Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Jeanne Anderson Oral History

Kent State Shootings: Oral Histories

Jeanne Anderson Oral History

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Narrator Anderson, Jeanne
Narrator's Role Student at Kent State University in 1970
Date of Interview 2000-05-03
Description Jeanne Anderson was an undergraduate student at Kent State University in 1970. In this oral history, she discusses her memories of the days before and after the shootings on campus. She describes seeing armed National Guardsmen on campus and the difficulties she had trying to telephone her parents after the campus was closed. She also discusses her father's reaction to Dorothy Fuldheim's television commentary about the shootings.
Length of Interview 00:05:48
Places Discussed Hyannisport (Mass.)
Kent (Ohio)
Time Period discussed May 1970
Subject(s) College students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Firearms
Fuldheim, Dorothy
Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Ohio. Army National Guard
Students--Ohio--Kent--Interviews
Repository Special Collections and Archives
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Provenance/Collection May 4 Collection