-1997
1984-1986
1980-1993
1972-1998
1977-2001
1958-1988
1972-1988
1976-1984
1976-1982
1976
1966-1997
1973-1991
1976-1994
1976-1993
1976-1989
1976-1990
Berkman Family Papers, page 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Folder 17
Folder 18
Folder 19
Box 19 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Folder 17
Folder 18
Folder 19
Folder 20
Folder 21
Folder 22
Folder 23
Folder 24
Box 20 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Religious School
Staff
Rabbis
Freehof, Solomon B.
Jacob, Walter
Staitman, Mark N.
Other staff members
1976-1989
1976-1990
1965-2001
1976-1986
1976-1988
Salvation Army
The Salzburg Seminar in American Studies
Sculptural Heritage Society of Pittsburgh
Shady Side Academy
Simon Wiesenthal Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
Temple Beth Israel, Steubenville, Ohio
Three Rivers Arts Festival
Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra
Union of America Hebrew Congregations
United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh
United Negro College Fund
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania
University of Michigan
University of Michigan Club of Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania, Ackerman-Berkman
Scholarship Fund
University of Pittsburgh
Visiting Nurse Association
Vocational Rehabilitation Center of Allegheny
County (Life’s Work of Western Pennsylvania)
Ad Hoc TRI Committee
Deferred Compensation Plan
Mulach Award Committee
General
Wellesley College
1979-1993
1970-1988
1983-1984
1981-1997
1993-1995
1994-1998
1995-1997
1991-1994
1993-1998
1973-1998
1970-1999
1981-1994
1991-1997
1982-1997
1975-1996
1982-1988
Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children
The Whale’s Tale
Winchester Thurston School
Women’s Center & Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh
China trip, October, 1978
12/1977-10/1978
11/1978-5/1979
David Glick Award
General
1981, 1984
1994
1969-1982
1995
1993-1996
1967-1996
1960-1994
1987
1985-1986
1982-1997
1980-2003
1981-1997
1960-1997
1972-2002
Berkman Family Papers, page 15
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
World Jewish Congress
World Union for Progressive Judaism
Miscellaneous
1995-1997
1991-1998
1965-2003
Series IV: Properties
Box 21
Subseries I: 5411 Albemarle Avenue
Folder 1
5411 Albemarle Avenue
1943-1981
Subseries II: 803 Devonshire Street
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Box 22 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Folder 13
Folder 14
Folder 15
Folder 16
Box 23 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Appraisals
Charles A. Weisberg
Mark Christy Associates
Architect: Hoover, William E., Jr.
Carnegie Mellon University
1/1980-9/1985
10/1985-12/1985
1/1986-10/1988
Engineering report – Parros & Cost
Expenditures
Invoices
Brandl, Wilbert H.
Eckstein Co.
Equitable Gas Co.
Gantner, William H., roofing contractor
Harco Electrical Supply Co.
Hudak, John M.
Kimicata Brothers, landscape contractors
McDonald Heating & Air Conditioning Co.
A.G. Mauro Company
Myers, Howard E., general contractor
Painting contractors and laborers
Perzak, Michael, tackless carpet installation
Pittsburgh Plumbing & Heating Supply
Corp/Sherle Wagner
Rampa Marble & Tile Co.
Shehady’s Oriental Rugs
West Deer Cabinets
Miscellaneous
Mortgage
Neighborhood issues
1984-1985
1986
1969-1982
1969-1971
1969-1974
1970
1969-1970
1969-1972
1970
1969-1980
1969-1977
1970-1975
1970
1970-1979
1969-1972
1970-1971
1970-1973
1970-1974
1970-1973
1970
1969-1978
1969-1989
1981-1987
Berkman Family Papers, page 16
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Phillips Hall, Butler, Pa.
Renovations
Sale
1984-1986
1987
1988-1989
University of Pittsburgh
1971-1984
1970-1974
1969-1974
Subseries III: 5000 Fifth Avenue
Box 24 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Box 25 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Folder 12
Box 26 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Architects
Hoover, William E., Jr.
Kranich, Joel E.
Balcony enclosure dispute
Council meetings, annual meetings, newsletters
1982-1984
1985
1986
1987
1988-1990
Invoices
Calabrese, Paul
Ciotti, Emidio
Detar, Don
DiDiano Construction, Inc.
Fischer & Jirouch Co.
International Tile & Clay
John Hobart Miller, Inc.
Miloser, Gerald
Myers, Charles D., contractor
Pittsburgh Marble Co.
Riberich & Sons
Solari Electric
Miscellaneous
Management
1982-1986
1987-1990
Promotional materials
Purchase
Renovations
Rules and regulations
1983-1985
1983-1984
1983-1984
1984-1985
1984-1985
1984-1985
1983
1984-1985
1984-1985
1983-1985
1984
1984-1986
1983-1985
1985-1986
1983-1985
1983-1985
n.d.
1918-1983
1983-1988
1983-1986
Berkman Family Papers, page 17
Subseries IV: Catalogues
Folder 6
Folder 7-8
Folder 9
A-C
D
E-L
Box 27 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
M-O
P
P-R
S
S-Z
Series V: Law Firms
Box 28 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Berkman Ruslander Pohl Lieber & Engel
General
Frick Building
1919-1978
1979-3/1980
3/1980-3/1981
4/1981-1984
One Oxford Centre
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
1989-2003
Series VI: David Glick
Box 29 Folder 1
Folder 2
Folder 3
Folder 4
Folder 5
Folder 6
Folder 7
Folder 8
Biographical information
Letter from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Letters (in German with English translations)
Hepner, Allen S.
“Rescue and resettlement: thousands
saved from Nazi Germany”
Research proposal
Harvard Law School Class of 1924
Eighth Quinquennial
Materials owned by David Glick
Articles
Books: by Solomon B. Freehof and Max
Ascoli, each inscribed by the author
1937-1997
3/1926
1937
1999
1999-2000
1964
1946-1961
1951, 1963
Series VII: Miscellaneous
Folder 9
Folder 10
Folder 11
Lowenthal, Alexander
Rosenbloom, Lucile
Tomko, Anna
1978, 1983
1992
1976-1990