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Guide to the Morris Berman Photographs c1950-c1975

Metadata Details

Title
Morris Berman photographs 1950-1975
Subject
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette., Pittsburgh Steelers (football team), Pittsburgh Hornets (hockey team), Pittsburgh Pirates (baseball team), Journalism--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Jews--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
Description
The Morris Berman photographs consist of large, black and white photographic prints taken by Berman during his career as a press photographer for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. These prints include images of various Pittsburgh sporting events, including games featuring the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the Pittsburgh Hornets (predecessor franchise to the Pittsburgh Penguins). In addition, this collection also contains photographs of the construction of the Civic Arena in 1961 and the Pittsburgh Trolley strike in 1957. Other images capture facets of daily life in Pittsburgh during his tenure at the Sun-Telegraph. This collection also includes a series of large photographic prints that have been mounted on matting for professional display., Morris Berman photographs, 1950-1975, PSS 0043, Rauh Jewish Archives, Thomas and Katherine Detre Library and Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center, Cataloging of this collection was funded by a Basic Processing grant from NHPRC., Morris Berman Gift 1995 1995.0375, Morris Berman was a press photographer who worked for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and the Pittsburgh Press. Before entering the photography field, Berman served as a reporter for the Wheeling News Register in Wheeling, West Virginia, beginning in 1928. Arriving in Pittsburgh to continue his career in journalism for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph in 1937, Berman was given a camera and assigned to cover a steel strike in Beaver Falls, Pa. The photographs that Berman took that day solidified his career as a press photographer. In 1943, Berman interrupted his work for the Sun-Telegraph in order to serve in World War II. Throughout the remainder of World War II, Berman served in the Army Signal Corps and the Army Pictorial Service, capturing images of the war in both Italy and Africa. Berman resumed his career as a press photographer for the Sun-Telegraph in 1946. That same year, Berman worked with colleagues to establish the National Press Photographers Association. Although most remembered for his coverage of Pittsburgh sporting events, Berman also captured images of various feature stories during his time as a photographer. Berman is best remembered for the image he captured in 1964 of New York Giants quarterback Y. A. Tittle kneeling on the field after being hit by a Steelers defenseman. Sports Illustrated magazine ranked this photograph among the top 100 sports photographs of the 20th century. Upon retiring from the Post-Gazette in 1979, Berman moved with his wife to Arizona. Morris Berman died in 2002., Gift of Morris Berman., Processed PSS 0043 2/2012 S. Green, Collection level finding aid available.
Contributor
Berman, Morris., Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
Date
1950-1975
Type
Collection, Text
Format
print, photographs, 2.0 linear feet
Identifier
oclc:781569418, pitt:US-QQS-pss43
Language
eng
Relation
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-pss43
Coverage
Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
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