Lee Eliot Berk papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists primarily of artifacts presented to Lee Eliot Berk (1942 - ) in recognition of his service and accomplishments as the second president of Berklee College of Music (1979-2004). Items include numerous award plaques, honorary degrees, a guitar signed by alumni in Nashville, TN, and the academic robe accompanying the honorary doctorate bestowed upon him by Berklee College of Music on the occasion of his retirement.
Dates
- 1989-2004
Creator
- Berk, Lee Eliot (1942-) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research by appointment. Advance notice is required for access because materials are stored offsite. Use of audiovisual materials may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Biographical Note
Lee Eliot Berk (1942 - ) served as Berklee College of Music’s second president from 1979 - 2004, taking over from his father, Lawrence Berk, who founded the institution as the Schillinger House in 1945. Berk holds degrees from Brown University (1964) and Boston University (1967) and began working at Berklee in 1966 as bursar and supervisor of the Private Study Division, later serving as a vice president from 1971 - 1979. In addition to overseeing a significant expansion of the college’s curriculum during his tenure as college president, Berk taught and wrote on issues of music and copyright, earning the 1971 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award for his monograph Legal Protection for the Creative Musician.
Extent
33 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection has been minimally processed. Materials are currently housed in the original order they were received. A more detailed internal inventory is available upon request.
Creator
- Berk, Lee Eliot (1942-) (Person)
- Title
- Lee Eliot Berk papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Sofía Becerra-Licha
- Date
- 2014/07/25
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid were completed with support from a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
Part of the Berklee Archives Repository
Berklee College of Music
1140 Boylston St
Boston MA 02215 USA
617-747-8001
archives@berklee.edu