Register of the Daniel M. Berman Papers, 197?-8?

Processed by Bill Walker; supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Brooke Dykman Dockter.
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Register of the Daniel M. Berman Papers, 197?-8?

Collection number: MSS 87-8

UCSF Library & CKM



Archives and Special Collections

University of California, San Francisco

Contact Information:

  • UCSF Library & CKM
  • Archives and Special Collections
  • 530 Parnassus Ave.
  • San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
  • Phone: (415) 476-8112
  • Fax: (415) 476-4653
  • Email: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collections/archives/contact
  • URL: http://www.library.ucsf.edu/collections/archives
Processed by:
Bill Walker
Date Completed:
1987
© 2000 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Daniel M. Berman Papers,
Date (inclusive): 197?-8?
Collection number: MSS 87-8
Creator: Berman, Daniel M.
Extent: 7 cartons
Repository: University of California, San Francisco. Library. Archives and Special Collections.
San Francisco, California 94143-0840
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language: English.

Administrative Information

Processing Note

Received 2/13/87, 8 cartons, reduced to 7 cartons during processing by Bill Walker.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Daniel M. Berman Papers, MSS 87-8, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM

Biography

The Berman Papers contain the working files of Daniel M. Berman, PhD, of San Francisco. Dr. Berman is currently (1988) a lecturer in the School of Business at San Francisco State University. He received his Ph. D. in Political Science from Washington University in 1974 and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Sociology at Boston University in 1975-76.
Much of Dr. Berman's work has involved issues and organizing related to occupational health. From 1972-1975 he served as Director of the Occupational Health Project of the Medical Committee for Human Rights (MCHR). He helped organize Committees on Safety and Health (COSH) in several areas including Chicago, Boston and San Francisco. He was a founder of the Asbestos Victims of America (AVA) and worked with numerous labor and environmental groups. From 1978-1980 he was a staff person for the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Worker's union.
His published works include Death On The Job (1978) and Health and Work: An International Perspective (1983), which he edited.

Scope and Content

The Berman papers contain significant material relating to the development of grassroots and union movements which addressed occupational health issues in the 1970's and early 1980's. Particularly well documented is the development and activities of the Asbestos Victims of America and the Medical Committee on Human Rights. Training manuals on occupational health issues of several labor organizations are included. Correspondence with a wide variety of organizers, health workers and labor activists is found throughout the files.

 

Series I. Asbestos Victims of America

Carton Ctn. 1, Folder 1

[Accountants for the Public Interest]

Folder 2

AFSCME [publications]

Folder 3

AVA - Berman's Personal Files

Folder 4

AVA - Berman's Personal Files

Folder 5

AVA - Berman's Personal Files

Folder 6

AVA - Berman's Personal Files

Folder 7

AVA - Berman's Personal Files

Folder 8

AVA - Articles About

Folder 9

AVA - Asbestos Clippings

Folder 10

AVA - Advisor

Folder 11

AVA - Bay Area Contacts

Folder 12

AVA - Asbestos Litigation Group

Folder 13

AVA - Benefits Idea

Folder 14

AVA - Bankruptcy

Folder 15

AVA - Computers

Folder 16

AVA - Correspondence

Folder 17

AVA - Fund raising

Folder 18

AVA - Lawsuits, etc.

Folder 19

AVA - Legislation, Sacramento

Folder 20

AVA - Legislation, National

Folder 21

AVA - Legislation, National

Folder 22

AVA - Legislation, National

Folder 23

AVA - Other Dormant Organizations

Folder 24

AVA - Publicity and Media

Folder 25

AVA - Social Security and Other Research

Folder 26

AVA - Speaking and Training

Folder 27

AVA - Veterans

Folder 28

AVA - Work Plans

 

Series II. Occupational Health: General

Carton Ctn. 1, Folder 29

BA-COSH (Bay Area Committee for Occupational Health)

Folder 30

BA-COSH (Bay Area Committee for Occupational Health)

Folder 31

[Berman - Misc.Notes and Letters]

Folder 32

[Black Lung]

Folder 33

[Black Lung]

Folder 34

[Black Lung - Articles]

Folder 35

Black Lung - Recent

Carton Ctn. 2, Folder 36

CAL-OSHA

Folder 37

Carolinas

Folder 38

Chicago

Folder 39

Chicago (see also #152)

Folder 40

Connecticut.

