Dean of Students Arleigh Williams : The Free Speech Movement and the Six Years War, 1964-1970 :, 1988-89

Resource Information

The work Dean of Students Arleigh Williams : The Free Speech Movement and the Six Years War, 1964-1970 :, 1988-89 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Internet Archive - Open Library.

Label

Dean of Students Arleigh Williams : The Free Speech Movement and the Six Years War, 1964-1970 :, 1988-89

Title remainder

The Free Speech Movement and the Six Years War, 1964-1970 :

Statement of responsibility

interviews conducted by Germaine LaBerge ; introductions by Ray Colvig and Frank Thatcher, Jr. ; The Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office, University of California, Berkeley

Inclusive dates

1988-89

Creator

• Williams, Arleigh Taber, 1912-

Contributor

• Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office
• Thatcher, Frank, Jr
• Williams, Ruth Louise Willett, 1912-
• LaBerge, Germaine
• Colvig, Ray

Interviewer

• LaBerge, Germaine

Subject

• Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.)
• Oral histories
• University of California, Berkeley -- History
• Student movements -- California | Berkeley
• College students -- Political activity

Genre

• Oral histories

Language

eng

Summary

Williams directed student activities for the ASUC (1957-1959) before becoming dean of men at Berkeley. He witnessed the beginnings of the Free Speech Movement as the Bancroft Avenue strip became a testing ground for student activists in the 1960s. He speaks about the ideals of the students and their protests in connection with free speech, the Vietnam War, and People's Park. It was his responsibility to carry out the administration's policies and often mete out discipline. His fairness and willingness to listen brought a balance to many difficult situations. In addition, he describes a typical day in the Dean of Students Office, focusing on the needs of students--tutorial help, housing, child care, access for physically disabled, transportation, etc. He also discusses his relationships with Chancellors Edward Strong, Roger Heyns, and Albert Bowker. Ruth Williams, the dean's wife, contributes a family perspective on the Free Speech Movement. She was president of Faculty Wives and an active participant in student work throughout her husband's career at the University

Related

• The Free Speech Movement and the Six Years War, 1964-1970

Member of

• University history series

Additional physical form

Audio tape recording of the presentation of the completed oral history to Williams, February 24, 1990, also available as Phonotape 2944 C.

Cataloging source

CU-BANC

Form designation

oral history transcript

Location of other archival material

21 audio tapes transferred to Bancroft Microforms Division: (Classified as: Phonotape 2296 C).