Repository:

Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

Title:

Organizational Responses to the Kent State Shootings

Inclusive Date(s):

1969-1979

Author:

Finding aid prepared by Rennie Greenfield, November 2015

Creation:

Finding aid encoded by Rennie Greenfield using the OhioLINK EAD Application in 2015

Description Rules:

Finding aid prepared using DACS 2nd edition

Origination:

Kent State University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and Archives

Extent:

.16 cubic feet (1 slim document case)

Physical Location:

11th floor (May 4 Collection, Box 216)

Finding Aid Identifier:

OhKeUSC0169

Abstract:

This collection contains flyers, leaflets, pamphlets, and other printed materials created by national and local organizations that reflect reactions Kent State shootings, and document inter-related activist movements in response to the Jackson State shootings, the Vietnam War, and the draft.

Revision(s):

October 2021 - Updated by Liz Campion

Language(s):

The records are in English.

History of Organizational Responses to the Kent State Shootings records

This collection was compiled by the Department of Special Collections and Archives at Kent State University. It contains materials acquired by the Kent State University Libraries from a variety of organizations that reflect reactions to the Kent State shootings, and document inter-related activist movements in response to the Jackson State shootings, the Vietnam War, and the draft.

Scope and Content

This collection contains flyers, leaflets, pamphlets and other printed responses from both university and national organizations regarding the Kent State shootings and a host of related activist movements. There are open letters, flyers and brochures, newsletters, and press releases from organizations such as the ACLU, The Campus Crusade for Christ, and the Northwoods branch of the Kent Anarchists, among others.

Statement of Arrangement

This collection has been arranged alphabetically by organization name.

Related Material

Many other collections within the May 4 Collection have information and materials by and about some of the organizations included in this collection. Please perform a search of the Special Collections and Archives site and use the May 4 Collection Subject Index to find additional related holdings.

Preferred Citation

Organizational Responses to the Kent State Shootings. May 4 Collection. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

Controlled-access Headings

The following are found in this collection:

Subjects:

• Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
• Kent State University--History
• Kent (Ohio)--History

Organizations/Corporations:

• American Civil Liberties Union
• Campus Crusade for Christ
• Citizens Committee for Constitutional Liberties
• Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in S.E. Asia
• University Centers for Rational Alternatives
• Vietnam Veterans Against the War
• Young Socialist Alliance (U.S.)
• Americans for Peace
• Committee of Kent State Massacre Witnesses
• Kent Community for Non-Violent Change
• Kent Council for Peace in Vietnam
• Kent Legal Defense Fund
• Kent Liberation Front
• Kent Students' Medical Fund
• Kent Students for Peace
• May 4 United Front
• Kent State Anarchists
• Student Fund for Kent Damages
• Student Grievance Committee
• War Resisters League
• Concerned Citizens of KSU
• Kent Reform Council
• Mayday Coalition
• Revolutionary Student Brigade

Material Types:

• Fliers (printed matter)
• Brochures
• Newsletters
• Press releases
• Correspondence

Detailed Description of the Collection