Inventory of the Bennet M. Berger Papers
Finding aid created by Special Collections Intern Michael Rodriguez under the direction of Manuscript Curator Elizabeth Phillips
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
© 2009
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Creator:
Berger, Bennett M.
Title: Bennett M. Berger Papers
Date: 1950-2005
Date (bulk): (bulk 1970-1979)
Extent:
5.8 linear feet
Abstract: Academic writings of Bennett Berger during his career as a professor at UC Davis and UC San Diego. Includes correspondence,
manuscripts, notes, and articles on his work on suburbia, counter-culture, and communes. Also included is his collection of
other authors' correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and publications related to Berger's research subjects.
Phyiscal location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-441
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Biography
Bennett Berger was born in 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in the Bronx and he served as a Marine during World War
II in the Pacific. He did his undergraduate work in sociology at Hunter University then received his Ph.D. at UC Berkeley.
After receiving his Ph.D., he served as a faculty member in the School of Communication at the University of Illinois from
1959 to 1963. In 1963, he left the university to assume the chairmanship of the Sociology Department at UC Davis. Ten years
later, he left UC Davis and joined the faculty of UC San Diego until his retirement in 1991. During his career, Berger researched
and wrote on several different subjects such as suburbanization, youth culture, counter-culture, and communes. He published
Working-Class Suburb: A study of Auto Workers in Suburbia in 1960,
Looking for America: Essays on Youth, Suburbia and Other American Obsessions in 1973,
The Survival of a Counter-Culture: Ideological Work and Everyday Life Among Rural Communards in 1981, and several dozen articles and book reviews. He died in 2005.
Scope and Content
The Bennett M Berger papers spans 1950-2005, with the bulk of material from 1970-1971. This collection contains to Berger's
correspondence, manuscripts, notes and articles relating to his work on suburbia, counter-culture, and communes. This collection
includes several manuscripts that deal with the deconstruction of sexuality and age-difference among children living in communes.
Also included is his collection of other authors' correspondences, manuscripts, and notes related to Berger research subjects.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged into three series: 1. Bennett M. Berger; 2. Other Authors; 3. Audio Visual.
Related Collections
The following collections at Special Collections may also be of interest:
D-425, Edwin McCarthy Lemert Papers, 1936-1996: This collection contains correspondence and subject files relating to Lemert's
research on social issues such as stuttering, check forgery, alcoholism, and juvenile justice.
D-473, John Lofland Papers, 1977: This collection contains research materials on demonstrations in or near the California
State Capitol building in 1977.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Berger, Bennet M.--Archives.
University of California, Davis--Faculty--Archives.
Communal living.
Counterculture.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Michael Rodriguez, Special Collections intern, processed the collection and created the finding aid under the direction of
Elizabeth Phillips, Manuscript Archivist.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Jane Berger, 2006.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bennet M. Berger Papers, D-441, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of
California, Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote
from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf
of the Department of Special Collections, University of California, Library, Davis as the owner of the physical items and
is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Collection Contents
Series 1
Bennett M. Berger
1950-2005
Physical Description:
3 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Arranged in four subseries: Correspondence, Manuscripts, Notes, and Articles.
Series 1.1
Correspondence
1969-2005
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence between Bennett Berger and book publishing companies, the National Institute of Mental Health, university
presses, community colleges, and colleagues. Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 6:1
Quadrangle Books, Inc.
1969-1971
Box/Folder 6:3-5
Correspondence re: communes
1970-1977
Box/Folder 6:6
Correspondence
1971
1974
1977
Box/Folder 6:7
University of California Press and Correspondence
1971-1972
1974
1976-1977
Box/Folder 6:8
Correspondence: McClung, William J.
1972
Box/Folder 6:9
Correspondence: UCLA
1973
Box/Folder 6:10
Institute of Human Values Booklet and Letter
1975
Box/Folder 6:11
Correspondence: Coast Community College
1975
Box/Folder 6:12-13
Bennett Berger's 50th Birthday Celebration
1976
Box/Folder 7:1
Commune Work of Students, Assistants, etc.
1974-1975
Box/Folder 7:2
Commune Notes, Papers, Correspondence
1974-1975
Box/Folder 7:3
Pacific Consultants Papers and Letters
1976
Box/Folder 7:4
Correspondence, Susan Rags
1977
Box/Folder 7:5
American Pastoralism Manuscript; Critiques; Correspondence
1977
Box/Folder 7:6
Ruth, David J., Correspondence and Manuscript
1977-1978
Box/Folder 7:7
Untitled Manuscript and Correspondence
1979
Box/Folder 7:8
Bruce Hackett Retirement and Misc.
