The majority of the material in this fonds relates to the research conducted by Whittaker while at UC Berkeley. This work includes studies of members of the Free Speech Movement, a series of student protests and acts of civil disobedience that took place during the 1964-65 school year. Other research focuses on profiling the nonstudent population at Berkeley circa 1965, as well as students cited as a result of protests and demonstrations in 1966. Research material includes survey and questionnaire drafts and responses, as well as notes, coding, and calculations. In addition to his research material, this fonds includes some drafts of papers published and/or presented by Whittaker, as well as correspondence with publishers and collaborators. Also included is a collection of annotated clippings, articles, and publications documenting and analyzing student activism throughout the 1960s and 70s, as well as some general professional correspondence and copies of papers presented at conferences throughout his career.

The fonds consists of a report of coordination efforts between the University of British Columbia Departments of Education and Agriculture (1917), Convocation programs (1926), miscellaneous Senate records relating to funding cutbacks (1931-1933) and materials from the Student Publicity Campaign (1931-1932).

The fonds consists of Gibbard's research notes for his M.A. thesis entitled, "The History of the Fraser Valley, 1808-1885" (ca. 1937), copies of his book reviews (1974-1986), a typescript of "Living together in our modern world" and other material collected by Gibbard.

Fonds consists of materials documenting the lives and careers of Lorne and May Brown and includes two self-published biographies (Lorne Brown Remembered and May Brown – A collection of stories), four photographs of Lorne Brown, a newspaper clipping about Camp Deka, and some of Lorne Brown’s UBC personnel records.