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: Self-portrait of Sandra Scheuer, 1969. Scheuer was killed May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on student protesters at Kent State University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03651
Subjects: Kent State University; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: A crowd gathers for a candlelight memorial the evening before the tenth anniversary of the shootings that took place at Kent State University. On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on a crowd on campus, many of whom were assembled for an anti-war protest. Four students were killed--Jeffrey Miller, Allison Krause, William Schroeder and Sandra Scheuer--and nine others were wounded. This photograph was published in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F01_04
Subjects: Demonstrations; Protests and protestors; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Commemorations; Monuments & memorials;
Places: Kent (Ohio); Portage County (Ohio)
 

Description: Helen Rhodes in front of the governor's mansion. Helen Rhodes, née Helen Rawlins (1915-1987), was the wife of the Republican Ohio governor James Rhodes. She served as Ohio's first lady for 16 years, from 1963 to 1971 and again from 1975 to 1983, longer than any other first lady in the state. James Allen Rhodes (1909-2001) was the 61st and 63rd governor of Ohio (1963-71, 1975-83) and the 44 mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1944–1952). His decision to send the Ohio National Guard troops to Kent State University campus in order to control protests resulted in shooting of students on May 4, 1970. He and Hellen Rowlins married in 1941 and had three daughters. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07756
Subjects: Rhodes, James A. (James Allen), 1909-2001; Ohio History--State and Local Government; Governors--Ohio; Mayors--Ohio; May 4 Shootings at Kent State University, 1970
Places: 358 North Parkview Ave., Columbus, Ohio
 

Description: A crowd listens as a woman plays acoustic guitar at a political rally. A large banner hangs behind the stage reading "End Jackson Kent Coverups," referring to the shooting of students by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University and by police at Mississippi's Jackson State College. Both tragedies occurred in response to student antiwar protests in May of 1970. This photograph is included in a collection of images published in the Columbus Free Press newspaper. The Columbus Free Press began as a bi-weekly publication in Columbus, Ohio, in 1970. An underground newspaper, it replaced the Ohio State University publication The People, Yes. The earliest known issue of the newspaper appeared on January 4, 1971. The newspaper underwent a series of name changes over the decades, with titles including the Columbus Free Press & Cowtown Times (1972-1976), the Columbus Freepress (1976-1992) and The Free Press (1992-1995). The paper, which covered many liberal and progressive causes, was an alternative to mainstream news sources in central Ohio with the slogan “The Other Side of the News.” In 1995, the paper ceased publication briefly before reemerging as a website in early 1996, and returning as a print publication under the Free Press title in the form of a quarterly journal in 1998. Published under various frequencies during the first part of the 21st century, the Free Press again became a nonprofit monthly publication in 2017 with both a print and web presence, published by the Columbus Institute for Contemporary Journalism and operated by a volunteer staff and board. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1301AV_B04F01_01
Subjects: Demonstrations; Protests and protestors; Musical performances; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)