1987-2003
Box/Folder 7:10
Adolescent Psychology Conference
1991-1992
Box/Folder 7:12
Fetzer Conference
1995-1996
Box/Folder 7:13
UC Press Correspondence
1996-2000
Box/Folder 7:14
"Fragments: A Series" and Correspondence
1999-2002
Box/Folder 7:15
Correspondence: Horowitz, Irving Louis
2002-2004
Box/Folder 7:16
Correspondence: West Virginia University; Manuscript
2004-2005
Series 1.2
Manuscripts
1950-2004
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes Berger's manuscripts of books drafts, conference papers, and essays. Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 1:1-2
Proletarian Suburb: A Study of a Working Class Version of Suburbia
1950
1959
Box/Folder 1:3
Remarks at Pacific Sociology Meetings
1972
Box/Folder 1:4-5
Age Grading in Rural Communes: American Pastoralism
1974
Box/Folder 1:6
Manuscript for USA and T.V.
1976
Box/Folder 1:7
Definitions and Validity Issues in Field Research on Fad Drugs
1977
Box/Folder 1:8-9
Essay (Berger, Bennett)
1980
1987-1988
1993
Box/Folder 2:1
Attention Deficit Disorder
1998-2003
Box/Folder 2:4
Manuscript: Ideological Work in Counterculture Communes (incomplete)
undated
Box/Folder 2:5
Child Rearing Practices of the Communal Family (Draft)
undated
Box/Folder 2:10-11
Book Manuscript Fragments
undated
Box/Folder 2:12
Unidentified Manuscript (incomplete)
undated
Box/Folder 2:13
[Chapters] From Unknown Manuscript
undated
Box/Folder 2:14-15
Untitled Manuscript
undated
Box/Folder 2:17
American Pastoralism, Suburbia, and the Commune Movement (incomplete)
undated
Box/Folder 3:1
"Introduction to the Transaction Edition"
undated
Box/Folder 3:2
Progress Report to NIMH
undated
Box/Folder 3:3
The Journal of a Counter Culture
undated
Box/Folder 3:4
Pastoralism Manuscript Drafts
undated
Box/Folder 3:5
Decline of Age Grading in Rural Communes
undated
Box/Folder 3:6
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
1998-2004
Box/Folder 3:7
Guggenheim Draft Application
1977
Box/Folder 3:8
Communes in the Counter-Culture - Book Review by Berger
undated
Box/Folder 3:11
"The More Things Change"
undated
Box/Folder 3:12
First Drafts of Chapters
undated
Series 1.3
Notes
1954-2004
Physical Description:
0.6 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes index cards, outlines, questionnaires, bibliographies, interview transcripts, and photocopies of Berger's journal.
Also includes a folder containing information about friend's memorial. Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 4:17
Index Cards: Notes
1954-1971
Box/Folder 4:18
"Abstracts of Papers on Youth..."
1960
Box/Folder 4:19
Commune Grant: Official Documents
1967-1971
Box/Folder 4:20
Outlines; Organizations
1970
Box/Folder 5:1
Field Notes; Commune Research
1976
Box/Folder 5:2
Table Mountain Papers; Notes
1970
Box/Folder 5:5
Commune Study Notes
1970-1976
Box/Folder 5:6
Application for Senior Fellowship
1973
Box/Folder 5:7
Commune Bibliography
1973
Box/Folder 5:10
Michael Rizzo Memoriam
1999
Box/Folder 5:11
Pacific Sociological Association
2000
Box/Folder 5:14
Miscellaneous Papers and Notes
undated
Box/Folder 5:15
Notes re: Communes
undated
Box/Folder 5:16
Notes on Commune Book
undated
Box/Folder 5:17
Children's Rights Notes
undated
Box/Folder 5:18
Unknown References
undated
Box/Folder 5:20
Interview Transcript
undated
Box/Folder 5:21
[Journal Photocopies]
undated
Series 1.4
Articles
1970-2003
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes various drafts of published articles that Berger wrote over a thirty year period. Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 4:3
"'Patch Adams' and the Movies"
1998
Box/Folder 4:4
"The Evolution of 'Cool'"
1999
Box/Folder 4:6
"Enron: Conspiracy and Other Clichés"
1995-2002
Box/Folder 4:7
"It's the Categories, Stupid"
2000
Box/Folder 4:8
Counter Culture Definition for
Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences
2000
Box/Folder 4:12-13
"Geezer Talk: An Emeritus Professor Looks Back"
2004
Box/Folder 4:15
"I Hear Ringing and There's No-One There"
undated
Box/Folder 4:16
"The Aging of Popular Music"
undated
Series 2
Other Authors
1963-2003
Physical Description:
2.3 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Arranged into three subseries: Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Notes and Publications.
Box/Folder 12:9
Series 2.1
Correspondence
1976
Physical Description:
1 folder
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence between Dr. Stephen M. Pittel and Joan Dunne Rittenhouse concerning a Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare Field Report on fad drugs.