Folder 41

Action

Folder 42

Detroit

Folder 43

[Grand Jury Abuse]

Folder 44

Health Care in General

Folder 45

HEALTH-PAC

Folder 46

[HEALTH-PAC Bulletin]

Folder 47

Indiana (CHOKE)

Folder 48

Insurance - History

Folder 49

Los Angeles (and Farm workers)

Folder 50

Mailing Lists - Berman

Folder 51

MASS-COSH

Folder 52

MASS-COSH

 

Series III. Medical Committee for Human Rights

Carton Ctn. 2, Folder 53

MCHR - Philosophy of Occupational Health Project

Folder 54

MCHR - Sample of Writings by Daniel M. Berman

Folder 55

MCHR - Published Commentary [on OHP & Berman's Work]

Folder 56

MCHR - Letters to Berman from Medical Researchers, Physicians, Lawyers and Academics Re MCHR-OHP

Folder 57

MCHR - Letters to Berman from Unionists and Organizers Re MCHR-OHP

Folder 58

MCHR - [Correspondence, Berman]

Folder 59

MCHR - [Correspondence, Berman]

Folder 60

MCHR - [Correspondence, Berman]

Folder 61

MCHR - [General Files]

Folder 62

MCHR - [General Files]

Folder 63

MCHR - [Berman Writings]

Folder 64

MCHR - [Berman Writings]

Carton Ctn. 3., Folder 65

MCHR - [Occupational Health Project Report

Folder 66

MCHR - [Health Rights News]

 

Series IV. Occupational Health: General

Carton Ctn. 3, Folder 67

[Mental Health]

Folder 68

[Mental Health]

Folder 69

Memphis

Folder 70

[Microwave/Occupational Health]

Folder 71

Milwaukee

Folder 72

Minneapolis

Folder 73

Money - Rip Offs

Folder 74

Montana

Folder 75

Nashville

Folder 76

National Health Service

Folder 77

National Lawyers Guild

Folder 78

National Lawyers Guild [Labor Newsletter, Labor Update]

Folder 79

New Haven

Folder 80

New Jersey

Folder 81

New York

Folder 82

[Noise Control]

Folder 83

[Noise Control]

Folder 84

[Noise Control]

Folder 85

[Noise Control]

Folder 86

[Noise Control]

Folder 87

[Occupational Health - Monographs]

Folder 88

[Occupational Health - Monographs]

Folder 89

[Occupational Medicine]

Folder 90

[Occupational Medicine]

Folder 91

[Occupational Medicine]

Folder 92

[Occupational Medicine]

Folder 93

[Occupational Medicine]

Carton Ctn. 4, Folder 94

[Office Workers]

Folder 95

[Ohio]

Folder 96

[Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers]

Folder 97

[Oklahoma]

Folder 98

[Oklahoma]

Folder 99

Old People

Folder 100

Old People

Folder 101

[OSHA - Correspondence & General Files]

Folder 102

[OSHA - TESTIMONY]

Folder 103

[OSHA - TESTIMONY]

Folder 104

[OSHA - Founding Act & OSHA Publications]

Folder 105

[OSHA - Reports & Court Cases]

Folder 106

[OSHA - Monographs, various sources]

Folder 107

[OSHA - Newsletters, Various]

Folder 108

[OSHA - Occupational Health News - Clipping Services]

Folder 109

[OSHA - Clippings]

Folder 110

[OSHA - Clippings]

Folder 111

Pennsylvania

Folder 112

Peoples Bicentennial

Folder 113

Philadelphia

Folder 114

Philadelphia

Folder 115

Philadelphia

Folder 116

Philadelphia

Folder 117

Pittsburgh

Carton Ctn. 5, Folder 118

Product Liability Law

Folder 119

[Public Interest Groups]

Folder 120

Right To Know - and Refuse

Folder 121

San Diego

Folder 122

Seattle

Folder 123

[Silicosis]

Folder 124

St. Louis

Folder 125

[Teamsters]

Folder 126

[Toxic Materials]

Folder 127

[Toxic Materials]

Folder 128

[Toxic Materials]

Folder 129

Urban Planning Aid, Inc

Folder 130

Urban Planning Aid, Inc

Folder 131

West Virginia

Folder 132

White Lung Association

Folder 133

Wisconsin

Folder 134

Wisconsin

Folder 135

Wisconsin

Folder 136

[Women - General Files]

Folder 137

[Women - General Files]

Folder 138

[Women - Monographs, Various]

Folder 139

[Women - Monographs, Various]

Carton Ctn. 6, Folder 140

[Women - Union Wage]

Folder 141

Worker Control

Folder 142

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 143

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 144

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 145

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 146

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 147

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 148

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 149

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 150

[Workman's Comp.]

Folder 151

[Workman's Comp.] legal size materials

Folder 152

[CACOSH -Health/Technical Manual (2nd draft)] legal size

 

Series V. Manuals

Carton Ctn. 6, Folder 153-154

Training Manual - Labor Occupational Health Project

Folder 155

Health and Safety Manual - United Auto Workers

Folder 156

Health and Safety Manual - International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers

Carton Ctn. 7, Folder 157

OSH Manual - Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union

Folder 158

OSH Resource Manual - United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Folder 159-160

Health and Safety Hazards Identification Program -United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Folder 161

Instructor's Handbook - Labor Education and Study Center, Canadian Labour Congress

Folder 162

Instructor's Handbook - Occupational Health and Safety Program, Ontario Federation of Labour

Folder 163-165

1979 Occupational Health and Safety Instructor Training, Ontario Federation of Labour

Folder 166

1973 Officers Report to the United Mine Workers of America

Folder 167

Photograph - AIW School for Workers 1973

Folder 168

"Program on asbestos danger in the workplace" - audiocassette