Albert Van Kirk Oral History

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Original Record: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/834
Title: Albert Van Kirk Oral History
Author: Van Kirk, Albert
Description: Albert Van Kirk was a Vietnam veteran and an undergraduate student at Kent State University in 1969 and 1970 and was on campus the day of the shootings in 1970. He discusses the atmosphere on campus, the SDS, the Weathermen, and the FBI. He describes Jerry Rubin's visit to Kent State, seeing residents of Ravenna guarding their city with weapons, and his experience administering first aid to one of the students wounded in the shootings.
Subject: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation;
Students for a Democratic Society (U.S.);
Weatherman (Organization);
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970;
Rubin, Jerry;
White, Robert I., 1908-;
College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews;
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--Interviews
Type: Recording, oral
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/834

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