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Berklee College of Music

 Organization

Historical Note

Berklee College of Music was founded by Lawrence Berk in 1945 as the Schillinger House school of music, as the curriculum centered on the Schillinger Method of Music Composition. The name was changed in 1954 to the Berklee School of Music, and again in 1970 to Berklee College of Music.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Berk Family collection, 1920s-2019

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-014
Abstract Personal and professional material compiled by and about Lawrence, Alma, Lee, and Susan Berk from the 1920s through 2019, representing two generations of Berklee leadership (1945-2004). Materials include assorted Berklee documents and ephemera, artifacts and awards presented to members of the Berk family in recognition of their service and accomplishments, and other professional records or tributes. The collection also includes numerous scrapbooks, photographs, and audiovisual recordings...
Dates: 1920s-2019
Found in: Berklee Archives

Berklee College of Music photographic collection by Alma Berk, 1940s-1980s

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-003
Abstract

Collection of photographs compiled by Alma Berk during her tenure as Berkleeā€™s first publicity officer. Images document campus events, commencement, faculty, staff, students, alumni, visiting artists, and other snapshots of the College from its founding through the mid 1980s, and are the only known comprehensive photographic collection of Berklee during this time.

Dates: 1940-1995; Majority of material found within 1968 - 1984
Found in: Berklee Archives

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

 Collection
Identifier: BCA-013
Abstract

Materials collected and organized by Alma Berk during her tenure as Chief Public Affairs Officer (1959-1994), including press clippings and releases, photographs, institutional reports, files on faculty and students, promotional materials, college publications and curricular material, and other records documenting the college's first 50+ years.

Dates: 1934-2007
Found in: Berklee Archives