Dennis Cooke, Papers, 1963-1970

May 4 Collection -- Box 11

Finding Aid

Prepared by Katie Panko and Virginia Dressler, August 16, 2006
1 document case, .33 cubic feet, 12th floor

Biographical Note

Dennis Cooke began his career at Kent State University in 1967 as a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and he was teaching at the University during the time of the shootings on May 4, 1970. He received his Bachelor of Science in biology from Kent State, and a Master of Science and a Doctorate in zoology from the University of Iowa. He retired as Emeritus Professor of Biological Sciences.

Scope and Content

The bulk of this collection dates from approximately the first three to four months after May 4, 1970. The collection includes letters of the Kent State faculty during the summer after the shootings, as well as papers that include the minutes and reports of the various task forces in which Cooke was involved. Related materials include several periodicals and lists of individuals involved in the task forces.

Box 11

Folder -- Contents
  1. Agenda, Proposed Resolution, May 28, 1970
  2. Agenda, Committee to Non-Violence, August 4, 1970
  3. Brochure, Information for Counseling on Air Force ROTC, 1970
  4. Correspondence, to Bernard Hall from Seymour H. Baron, [no date]
  5. Correspondence, to University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence from Task Force, [no date]
  6. Correspondence, to Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences from Bruce Harkness, May 1970
  7. Correspondence, to Students in GCI Environmental Pollution from Dennis Cooke and Eugene Wenninger, May 1970
  8. Correspondence, to Students in Limnology from Dennis Cooke, May 13, 1970
  9. Correspondence, to Dennis Cooke from Robert G. Peterson, May 18, 1970
  10. Correspondence, to Charles Kegley from President Robert L. White, May 27, 1970
  11. Correspondence, to Charles Kegley from Robert L. White, May 27, 1970
  12. Correspondence, to Charles Kegley from Jerry Warnement, May 28, 1970
  13. Correspondence, to Commission and Task Force, June 3, 1970
  14. Correspondence, to Dennis Cooke from V. Edwin Bixenstine, June 9, 1970
  15. Correspondence, to Professor Harris from Bruce Harkness, July 3, 1970
  16. Correspondence, to Kegley Commission from J.W. McGrath, July 6, 1970
  17. Correspondence, to Kegley Commission from Campus Security Task Force, July 10, 1970
  18. Correspondence, to Kegley Commission from Student Contact Task Force, July 23, 1970
  19. Correspondence, to Kegley Commission from Arvin Lubetkin, July 29, 1970
  20. Correspondence, to Richard W. Skinner from Bruce Harkness, July 31, 1970
  21. Correspondence, to Dennis Cooke, August 5, 1970
  22. Correspondence, to Task Force ROTC from Dennis Cooke, August 6, 1970
  23. Correspondence, to James McGrath from William Stanton, August 11, 1970
  24. Correspondence, to Kegley Commission from Wilbur Franklin, August 16, 1970
  25. Correspondence, to Dennis Cooke from Bernard Hall, October 17, 1970
  26. Correspondence, to Dennis Cooke from Richard Bredmeier, October 27, 1970
  27. Correspondence, to Members of the Educational Policies Council from G. Dennis Cooke, November 9, 1970
  28. Correspondence, to Faculty Members from John A. Flower, December 11, 1969
  29. List of Members for University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence, [no date]
  30. List of Task Forces (updated), May 31, 1970
  31. List of Task Forces, June 9, 1970
  32. List, Groups Formed Concerning the Crisis at KSU, June 16, 1970
  33. Memo on Emergency Arrangements, from the Office of the President, December 27, 1963
  34. Minutes, Commission and Committee Chairman in Areas of Concern, July 8, 1970
  35. Minutes, Curriculum Committee Meeting, March 18, 1970
  36. Minutes, Faculty Senate, October 19, 1970
  37. Minutes, University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence, May 1970
  38. Minutes, University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence, June 1970
  39. Minutes, University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence, July 1970
  40. Minutes, University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence, August 1970
  41. Minutes, University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence, September 1970
  42. My Manifesto by Donald A Thigpen Jr., [no date]
  43. Newsletter, FYI #154, June 30, 1970
  44. Newspaper, Daily Kent Stater (Summer News), July 1, 1970
  45. Newspaper, Daily Kent Stater, October 28, 1970
  46. Notes, Miscellaneous, [no date]
  47. Notes, ROTC Task Force Daily Meeting, Summer 1970
  48. Order of Injunction, Michael Weekley and John Does, May 2, 1970
  49. Periodical, Reader's Digest, November 1969
  50. Recommendations to University Commission to Implement a Commitment to Non-Violence, June 9- August 14, 1970
  51. Recommendation on Traffic Limitation and ID Checkpoints, [no date]
  52. Report, Aerospace Studies, Quadrennial Review, [no date]
  53. Report, Demurrer to a Minority Report from R.D. Hill, [no date]
  54. Report, Nine Weeks that Followed May 4, [no date]
  55. Report, Resolution to the Faculty Senate by UCICNV, June 5, 1970
  56. Report, Return and Re-opening of KSU post May 4, [no date]
  57. Report, Student Forum on ROTC, October 21, 1970
  58. Report, Student Justice Task Force, [no date]
  59. Report, Task Force on Peace, [no date]
  60. Report, Updating ROTC, August 10, 1970
  61. Review, First Quadrennial Review of the Military Science Department, April 2, 1970
  62. Survey of ROTC by Speech Students, [no date]