Series 2.2
Manuscripts
1963-2003
Physical Description:
1.2 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Includes manuscripts from other authors: essays, articles, theses, and field report studies. Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 7:18
Mungo, Raymond, "Total Loss Farm"
1970
Box/Folder 7:19
Coran, Sheri, "The Joys of Childhood"
1970
Box/Folder 8:1
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, "Getting It All Together"
1971
Box/Folder 8:5
Youth Subculture
1972
1975
Box/Folder 8:7
Preliminary Case Report II
1972-1973
Box/Folder 8:8
Annual Report: Structure, Function, and Impact of Urban Communes
1972-1973
Box/Folder 8:9
laFargue, Michael, "The Redbird Commune"
1972-1973
Box/Folder 8:10
Kanter, Rosabeth and Bronfman, Joan "The Ravensreet Commune"
1972-1973
Box/Folder 8:11
Lofland, John, "Diversity in Reporting Qualitative Field Research"
1973
Box/Folder 8:12
McDermott, Richard "The Magpie Street Commune"
1973
Box/Folder 8:13
Zablocki, Benjamin, "Communes and the Future of America"
1973
Box/Folder 8:14
Progress Report to NIMH: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
1973
Box/Folder 8:15
Jaffe, Dennis T., "The First Four Long Years of a Family Commune"
1975
Box/Folder 8:16
Field Study Report: PCP as a Fad Drug
1976
Box/Folder 8:17
PCP Report for Pacific Consultants
1976
Box/Folder 8:18
Wallis, Roy, "Sex, Marriage and the Children of God"
1977
Box/Folder 8:19
Hawkins, J. David, Dissertation and Correspondence
1978
Box/Folder 8:20
Gardner, Hugh, "Children of Prosperity"
1977
Box/Folder 9:2-3
Yolanda Cohen Project
1989-1993
Box/Folder 9:4
Damiell, Joseph, "This is a Think-Piece About Bennett Berger"
1991
Box/Folder 9:6
Caran, Sherri, "Hippies of the Redwood Forest" Outline
undated
Box/Folder 9:7-9
[Millar] Manuscript
undated
Box/Folder 9:11
[...in Rural Hippie Communes]
undated
Box/Folder 9:12
Hawkins, David J., "Dynamics of Conformity in Communal Groups
undated
Box/Folder 10:1
"Against Essentialism"
1999
Box/Folder 10:3
Zablocki, Benjamin, "The Genesis of Normative Systems in Rural Hippie Communities"
1973
Box/Folder 10:4
Untitled Others' Work
undated
Box/Folder 10:6
Christopherson, "Free Shchool"
undated
Box/Folder 10:7
Cononer, "Alternate Institutions and Alternate Society"
undated
Box/Folder 10:8
Hall, John R., "The Ways Out..."
undated
Box/Folder 10:9
Miller, Henry, "On Drugs, Hippies, and the Radical Left"
undated
Box/Folder 10:10
Poney, Walter W., "A Comparative Analysis of 19th and 20th Century Communes"
undated
Box/Folder 10:11
Unidentified Author, "The Acquisition of Sexual Identity"
undated
Box/Folder 10:12-14
Kagan, Paul, "Search for Community"
undated
Series 2.3
Notes and Publications
1999-2002
Physical Description:
1 linear foot
Scope and Content Note
Includes another author's interview transcript as well as newspaper and magazine publications. Arranged chronologically.
Box/Folder 10:15
Interview Transcript
undated
Box/Folder 10:16
Articles, Newspaper Clippings
1998-2000
2002
Box/Folder 10:17
Articles, Book Reviews
1992
1997-1999
Box/Folder 10:18
Synanon Foundation Literature
1968
Box/Folder 10:19
"This is the Farm Book"
1974
Box/Folder 10:20
Communal Societies in America
1970-1971
Box/Folder 11:1-2
Newspaper Clipping Photocopies (Sociology Interest)
undated
Box/Folder 11:3
Power and Civility: Elias, Norbert
1982
Box/Folder 11:5
New York Times Book Review: Article by Berger
undated
Box/Folder 11:6
Directory of Intentional Communes
1978
Box/Folder 11:7
Communities: Journal of Cooperative Living
1977
Box/Folder 12:1
Ogilvy, Jay and Heather, "Communes and the Reconstruction of Reality"
undated
Box/Folder 12:2
Article/Newspaper Clippings
undated
Box/Folder 12:3
International Society for the Sociology of Knowledge
1978
Box/Folder 12:4
Humboldt Journal of Social Relations
1975
Box/Folder 12:6
Jaffe, Dennis J., "The Healer, The Community, or the Bureaucrat"
1974
Box/Folder 12:7
Greene, Felix, "Visit to a Rural Commune"
undated
Box/Folder 12:8
Jerome, Judson, "All in Common"
undated
Series 3
Audio Visual
1985-2004
Physical Description:
3 folders
Scope and Content Note
Includes two video cassette tapes as well as photographs of Berger and his family.
Box/Folder 12:10
Video: Culture Cross Cultural Communications
2002
Box/Folder 12:11
Video: Culture Identity Behavior
2004
Box/Folder 13:2
Photographs of Berger and His Family
1985-1997
