Anonymous Oral History

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Original Record:	http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/843
Title:	Anonymous Oral History
Author:	Anonymous
Description:	This anonymous oral history is given by a man who was an undergraduate student at Kent State University in 1970. He relates his memories of the events surrounding the May 4, 1970, shootings on campus. He begins by discussing the events of Friday May, 1, and mentions the protest that took place in the Commons at noon and the unrest in downtown Kent later that night. He describes the burning of the ROTC Military Science Building on campus on May 2 and also discusses the burning of an archery shed nearby. He describes the National Guard presence on campus, the use of tear gas, and a student protest that he participated in on Sunday, May 3, in which the National Guardsmen used bayonets. He relates his eyewitness account of the shootings and then concludes by describing the scene in the Commons after the shootings had occurred and leaving campus during the evacuation. (Note: there are some technical problems with this recording: there are breaks and sound quality changes.)
Subject:	Tear gas munitions; Bayonets; Ambulances; Kent State University. Military Science Building--Fires; Ohio. Army National Guard; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Type:	Recording, oral
Rights:	Kent State University; http://www.library.kent.edu/page/14062; World
Identifier:	May 4 Collection, Box 129; modified-anonmale0146323; http://hdl.handle.net/2374.KENT/843

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