Ira Berkow Records, Bulk, 1970-1975

  • IdentificationMSBerk78
  • TitleIra Berkow collection MSBerk78
  • PublisherSpecial Collections
  • LanguageEnglish
  • RepositorySpecial Collections
  • Physical Description3.5 Linear feet
  • Date
    • Bulk, 1970-1975
    • 1948-1975 and undated
  • AbstractIra Berkow has been an active member in the public campaign to save the Maxwell St. Marketplace. This collection consists of tapes and transcripts of the interviews pertaining to Maxwell St. Market, the Near West Side neighborhood residents, Jewish immigrants, sweatshop laborers and the tenement housing collected for the book, Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar.
  • OriginationBerkow, Ira

Old Resource ID was IBerkow

Ira Berkow was born on January 7, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois. He earned his B.A. from Miami University in 1963 and his M.A. from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism in 1965. He worked as a sports writer for the Minneapolis Tribune from 1965-1967, and from 1967-1976 he worked as a sports columnist and sports editor for Newspaper Enterprise Association, a syndicated news service. In March 1981 he became a sports writer for the New York Times and held that position until his retirement in 2007. Berkow has written various books throughout his career including Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar. He has been an active member in the public campaign to save the Maxwell St. Marketplace. References “Ira Berkow.” International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. http://www.jewishsports.net/BioPages/IraBerkow.html. Accessed June 26, 2014. “Ira Berkow | Sports of the Times” New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/sports/bio-berkow.html. Accessed June 26, 2014. “Ira Berkow – Writer” Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story. http://www.jewsandbaseball.com/team/ira.html. Accessed June 26, 2014. Montalbano, Michael D., and Marvin Rusinek. “Guide to the Papers of Ira Berkow, undated, 1960-2011.” American Jewish Historical Society Center for Jewish Heritage. http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=1016949. Accessed June 26, 2014.

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Ira Berkow collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

This collection consists of tapes and transcripts of the interviews pertaining to Maxwell St. Market, the Near West Side neighborhood residents, Jewish immigrants, sweatshop laborers and the tenement housing collected for the book, Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar.

  • Names
    • Berkow, Ira -- Archives
    • Hull-House (Chicago, Ill.).
  • Subject
    • Chicago Ethnic Groups.
    • Chicago Neighborhoods.
  • Geographic Coverage
    • Illinois--Chicago--Maxwell Street.
    • Illinois--Chicago--Near West Side.