Max Scherr (March 12, 1916 – October 31, 1981) was an American underground newspaper editor and publisher known for his iconoclastic 1960s weekly, the...
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founded in August 1965 by Max Scherr, a middle-aged radical who had earlier been the owner of the Steppenwolf bar in Berkeley. Scherr was the editor and publisher...
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Renaissance Faire, all the world’s a stage," Slate (Feb. 1, 2013). UPI. "Max Scherr, Radical Founder Of The Berkeley Barb in 60's". The New York Times (Nov...
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Convention. When she wrote a feminist piece for the Barb’s publisher Max Scherr, he made his feelings about women’s liberation clear when he titled it...
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political free speech issues, the libertarian values of Barb founder Max Scherr and staff included sexual freedom, which led to the acceptance of adult...
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Matrix nightclub in San Francisco, co-owned by band member Marty Balin. Max Scherr, a 49-year-old political activist in Berkeley, California, published the...
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58 years ago (1966) Founders Walter Bowart, John Wilcock, Art Kunkin, Max Scherr, Michael Kindman, and Harvey Ovshinsky Defunct c. 1978 (1978) Fate Defunct...
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Rich Martin Rodbell Carroll Rosenbloom Stephen H. Sachs Mike Schemer Max Scherr Karl Shapiro Chip Silverman Simon Sobeloff Liebe Sokol Diamond Gertrude...
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Award Jennifer Rubin, B.A., J.D. - journalist, columnist, Washington Post Max Scherr, M.A. - journalist, founder and publisher of the Berkeley Barb Hugo Schwyzer...
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1969 to 1972. It was formed after a bitter staff dispute with publisher Max Scherr and split the nationally known Berkeley Barb into new competing underground...
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