{"id":4339,"date":"2011-01-07T17:22:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T21:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=4339"},"modified":"2012-08-13T13:36:33","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T17:36:33","slug":"t-m-berry-project-remembrances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2011\/01\/t-m-berry-project-remembrances\/","title":{"rendered":"T. M. Berry Project: Remembrances"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Theodore<\/a><\/p>\n

By Laura Laugle<\/em><\/p>\n

I have lately been going through a variety of files marked \u201cT. M. Berry Biography.\u201d A few are from the Theodore M. Berry collection and one came here to Archives and Rare Books rather serendipitously when Public Information was cleaning out alumni biography files. As a result, I have learned a great deal about Berry\u2019s life as a whole, what he did before and after his public life, who he was as person and how that influenced his political career. One of my first finds in these files, and possibly my favorite of the entire collection thus far, was an envelope stuffed with old photographs. I can now say, with absolute certainty, two things which would never have occurred to me previously: Ted Berry made an adorable little cowboy and fedoras and spats are definite style \u201cdos.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Ted<\/a>\"Berry<\/a><\/p>\n

The photos from Berry\u2019s biography files are wonderful and had me smiling from ear to ear. However, much of what I\u2019ve read this week has come from some twenty odd obituaries and written memorials \u2013 bittersweet anecdotes and tales in remembrance of a beloved father, friend and statesman recently lost. My favorite story is one that I\u2019d read about before, though never with as much detail. In the May 19, 2006 article below, Dan Hurley of the Cincinnati Post (no longer in print) tells of a trip he and Berry once took to Woodward High School and how Berry became that school\u2019s first black valedictorian. In most cases, I would have summarized an article of this length, but this time, I just don\u2019t believe that I could do it justice, so I must implore my readers to read Hurley\u2019s account for themselves.<\/p>\n

\"Newspaper<\/a>

Click on the article to read the text<\/p><\/div>\n

Obituaries state that over 700 people signed the guestbook as Berry\u2019s coffin lay in state in City Hall and many more paid respects but did not sign. The attendants were described as a \u201crainbow coalition,\u201d reflecting all races, creeds and economic backgrounds, bound together because Berry had made a difference in the lives of each of them. These stories, though perhaps difficult to read (even for someone who never actually knew him), make it plain that Cincinnatians of all kinds recognized Berry\u2019s worth during his life and mourned the world\u2019s loss at his passing.<\/p>\n

In 2010, the University of Cincinnati Libraries received a $61,287 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission of the Archives and Records Administration to fully process the Theodore M. Berry Collection in the Archives & Rare Books Library.\u00a0 All information and opinions published on the Berry project website and in the blog entries are those of the individuals involved in the grant project and do not reflect those of the National Archives and Records Administration. \u00a0We gratefully acknowledge the support of NARA. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"T.<\/a>
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