Berklee Office of Public Information collection by Alma Berk, 1934-2007

This collection is arranged into 15 series.

Series 1: Berklee Affiliates

This series contains files on Berklee students, staff, alumni, and affiliates and includes newspaper clippings, photos, and reference sheets. For honorary degree recipients who did not attend or teach at Berklee, please see Series 3, Subseries 1: Honorary Degree Recipients. The Berklee Affiliates series is arranged alphabetically by last name.

Series 2: Photographs

The photographs series contains several hundred photos of Berklee events, students, and faculty from Berklee's earliest years as Schillinger House through the mid-2000s. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 3: Commencement

The commencement series contains materials from commencement ceremonies and concerts. Within this series, there is one subseries, Honorary Degree Recipients. This subseries contains files related to Berklee's various honorary degree recipients. Recipients who did not attend or teach at Berklee can be found in this subseries, while the rest will be found in Series 1: Berklee Affiliates. The Commencement series is arranged chronologically, while the Honorary Degree Recipients subseries is arranged alphabetically.

Series 4: Berklee 50th Anniversary

Materials in this series relate to the research, planning, and execution of Berklee College of Music's 50th anniversary events, including the book Berklee: The First Fifty Years. The 50th Anniversary series is arranged chronologically.

Series 5: Press Clippings and Articles

This series contains newspaper clippings on Berklee students, staff, alumni, and the college in general. Of note in this series are materials relating to Schillinger House. Most of the clippings in this series come from non-Berklee publications. For Berklee-created publications and newsletters, see Series 9: Berklee Publications. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 6: Berklee Events

This series contains materials relating to a wide variety of Berklee events, from on-campus performances to ensembles, to annual Berklee trips to Nashville, Puerto Rico, and Los Angeles. Within this series, there is a subseries dedicated to the Visiting Artist Series at Berklee, including files about visits by noteworthy musicians such as Chick Corea and Toshiko Akiyoshi. The Events series is arranged alphabetically, while the Visiting Artist subseries is arranged chronologically.

Series 7: Course Materials

The Course Materials series contains workbooks, texts, and materials for Berklee courses such as basic counterpoint, ear training, and harmony. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 8: Correspondence

The Correspondence series contains correspondence of several different types, including official Berklee correspondence with international embassies, personal correspondence, and memos relating to convocations. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 9: Scholarships

The Scholarships series contains materials relating to Berklee scholarships. Of particular note are the files on People to People, an international program created by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower that brought many foreign students to Berklee in its early years, and the Jazz Masters scholarships, which are scholarships aimed at upper-semester students and named for greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Stephane Grappelli. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 10: Berklee Publications

This series contains publications put out by Berklee, including alumni newsletters, newsletters sent to parents, and internal newsletters. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 11: Berklee Departments

This series contains materials related to various departments within Berklee. These files include both academic departments, such as Music Production and Engineering and Film Scoring, and non-academic departments, like the Learning Center and Housing. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Series 12: Administrative Materials

This series contains materials such as institutional reports, program planning, student handbooks, and Schillinger House materials. The Administrative Materials series is arranged chronologically.

Series 13: Miscellaneous

This series contains items that do not fit into any other series in the collection, such as lists of jazz journalists and files on other music institutions. This series is arranged chronologically.

Series 14: Audiovisual Materials

Formats in this series include VHS, CD, audiocassette, reel-to-reel audio and video tape, and digital audio tape.

Series 15: Awards and Ephemera

This series contains objects such as awards presented to Berklee and Berklee-branded ephemera. This series is arranged chronologically.