My most interesting find this week was a large album full of photos from Berry’s time as Mayor of Cincinnati, from 1972 through 1975. The photo below is my favorite of all. It was taken at the grand opening of “Burger Chef” on Colerain Avenue here in Cincinnati. I just love their “chow down” faces! The accompanying letter from Rick Blaemire says “… it looks as if we both need two hands for a Big Shef.” It looks to me like those were some tasty burgers; my stomach is starting to growl!
During his tenure as Mayor, Berry met a number of celebrities. Here he is pictured presenting the key to the city of Cincinnati to Oscar winning actress, Loretta Young and with “the most trusted man in America,” Walter Cronkite.
As Mayor, Berry took a trip to Israel and was presented with this medal by the Mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek and visited children in the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Here, Mayor Berry is pictured at the retirement party of Virginia Coffey, director of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, former teacher at the Stowe School and founder of the first African American Girl Scout troop in Cincinnati.
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. 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. We gratefully acknowledge the support of NARA.
