This subseries includes proposals, tables, drafts, and a final bound copy of Whittaker’s 1967 PhD thesis: “Psychological Characteristics of Alienated, Nonconformist, College-Age Youth as Indicated by AVL, OPI, ACL, and SVIB M/W Group Profiles.” In his thesis, Whittaker indicates that his analysis is a continuation of the initial non-student research and published paper authored in collaboration with Watts.

This series includes annotated newspaper and magazine articles, clippings, and academic publications collected by Whittaker that relate to student activism in the 1960s and 1970s.

This series consists primary of research material for the first phase of Whittaker’s study of non-students at Berkeley. Material includes questionnaire drafts and results, codebooks and tables, notes, and correspondence. Also included are proposals and drafts for a 1967 paper co-authored with Watts titled “Psychological Needs and Nonconformity.” A note with the received files indicates that some open-ended question results and analysis (questions 12, 15-16, 19-23) have been removed and filed with his Phase II material, most of which is not currently in the possession of University Archives.

This series contains research data and notes, codebooks, and clippings related to a study conducted by William A. Watts and David Whittaker of students involved in the 1964 Free Speech Movement. Also included is correspondence and drafts from the resulting paper authored by Watts and Whittaker and published in 1966: “Some Socio-Psychological Differences Between Highly-Committed Members of the Free Speech Movement and the Student Population at Berkeley”.

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.

This series includes general professional correspondence from throughout Whittaker’s career, as well as feedback and responses for a 1970 senior questionnaire run by Whittaker at the CRDHE. Also included are copies of papers presented at various conferences, along with a name badge from a conference or event.

This series contains material related to a 1967 questionnaire for UC Berkeley students who had received citations for illegal use of sound equipment at a 1966 student strike and demonstration. Research material includes questionnaires, code sheets, and notes; also included are clippings documenting the strike and posters from striking student groups.