Stripp discusses growing up in Washington state and Berkeley; UC Berkeley, 1928-1932; early focus on ministry and Pacific School of Religion, 1932-1936; Berkeley community affairs: NAACP, Kiwanis Club, YMCA, Berkeley Breakfast Club, 1964 mayoral election and fair housing; teaching rhetoric and coaching debate at Cal, 1939-1978; the Loyalty Oath and Free Speech Movement; weddings and other pastoral duties; family life; orations on Lincoln, the Civil War, the First Ladies.