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Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

ACLU of Ohio Kent State Project records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1800
Abstract: Records of ACLU of Ohio attorneys document preparation for the retrial of Krause v. Rhodes in 1978.  Because the retrial was the culmination of a long, difficult legal battle for accountability in the deaths of four students and the injury of nine others, the collection includes not just materials assembled specifically for the 1978 trial, but also materials gathered for previous lawsuits related to the May 4th, 1970, shootings at Kent State University. The collection includes documents...
Dates: Circa 1960-1980
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > ACLU of Ohio Kent State Project records

Kent State collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 804
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts drafts, legal papers, clippings, issues of the Daily Kent Stater, interview transcripts, photographs and other material collected by Peter Davies, Paul Keane, Bill Gordon, James Munves and others concerning the disturbance at Kent State University and the shooting of Kent State students by members of the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970. The collection also includes a model of the Kent State campus.

Dates: 1967-2017, bulk 1970-1985
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Kent State collection