Rebecca V. Howe Oral History

 
 
 
 

Rebecca V. Howe Oral History

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Original Record: http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/839
Title: Rebecca V. Howe Oral History
Author: Howe, Rebecca V.
Description: An undergraduate student at Kent State University in 1970, Rebecca V. Howe discusses her memories of May 3 and 4, 1970. She describes the tanks and army personnel that she saw lining a pathway up to her dormitory, Lake Hall. She recalls chatting with National Guardsmen, seeing searchlights, and hearing the sounds of helicopters. She describes returning to her dorm after lunch on Monday, May 4, seeing a trail of blood, and helping a wounded student get to the health center. She also describes her experiences leaving campus that day after it had been closed due to the shootings.
Subject: Bayonets;
Armored vehicles, Military;
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970;
Ohio. Army National Guard;
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews;
Search-lights;
Military helicopters
Type: Recording, oral
Rights: Kent State University;
http://www.library.kent.edu/page/14062;
World
Identifier: 90-Rebecca-Howe-Tape21-Side-A35137;
May 4 Collection, Box 92;
http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/839

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