Max Berking papers,
- Author:
- Berking, Max, 1917-1997.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-228 local
- Abstract:
- This collection contains materials related to Max Berking's service in the New York State Senate from 1964 to 1965. Series 1: Subject File, contains files on various subjects. These files typically contain research material and correspondence with constituents. Subjects include the proposed statewide sales tax, government intervention to save the New Haven Railroad, the debate over pornography sales on newsstands, and the establishment of Westchester Community College. This series is organized alphabetically by subject. Series 2: Senate Bills, contains material on various New York State Senate bills with which Berking was involved. Some of these files contain notes and drafts related to the bill in question, while others just contain a print copy of the proposed bill. These files are arranged according to the serial numbers assigned to each bill by the legislature.
- Historical Note:
- Max Berking was a Democratic Party activist who served in the New York State Senate during the years 1964-1965. Born in 1917, Berking was raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, where his grandfather was a Republican State Senator. He attended Brunswick School in Greenwich and Williams College in western Massachusetts, where he was exposed to liberal politics by the professor and columnist Max Lerner. During World War II he served on the Fair Employment Practice Committee, which worked to fight discrimination in war industries. After the war Berking established an ad agency in Manhattan and settled in the Westchester County city of Rye, where he served as Rye Democratic Party Chairman. In 1964, Berking ran to fill the remaining year of a four-year term as New York State Senator from the 30th District, which at that time encompassed southeastern Westchester County. He served until 1965 and was not reelected. Following his departure from the Senate Berking remained active in local politics. From 1971 to 1975 he served as chairman of the Westchester County Democratic Party. In 1982 he retired to Northport, Florida, where he died in 1997.
- Physical Description:
- 3.4 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy. local
- Subjects:
- Sales tax Law and legislation New York (State), Pornography Law and legislation New York (State), Pornography Law and legislation, and Sales tax Law and legislation
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat and Bills (legislative records) aat
- Names:
- Berking, Max, 1917-1997
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State)
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