Description: This photographic portrait of Napoleon Jerome Alexander (N.J.A.) Minich was taken March 18, 1876, in Akron, Ohio. Born October 2, 1849, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, Minich worked for a series of newspapers in Columbia, Pennsylvania, Akron, Ohio, and Kent, Ohio. He founded the Akron Daily Argus and was the editor and proprietor of the Kent Saturday Bulletin. In 1909 and 1911, Minich was elected as mayor of Kent, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06353
Subjects: Newspaper editors; Newspaper publishing; Local government--Ohio; Mayors--Ohio
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio); Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Students protesting at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1970. The students were protesting the American invasion of Cambodia after the announcement by President Richard Nixon on April 30, 1970. The protests started on May 1 on the Kent State Campus, ending on May 4th with the killing of four students and wounding of nine others. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03734
Subjects: Students--Ohio; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Merrill Hall was constructed in 1913, and is named after Frank Merrill; one of the original home trustees. It is the first academic building and is the oldest permanent structure on Kent State's campus. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_019_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Kent State University; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Memorial marker for the four students killed at Kent State University as it appeared in May 1979. The four students, Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Scheuer and William Schroeder, were killed on May 4, 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops fired on students during a protest against the military conflict in Vietnam. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01172
Subjects: Students--Ohio; Cultural Ohio--Education; Demonstrations; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Mouton Hall is one of Kent State's original halls. It is named after Edwin F. Moulton, who was the first president of the Board of Trustees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F03_023_1
Subjects: Education; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Universities and colleges; Kent State University; College campuses; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Poem written in memory of Kent State University student Alison Krause who was killed on May 4, 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on student protesters. It was written by Dr. M. J. Lunine, Dean of the Honors College, 1979. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00071
Subjects: Demonstrations; Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Sandra Scheuer, a Kent State University student who was killed on May 4, 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on student protesters. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00072
Subjects: Kent (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
 

Description: Alan Canfora speaking at a memorial service for the four students killed on May 4, 1970 at Kent State University, May 4, 1987. Canfora himself was wounded in the wrist on May 4, 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00167
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); Demonstrations; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Student standing by memorial to Sandra Scheuer in the parking lot by Taylor Hall on the campus of Kent State University, May 1979. The memorial is on the site where she was killed, May 4, 1970 when Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on student protesters. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00070
Subjects: Portage County (Ohio); Multicultural Ohio--Ohio Women; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photographic portrait depicts Lottie McMasters Minich and her son, Henry Scott Minich, taken when Henry was four months old, in 1878. They are the wife and son of Napoleon Jerome Alexander (N.J.A.) Minich. Born October 2, 1849, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, Minich worked for a series of newspapers in Columbia, Pennsylvania, Akron, Ohio, and Kent, Ohio. He founded the Akron Daily Argus and was the editor and proprietor of the Kent Saturday Bulletin. In 1909 and 1911, Minich was elected as mayor of Kent, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06354
Subjects: Children; Local government--Ohio; Newspaper editors; Families
 

Description: This photographic portrait of Henry Scott Minich, taken when he was four and a half years old (April 23, 1882) shows him posed on a tricycle in a photography studio. Henry was the son of Napoleon Jerome Alexander (N.J.A.) Minich. Born October 2, 1849, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, N. J. A. Minich worked for a series of newspapers in Columbia, Pennsylvania, Akron, Ohio, and Kent, Ohio. He founded the Akron Daily Argus and was the editor and proprietor of the Kent Saturday Bulletin. In 1909 and 1911, Minich was elected as mayor of Kent, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06355
Subjects: Children; Portrait photography--United States--History--19th century; Clothing & dress; Bicycles & tricycles
 

Description: This photographic portrait of Henry Scott Minich in his baby carriage was taken when he was four months old in 1878. Henry was the son of Napoleon Jerome Alexander (N.J.A.) Minich. Born October 2, 1849, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, N.J.A. Minich worked for a series of newspapers in Columbia, Pennsylvania, Akron, Ohio, and Kent, Ohio. He founded the Akron Daily Argus and was the editor and proprietor of the Kent Saturday Bulletin. In 1909 and 1911, Minich was elected as mayor of Kent, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06356
Subjects: Children; Portrait photography--United States--History--19th century; Clothing & dress