Judith Berke papers

Collection

Judith Berke papers

• circa 1980s-2013 (Production)

17.5 Linear Feet (17 boxes and 1 item)

A local poet who grew up in Manhattan and resided in Miami Beach, Florida for the latter years of her life, Judith Anne Berke (Sep 9, 1931 - Jul 24, 2013) wrote and published several works that embody the spirit of Florida, its unique history and its people. She attended Smith College in her youth and began writing when she was 49 years of age then published her first book in 1989. Outside of writing, she studied painting at l'Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris and was a skilled sculptor. She also studied acting, designed puppets, and sang in the Opera Guild of Greater Miami, demonstrating a huge breadth of talent that spanned many disciplines.

Her papers include her manuscripts, drafts, and poems either in notebooks or in typescripts. Also included are some of her scrapbooks and a sculpted bust.

This collection is open for research.

This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.

University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original creator.

• anglais

• latin

All published poems and books were removed from the collection for cataloging, 2017.

• American poetry
• American poetry -- 20th century
• Poetry

• Poems
• Scrapbooks
• Busts (general, figures)
• Manuscrits